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I've published one children's Ebook thus far, and I have not been happy with the resulting book for these reasons: as a long-time teacher of young children, I know that when they want to know something, they want to know it NOW. They don't want to look through a glossary or a dictionary or to refer to an atlas. That's where hyper-linking comes in.
How much more satisfying it would be if, in my case, names of various types of sailboats could be hyper-linked with pictures of them and short explanations of their differences; if maps showing the locations of places mentioned in the book could be made available at the click of the name; if simple recipes for kid's party foods could be accessed at the click of a word? While I didn't use any music, etc., wouldn't it be great for the young reader to have available a series of clips of songs mentioned in the story to add to the mood of the story, or the sounds of wild animals in their habitats?
I think that sometimes the term, "enhanced", means different things to different people. Sometimes it will be found to be appropriate, at other times it won't. But I'm against "throwing the baby out with the bathwater".
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