Read With Me System - Where The Wild Things Are

by Fisher-Price

Product Features

• Teaches hungry little minds the basics of story comprehension and vocabulary skills giving them a great foundation for future reading
• Includes the book "Where the Wild Things Are" on an interactive DVD
• Requires DVD player (not included)
• For ages 3-7 years

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0009WLRNI
• Item model number: J4015
• Manufacturer recommended age: 36 months - 7 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #72,680 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (53 customer reviews)

Product Description

Editorial Review

Make the most of your toddler’s screen time with this interactive learning system that "reads" a story to him via the family TV set and builds story comprehension and vocabulary skills. Once the easy setup is complete, pop the included DVD-ROM, Where The Wild Things Are, or any of the compatible classic books on disc into the DVD player and the animated and narrated story begins to play. With the provided child-friendly wireless console, kids can choose an interactive version of the story, where they will be asked comprehension questions about the plot or can highlight words on the screen to learn their meanings. There is also a game-playing mode, which reinforces the storyline through fun games, and a self-reading mode for emerging readers who want to turn off the narration and try tackling the words on their own. The sturdy console has large, easy-to use buttons for pausing or playing the story, turning the pages forward or backward, accessing the menu or activities, and answering questions. This system runs on three "AA" batteries (included). --Cristina Vaamonde

Product Description

Make the most of your toddler's screen time with this interactive learning system that "reads" a story to him via the family TV set and builds story comprehension and vocabulary skills. Once the easy setup is complete, pop the included DVD-ROM, Where The Wild Things Are, or any of the compatible classic books on disc into the DVD player and the animated and narrated story begins to play. With the provided child-friendly wireless console, kids can choose an interactive version of the story, where they will be asked comprehension questions about the plot or can highlight words on the screen to learn their meanings. There is also a game-playing mode, which reinforces the storyline through fun games, and a self-reading mode for emerging readers who want to turn off the narration and try tackling the words on their own. The sturdy console has large, easy-to use buttons for pausing or playing the story, turning the pages forward or backward, accessing the menu or activities, and answering questions. This system runs on three "AA" batteries (included).

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

61 of 66 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Kids LOVE It! -- Fun & Educational, November 26, 2005

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Marty Correia "baldwin-saramago" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Read With Me System - Where The Wild Things Are (Toy)

I bought my niece and nephew Where the Wild Things Are along with Curious George and Giraffe's Can't Dance. These DVDs have enhanced the kids' appreciation for reading. The animations are amazing and draw the kids in and engage them. My sister keeps telling me about how much they love the DVDs and the kids thank me for them whenever I talk to them on the phone. This is the first gift that I've gotten this kind of response with! They're almost 7 (twins) and one is a reader anyhow, but the other one isn't as much into reading. BUT, these have grabbed both of them and gives them common ground in reading when at school, the boy is ahead in reading. I am getting them the rest of the DVDs for Christmas, since they are only $15 a piece. A GREAT deal. They could have charged about $5 more and it would still sell. But, if "they" are reading, don't raise the price! ;) This is the best thing to give for the holidays if you want to give a gift that is educational and fun. My sister is not very savvy when it comes to electronics, but the remote control that comes with it was VERY easy for her. Plus, kids nowadays are showing all of us how to run our electronics. So, enough already! I just wanted to let everyone know that the Read with Me DVD system is fun and the kids love it.

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun for kids and adults too!, December 1, 2005

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wayfine (Hudson, NY USA) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Read With Me System - Where The Wild Things Are (Toy)

I have to admit, I bought the Read with Me DVD system for my friend's child for Christmas, since he has some learning delays, and his parents rarely read to him. He's 5 and loves video games and anything repetitive, so I figured this would be an educational and fun gift. Before I sent it out, I wanted to play with it first to see how it worked (I used to be a preschool teacher and I like to use toys before I put them in my classroom). I have to say that I spent about 2 hours watching the stories and answering all the questions (I even got them all right!). I especially liked Curious George and the Chocolate Factory- you get to create your own chocolate and the animated machine on the screen actually produces it and Curious George eats it and reacts to your choice of flavors! Of course I loved his reaction to the spinach flavored chocolate (yuck!) It brought me back to my childhood and my love of the Curious George series of books and memories of my mom reading them to me.

I almost didn't send it out as a gift, I liked it so much.

My friend's child has adopted it as his new "video game" and it has replaced his obsession with his game boy. He laughs and laughs at the interactive chocolate making machine and plays it over and over and now knows the story by heart. His parents love it because it keeps him busy AND works on reading skills. They say it is easy for him to operate and everyone loves it!! I guess I will have to buy another one just for me. I am planning on getting the rest of the books too!

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great when you finally get it to work, December 5, 2005

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C. Lange - See all my reviews
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= Durability:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Read With Me System - Where The Wild Things Are (Toy)

Let me start by saying, my 3 1/2 year old son LOVES this toy, we finally found a "video game" he can play - as I am sure most mothers of three year olds will agree, no matter what the age rating says, most electronic games are way too advanced for them. My son figured it out in about 5 minutes of help from me and then could play it completely on his own.

But, the first time we tried to hook it up it wouldn't work at all. We tried and tried every method at least 14 times to no avail...the directions were adamant about NOT returning it to the store giving us the idea that we must just be to stupid to do it right, or we assumed it was our DVD player some how...

Let me just save you the hassle...if it doesn't work the first time, take it back to the store. When we got a replacement it worked fine and WAS extremely easy to set up.

According to the directions it works with any DVD player except NOT Xbox or Playstation.

If it doesn't work, be persistent, if it can work with my cheap $35 cyberhome DVD player it can work with any DVD player. It is a great toy for 3 year old, probably even 2 year olds. Although it says to 7 years old, my 7 year old daughter was extremely bored with it...