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Vtech Bugsby Reading System Pen and Starter Book

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Product Features

  • Interactive reading system featuring pen touch technology
  • Curriculum focuses on reading and language arts
  • Story reading + interactive activities
  • Pen is shaped like a cute bookworm character
  • Ages 3 - 7

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Product Details

  • Product Dimensions: 12 x 3 x 12 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
  • ASIN: B001T2ZWLU
  • Item model number: 80-103000
  • Manufacturer recommended age: 36 months - 5 years
  • Batteries: 2 AAA batteries required. (included)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,000 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
    #87 in  Toys & Games > Preschool > Pre-Kindergarten Toys > Electronic > Electronic Learning Toys & Systems
    #92 in  Toys & Games > Learning & Education > Electronic Learning
    #86 in  Toys & Games > Electronics for Kids > Learning & Education > Toys
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)

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Join Bugsby the Book Worm on a reading adventure! Build early reading skills focused on reading comprehension, phonics, word recognition and more. Join Bugsby the Book Worm on a reading adventure! Your child will love that they can read along and interact with their favorite characters in stories that build early reading skills. Children will also have fun listening to the story read aloud or by playing any of the skill building reading activities that focus on reading comprehension, phonics, sentence structure, word recognition and more. Designed with convenience in mind, the Bugsby Reading System includes the software cartridge with every book title - no additional downloads required!

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83 of 84 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Easier for us to use than the Tag, November 9, 2009
Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 
This review is from: Vtech Bugsby Reading System Pen and Starter Book (Toy)
We first purchased the Tag for our (then) 5 year old son, but could not get the audio to download. After numerous emails to LeapFrog and many tries on several different (family & friends) computers, we just could not get it to work. Very disappointing as I felt that it was truly a quality product. The only book he can use with it is the one it came with.

Enter the Bugsby. Each book has it's own cartridge which has a place for storage inside the back cover. For that reason I gave it an extra star for "ease of use" (at least for us!). As long as you don't loose these you're good to go and can change out the cartridge for a new story as many times as you want(the Tag could only store 5 stories at a time, if you wanted to add more you add to remove another). The pen device works in the same manner as a Tag. It has a place for headphones to be plugged in, buttons to adjust the volume up and down and a "read the whole story" button.

As far as the book that comes with it goes, it's a simple story about how Bugsby, who has lost his glasses, searches within different stories (accompanied by his friends Josh and Hanna)to find them. Along the way it labels different animals, and includes "game" buttons on each page (with "stop", "repeat", "yes" and "no" buttons to be used with it). Games include things such as "Find the animal next to the squirrel", "What animal begins with this sound 'p'?", "Do these words have the same vowel sound, 'cup'/'mat'?" and have different levels. Touching in different areas of the book produce little silly sounds, characters saying a few phrases, and short songs. The back of the book includes a two page spread of the alphabet with games to go along with it and a "Story Writer" spread which allows the child to come up with several versions of a short story, changing the character, action and setting. The book has the option to read each individual page or the whole book. I would say the reading level is K-2 depending on the child.

Overall my son (and I) like this product. I don't think it offers quite as many games or levels of play as the Tag, and the way the narrator voice of the book says certain words sounds strange to me (the T's are overemphasized on certain words - other character voices are fine though). But considering the lower price and the fact that you don't have to worry about downloading anything, the Bugsby worked much better for us.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars My 4 and 6 year olds love it., January 19, 2010
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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 
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I went back and forth between purchasing this or the Tag system. What sold me on this one was the books offered. My kids love Wow Wow Wubzy, Olivia, Max and Ruby, Wonder Pets and so on. I did not see some of these characters offered in the Tag system (at least not back in November when I was Christmas shopping).

I also liked that we didn't have to get the computer involved with downloading stuff. The cartridge system works great in our home and my kids are very good about putting away the cartridges after reading each book.

The books are durable and the pen appears to be so as well. My very destructive 4 year old hasn't broken it yet!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed! Beware!, August 10, 2010
Durability:1.0 out of 5 stars Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 
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At first we really liked this toy and picked up several different books to go with it. Any amount of water spilled on them and the pages completely stick together and tear when you try to separate them making the book worthless. The cartridges are hard to keep track of and my son loved to change them in and out when he played with it. My latest trip to a store I looked for another book since most of his were unusable and they didn't even have the system any longer so I picked up the Tag reader instead and their books are board books which are much more durable and there are no cartridges involved as the books are downloaded onto the reader. I don't recommend this.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Makes reading fun!
Bought this for my 4 yr old's birthday and am not disappointed. I went back and forth between this and the Tag reading system but decided on this one because I did not want to... Read more
Published 1 month ago by L.L. Urban Achiever

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Educational toy
I purchased this item for my Grandson who is 4 years old. It is a GREAT educational toy and the price was really good on Amazon. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Grandma from far far away

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent & Very Educational
I never thought this toy will be an excellent thing for a 3 year-old kid. I gave this to my grandaughter and its amazing how she learned a lot from this book. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Tita

5.0 out of 5 stars Bugsby vs Leapster's Tag system
I bought this for my 4 year old daughter since she has started trying to read. I also have a daughter who's almost 2.

They both love it so far. Read more
Published 5 months ago by W. Lee

5.0 out of 5 stars Great product!
My 3 year-old loves this reading system. It's very educational and entertaining...A must-have for preschoolers.
Published 5 months ago by TR

5.0 out of 5 stars Toddler loves this toy!
I am writing this review as my child is playing with the Bugsby book. We bought it for her birthday after she couldn't keep her hands offer her cousin's. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Jennifer Illuzzi

1.0 out of 5 stars Aweful! Cartridges get lost.....
My son got this and has to put a cartridge in the pen to play with the right book. The cartridges get LOST and you are out of luck. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Daddy B Me

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Buy!
My daughter absolutely loves these books! She will sit and read for over an hour sometimes if I let her. The pages could be a little more durable, but it is a book. Read more
Published 6 months ago by P. Cartie

5.0 out of 5 stars Bugsby reading system
This was a Christmsas gift for my 4 year ols girl. Great concept. Educational value A+++ My daughter has some interest in it, but she is usually very easily bored with toys... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Maja Wu

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun, educational toy!
I bought this for my 4 year old daughter for Christmas. She absolutely loves it, and loves the different books we can get with it. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Melissa Wynn

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