The article titled, Bedtime stories now available on children's iPods, by Melissa Rayworth talks about the new way of listening to audiobooks--on mp3 players. It claims that it is a good way to have kids hearing bedtime stories, as many kids do have mp3 players such as ipods. It also says that by having children listen to these audiobooks via ipod, they will become more interested and inspired to read the in print versions of such bed time stories. I do not know if I necessarily buy into that claim. I would actually tend to believe that kids, especially this up and coming generation, are so fixed on technology that by putting bedtime stories on an ipod, they will forget and see no need to read the physical books in print. Also, bedtime stories are often times a great time for parents to bond with their children, and hearing a familiar voice reading them a last adventure before sleep is something an audiobook cannot provide. I think these audiobooks are making it easier for parents to be lazy in making time out to bond with their children and share reading time with them at young ages.
The article does point out that this new form of story telling is beneficial in that the kids may hear some of their celebrity idols narrating these stories, therefore making it all the more interesting. Listening to stories is also a good outlet for using one's imagination, therefore making this audiobook on ipod idea appealing.
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I feel that stories on an ipod shouldn't take the place of either the child reading on their own or bonding between parents and children, but I still like the idea. Even by listening to the story on an ipod, kids can still learn new vocabulary words and grasp the morals of the stories. Hearing the stories in this way is better than not being introduced to them at all. I understand your concern that kids might not think it's necessary to read stories in print. I think they should have the words to the story on the screen of the ipod so kids can read along.
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