Futurelab's Opening Education: From Research to Desig n report says that while children's books tend to encourage parents and children to interact and explore, digital toys tend to promote solitary use. The report says: "Many interactive digital toys promote a form of interaction which contrasts with the playful and exploratory approach that helps children develop their emergent literacy skills. Instead they promote a process of explicit, directed instruction." The report calls for designers to come up with tools that...