1. An educational toy adapted to teach children comprising (a) a soft plush toy comprising a body portion, extremity portions, a head portion, and an interior portion; (b) an access portion on the exterior of said body portion; (c) an audio device portion within said interior portion comprising an audible signal generator which emits audible sounds from within the toy; (d) an actuator attached to the exterior of said body portion which is configured to activate said audible signal generator, (e) a cover section on the exterior portion of said body portion comprising an access door and a latch which is configured to provide access to said interior portion; and (f) an interactive story book comprising a cover and a plurality of pages having indicia thereon, where the pages comprise a plurality of instructional cues instructing the reader to activate the actuator on the soft plush toy; wherein the audio device portion of the soft plush toy is configured to store audio messages in a sequential order such that audio messages in an order corresponding to the indicia of the book are generated in response to repeated activations of the actuator.
8. The educational toy of claim 1 , further comprising a series of books, where each book comprises a cover and a plurality of pages having indicia thereon, the pages comprising a plurality of instructional cues instructing the reader to activate the actuator on the soft plush toy.