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Random House Children's Books offers attractive screensavers featuring fun book characters: After a period of inactivity or when your computer slips into it's energy saving mode, book characters come alive!

How to download:

For Mac:
Download the file and save to your hard drive. Restart the computer. Click on the screensaver icon to set your preferences.

For PC:
Download the file and save to your Programs folder. Doubleclick on the screensaver icon then restart your computer.

Whale by David Lucas

Screensaver for PC

Screensaver for Mac OSX

Screensaver for Mac OS9


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