The interactive storyteller system (11) of the invention comprises electronic circuitry, wherein the electronic circuitry is operative to allow a user to select data associated with a book (13), the data comprising a plurality of associations, each of the plurality of associations being between one or more words of the book (13) and an output signal, detect one or more spoken words, look up an association comprising the one or more spoken words in the plurality of associations, and reproduce the output signal associated with the one or more spoken words. The computer program product of the invention enables a programmable device to function as the system of the invention.