Table 1.

An example of the schedule of the experiment.

Day 1	Day 2
Session 1	Session 3
Reading of animated version of Imitators	Reading of static version of The Little Kangaroo
Reading of static version of The Little Kangaroo	Reading of animated version of Imitators
Session 2	Post-testing
Reading of animated version of Imitators Reading of static version of The Little Kangaroo	Retellings of the three stories (1) The Bear is in Love with Butterfly (2) Imitators (3) The Little Kangaroo
	Vocabulary tests: Expressive vocabulary test Context integration test Receptive vocabulary test Meaning recognition test

There was 1–5 days between the two sessions. We used the three books in the three conditions. In the case of the above example Imitators was used in the animated, The Little Kangaroo in the static and The Bear is in Love with Butterfly in the control condition. The order of the animated and static condition was the opposite for half of the participants who started with the static book. The order of the story retelling and vocabulary post-tests was different for half of the children who started with the vocabulary tests. The order of the books retold was random. The order of the four vocabulary tests was fixed and the same for all children.