7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the summary document includes a description of the partial list of people, animals, or creatures discussed in the story.
1. A method for mentally investing a reader in a story comprising: providing the reader with a hybrid book comprising the story, the hybrid book including: pages of text embodying a text portion of the story, a computer readable medium with stored spoken presentation data corresponding to an audible portion of the story, the audible portion being wholly distinct from the text portion of the story, and an audio device configured to make audible the spoken presentation data; providing the reader with a summary document which summarizes aspects of the story, the summary document including at least a partial list of people, animals, or creatures discussed in the story; and making audible the stored spoken presentation date, with the audio device after the reader has received the summary document and prior to the reader reading the pages of text embodying the text portion of the story, wherein the audible portion represents a beginning portion of the story and corresponds to a given number of pages of text omitted from the text portion of the story.