Customer Reviews

My First LeapPad Book: Once Upon a Rhyme

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This book covers 21 nursery rhymes, and is much nicer than the book which goes with the regular Leap Pad. Except for one, the songs are sung by Leap, Tad, or Lily, and the childrens voices are a vast improvement on the quavering high pitched voice on the other book. Nice responses, and games for your toddler -- my 2 1/2 year old really likes the book, and liked to sing along. They can learn about pretending to be a rhyme character, and also learn rhyming words which are highlighted as vocabulary when they point to objects and in the games. As compared to the Mother Goose Songbook, there is no option to listen to just one instrument at a time, or even to an instrument only version, but that is not much missed for a toddler.

4 stars on the durability, since the leap pad as a whole is much too sensitive to be a toddler toy! This one also shuts off if the cartridge is jiggled, though the pen seems slightly sturdier than the green LeapPad, and its great that the flip books snap on to the pad for easier play.

My daughter takes speech therapy and one of the things they work on is rhyming. She just could not seem to get this concept down. I was at Toys R Us and since she loves her My First Leap Pad so much I was going to get her a new book. I saw this one and thought we will give it a try. By that afternoon something had clicked and she understand how to rhyme! It is now 6 months later and this is both hers and my favorite of the books that are out there for this system. I would have to say that I prefer the Leap books over the character books such as Dora and Disney Princess they just don't seem to be as interesting or educational. If you are going to add to your Leap Pad library this is a must!

This one has a lot of fun games in a wide range of types.

It has lots of the "guess which animal/person/thing I'm thinking of" games... which are my daughter's favorite.
It also has a lot of pages about letter sounds and rhyming.

Good addition to your leap library.

The toy is fun and educational but the cartridges are easily lost and the pen stopped working after 3 months, probably because my kid was rough with it. If your child is tough on toys, this one won't last long.

...but it wasn't one of her favorites. It more or less introduces kids to a number of nursery rhymes, teaching them some reading, singing and rhyming skills. Nevertheless, with regards to learning these three skills, my daughter much preferred the "There's a Wocket in My Pocket" My First LeapPad Book. This latter book is based on the work of Dr. Seuss, who is still the master when it comes to entertaining kids as you educate them about reading and rhyming.

I bought this for my 3-yr. old because he had fun playing with his cousins. Apparently, that was just because it was his cousins. He played with it for a few days and that has been it. Even his brothers don't seem too interested. Can't beat reading them a book yourself.

My daughter loves her leapPad books, and i'll bet your 2, or 3 year old will too. Kids can click on pages in the books, and the items on the page tell a story, make a sound, and generally engage your child in active learning of letters, words, and colors.
Very educational, very cute.

We got this book last year with the My first leap pad and a few other books. Our son did'nt take to the Tad or Leap books and we have 4 different ones of Tad and Leap that have went unplayed with since last Christmas. They are really great, they actually have more games, songs and learning activites than any of the other books like Bob the Builder and Thomas the Train.
Our son however likes the cartoon figures so Thomas the train, Bob the Builder and Dora are some of the only ones he liked.
I still give this book 4 stars- its a good book for the my first leap pad.