Reader Rabbit Preschool Sparkle Star Rescue

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Product Features

• Kids will explore 6 activities full of fun & discovery that exercise their reading & thinking skills
• Games like Lightning Bug Matchup & Rush River Letters build reading & pattern skills
• Rainbow Falls Painting encourages creativity
• Play in story mode or select an activity & jump right in
• Songs & movies keep kids entertained

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 8 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Note: Gift-wrapping is not available for this item.
• ASIN: B00005LJEL
• Item model number: 380808
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 30, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #942 in Software (See Bestsellers in Software)

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• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

You are invited to join Reader Rabbit and Sam the Lion on their sparkly preschool adventure. The Land of Sparkalot has lost its shine and needs your help to re-sparkle everything from the stars to the flowers. Your prereading, counting, and matching skills could save the day, and the night, too! Help Reader Rabbit and Sam the Lion collect the sparkling brillites and you'll really make things shine in this Sparkle Star Rescue mission.

Product Description

Be a star by rescuing the sparkles in Reader Rabbit Preschool -- Sparkle Star Rescue! Adjustable skill levels keep the challenge coming Track your child's progress with Progress Reports

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great graphics, but a short game, September 24, 2001

By	P. Gibson (Oklahoma City, OK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

My three year old son really enjoyed this game, but from the point of view of the parent, I thought it was much too short. The original Reader Rabbit Preschool is much longer and more challenging. Sparkle Star Rescue begins at an easy level and gets only slightly more challenging as the child plays. It can be finished in a few hours of play time. The child earns reward gems for playing, but earns the most important ones first. Once all the important gems are earned, he or she is encouraged to fit them in their slots and finish the game. Any extra playing he or she would have done is cut short by this, though the child is free to start the game over from the beginning. Overall, I don't think this game was worth the money but my son enjoys it.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars a big disappointment, March 27, 2002

By	Jeffrey Lehman (Market Harborough, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

My son really enjoyed Reader Rabbit Toddler, so I thought this would be a good next step. Sadly, while this game has all the bells and whistles, looks wonderful, etc., it is not very playable. If a child has trouble completing the tasks, they will soon get bored.

Many of the games actually require the knowledge they are purporting to teach. For instance, one of the games which is supposed to teach letter recognition is not actually playable if the child doesn't already recognise the letters.

When you complete a section there is a long movie which plays, with a really cheesy broadway musical type of song. Once my son (a 3-year old) figured out how to play this movie, he would spend all his time playing it over and over again , learning nothing (and driving me crazy in the process).

My son soon got bored, and I got him Dr. Seuss Preschool instead, Reader Rabbit ended up in the trash can, and family harmony once again prevails.

I gave it two stars instead of one because my son did have fun with it for about 2-3 weeks.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Big Step Down From Reader Rabbit Baby & Toddler, March 10, 2002

By	Joy D Blackburn (Colorado Springs, CO United States) - See all my reviews

This program has a lot of narrative preamble prior to the introduction of each simple (and very repetitive) game. If the object here is to teach children patience and listening skills, then maybe it's on target. However, in my opinion any child who is developed enough to have that kind of patience and listening skill is going to find the games completely unchallenging. So far I have been unsuccessful getting my boy to show the slightest interest in this CD.