Reader Rabbit's Reading Development Library
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| Reader Rabbit's Reading Development Library | |
|---|---|
 Box art of the first CD product | |
| Genre(s) | Adventure, Edutainment |
| Developer(s) | The Learning Company |
| Publisher(s) | The Learning Company |
| Composer(s) | Kevin Village-Stone[1] |
| Platform(s) | Windows, Macintosh |
| First release | Reader Rabbit's Reading Development Library 1 1994 |
| Latest release | Reader Rabbit's Reading Development Library 4 1995 |
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 the following year. 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.[2]
Books
| Game | Book | Pages | Alternate Narrator 1 | Alternate Narrator 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development Library 1 | The Three Little Pigs | 21 | Second Pig | Wolf |
| Goldilocks and the Three Bears | 21 | Goldilocks | Baby Bear | |
| Development Library 2 | City Mouse, Country Mouse | 19 | City Mouse | Country Mouse |
| Jack and the Beanstalk | 22 | Giant | Jack | |
| Development Library 3 | The Princess and the Pea | 16 | Princess | Prince |
| The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg | 14 | Goose | Mr. Farmer | |
| Development Library 4 | King Midas | 16 | Merrigold | King Midas |
| The Ugly Duckling | 13 | Quill | Mr. Croak |
Availability
"Reader Rabbit's Reading Development Library 2" was included in "Reader Rabbit's Complete Learn to Read System" on the second CD simply title "Classic Tales".[3]
Reception
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| CD-ROM Today |   (Level 1 & 2)[4] |
| Family PC | 85% (Level 3)[5] |
The games were positively reviewed and praised primarily for the variety of retelling the story from multiple points of view.[6][7]
See also
References
- ^ "Whispering Light - Kevin Village-Stone". 2002. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
- ^ "Reader Rabbit's Reading Development 3 from the Learning Company". January 8, 1996. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
- ^ "Discovery Education". Retrieved May 4, 2017.
- ^ "CD-ROM Today, October 1995". Retrieved May 4, 2017.
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- ^ "Family PC, October 1996". Retrieved May 4, 2017.
- ^ "Sounding out Stories with Reader Rabbit - The Sunday Courier". Retrieved May 4, 2017.
- ^ "Sounding out Stories with Reader Rabbit - Argus Press". Retrieved May 4, 2017.