An interactive storybook (or CD-ROM storybook) is a children's story packaged with animated graphics, sound or other interactive elements (e.g., word pronunciation). Such stories are usually published as software on CD-ROM

CD-ROM

A CD-ROM is a pre-pressed compact disc that contains data accessible to, but not writable by, a computer for data storage and music playback. The 1985 “Yellow Book” standard developed by Sony and Philips adapted the format to hold any form of binary data....

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This software is targeted at young readers (usually kindergarten to second grade) for educational purposes.

Pitfalls

There are studies indicating that some students will simply "cruise through" a story, either just playing with the graphics or not trying to read it themselves.