Oregon Scientific Barbie B-Book

by Oregon Scientific

Product Features

• Sold Individually

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4 x 12.6 x 16.2 inches ; 3.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000EULXWA
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #248,632 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

Product Description

Girls will love being tutored by Barbie. This super stylish B-Book is a bilingual powertop that uses fun games to challenge girls. Activities are designed to hone skills like memory, spelling, punctuation and math - both in English and Spanish. It features 30 learning games in all. Awesome animation and digital sounds add to the exciting experience. Includes a full size keyboard. Requires 4 "AA" batteries (included). Measures 10.5" x 9.5" x 9.5".

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

66 of 69 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed - again, October 18, 2006

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Chris Parsons - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oregon Scientific Barbie B-Book (Toy)

I was reluctant to purchase this because I was disappointed in a Barbie workbook we purchased. This product had the same issues - I doubt that kids or teachers or parents were consulted in designing this game. First, you cannot set the levels. For "awesome addition" it started asking 8+0 for level 1 and then asked 15+8 (still in level 1). Then, in next level it asks questions like 37+24 (a big jump!). You can't stay in level one, which is frustrating. Other games were similar.

In the shape game, you are told to put "repeat the shapes in the right order" but not told that the order is determined by the first to arrive at the right of the screen (not top to bottom - which is what my daughter and I both assumed). Furthermore, Barbie does not offer a clue as to why your daughter got it wrong 4 times.

This is sad because girls love Barbie and she could do so much good if they would just consult anyone with a clue.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great learning tool!, March 14, 2007

By 

C. Whitaker "Muscle Mom" (Sandy, UT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Oregon Scientific Barbie B-Book (Toy)

My six year old got this for Christmas from "Santa" just shy of her seventh birthday. The laptop went everywhere with us-- in the car, restaurants, waiting rooms, doctor's offices... It kept her quiet and happy! One afternoon, she sat on the couch exploring the games on the laptop when she asked me what a certain symbol meant. I peeked at her computer and saw that it was a game with division problems. When I gave her a two sentence explanation of division, she started answering the questions. The simple problems gradually progressed to two digit numbers and so on, and she was still answering them correctly! How cool that my daughter thinks math is fun! With all the simple, unimaginitive toys out there, I'm thrilled to find an educational one that my child won't put down. Worth every penny!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Boring Barbie, January 10, 2007

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P. Zack - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Oregon Scientific Barbie B-Book (Toy)

This "laptop" is poorly designed, and pretty boring. The learning games are unimaginative and rote, and my daughter tired of it a day and has not touched it since Christmas. In addition, the "parent annoyance factor" is very high. Barbie has an extremely irritating voice, and she sounds like an over-exuberant airhead. After the 15th time "Barbie" said "SUPER" I was ready to toss the toy right out the window. Save your money and get some decent software for your home computer. There are some entertaining learning programs out there, and most can be had for a lot less than this toy.