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Reader Rabbit Kindergarten was the 8th top-selling educational software across nine retail chains (representing more than 40 percent of the U.S. market) in the week ending on January 10, 1998. [4] A March article said the game finished at number 14 in a ranking of the ranking of best-selling educational software. [ 5 ]
The game was designed with a re-usability value, which help children develop new language skills and sharpen old ones. [2] The game allows for free exploration and offers activities that enable children to begin learning to read. [3] The modules included teach shape recognition, matching and basic word skills. [1]
Reader Rabbit is an educational video game franchise created in 1984 by The Learning Company.The series is aimed at children from infancy to the age of nine. In 1998, a spiritual successor series called The ClueFinders was released for older students aged seven to twelve.
Reader Rabbit Toddler was the 9th top-selling education video game in October [18] and November 1997, [19] and the week ended in February 1998. [20] The game generated $1.8 million in revenue. [ 1 ]
Game Release Book Pages Alternate narrator 1 Alternate narrator 2 Development Library 1 1995 The Three Little Pigs: 21 Second Pig Wolf Goldilocks and the Three Bears: 21 Goldilocks Baby Bear Development Library 2 1995 City Mouse, Country Mouse: 19 City Mouse Country Mouse Jack and the Beanstalk: 22 Giant Jack Development Library 3 Winter 1996 [2]
Designed for ages 4 till 7, the game introduces the new main characters Mat the Mouse and Sam the Lion who accompany Reader. It was then re-released in 1997 under the title Reader Rabbit's Interactive Reading Journey For Grades K-1, followed by another in 1998 titled Reader Rabbit's Reading Ages 4–6 and a personalized version in 1999.
The ClueFinders is an educational software series aimed at children aged 8–12 that features a group of mystery-solving teenagers. The series was created by The Learning Company (formerly SoftKey) as a counterpart to their Reader Rabbit series for older, elementary-aged students.
Reading Tutor said the game was a prime example of how Reader Rabbit puts educational games in the context of an interesting story line. [13] Jeffrey Kessler who worked as a Learning Specialist for the Reader Rabbit franchise described the game as a clever mix of math, reading, art and emotion rather than a year's curriculum. [14]