Reader Rabbit's Reading Development Library is a series of four edutainment games from The Learning Company as part of the Reader Rabbit franchise. The first two games were developed in October 1995 and the last two were developed in 1996. The products make use of interactive storybooks based on fairy tales to help early readers broaden their reading, vocabulary, writing and word recognition skills. Each number in the title corresponds to the reading level of the reader they are aimed at.
Gameplay In each game, the player has two storybooks to choose from. There are three versions of each story, the first told by Sam the narrator called the "Classic" version and the latter two as different perspectives of characters from the story. The story can be read entirely by the narrator or it can be read by the user with guidelines. The games also include three activities to further enhance learning to read. With both the manual and automatic modes, users can read the stories at their own pace.
Books Game Release Book Pages Alternate narrator 1 Alternate narrator 2Development Library 11995The Three Little Pigs21Second PigWolfGoldilocks and the Three Bears21GoldilocksBaby BearDevelopment Library 21995City Mouse, Country Mouse19City MouseCountry MouseJack and the Beanstalk22GiantJackDevelopment Library 3Winter 1996The Princess and the Pea16Princess LaurelPrince AlbertThe Goose that Laid the Golden Egg14GooseMr. FarmerDevelopment Library 41996King Midas16MerrigoldKing MidasThe Ugly Duckling13QuillMr. Croak
Availability Reader Rabbit's Reading Development Library 2 was included as the second CD in Reader Rabbit's Complete Learn to Read System, simply titled "Classic Tales".
Reception
The games were positively reviewed and praised primarily for the variety of retelling the story from multiple points of view.
See also Disney's Animated Storybook Living Books Magic Tales Playtoons The Kidstory Series
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