[yeukhon]

I like the idea and I backed it. Book for kids can be as simple as picture books. Parents and mentors are the one supposed to help them to learn the hard stuff.

But I also want to say that I have some feedback for the video. I just thought there was too much "smiles". I don't know how to put it: but it's strange and weird to see someone posting a video of her smiling like literally every few seconds, throwing things every minute or so. A bit formal will be great.

There was too many moving. Scenes were constantly changing while the speech was on-going. It was hard to concentrate, pay attention to the dialogue and the animation at the same time. The main point wasn't delivered/pitched to me right away. I wasn't too sure what exactly would go into the book and how parents/mentors can help guide the kids in general from the video. Essentially, an ad that changes scene every 1 second is going to hurt viewers.

Here is another project (which I backed too), I am not trying to promote it (but putting out here is guilty of promoting it). Check wongfuproduction movie fundraising video on Youtube. That was a lot easier to grasp.

Just my 3 cents. Good luck.

[tomek_zemla]

I suspect that the goal was to show the author's personality. The word that comes to mind is playful. This is a book for 5 to 7 year olds. You want it to be playful to capture children's attention and imagination. Judging from number of sexist comments around this was misinterpreted in number of wrong ways. Fortunately, as the campaign numbers proved there are many people who believe in the presented idea and in Linda being able to deliver a great book that will inspire kids to learn even more about the technology!

[justathrow2k]

"The word that comes to mind is playful. This is a book for 5 to 7 year olds. You want it to be playful to capture children's attention and imagination."

To play Devils Advocate, the video was not intended for children. Unless even the kids in the Bay have their hands on fat stacks of cash.

[wpietri]

I had similar issues with the video. I normally just ignore Kickstarter videos, but watched this one hoping to learn more about what was in the book and workbook. It definitely didn't solve my problem, and there was something about the forced gaiety that felt a little creepy to me.

What would have been much more effective for me was videos of kids actually working their way through the materials. Lots of potential for visual appeal and warm fuzzies, but practical and on point.

[samatman]

The smiling is very much a cultural thing. Americans find it strange when Japanese and Korean women choose to talk in a very high-pitched voice, also; it's the same type of effect.

Americans will also laugh right up in your face; if they cover a laugh, that's considered rude and condescending. Cultures differ.