Reader Rabbit's Reading Development Library
{{Short description|Educational video game series}}
{{More citations needed|date=May 2017}}
{{Infobox VG series
|title = Reader Rabbit's Reading Development Library
|image = File:Reader_Rabbit_Development_Library_1_Boxart.gif
|caption = Box art of the first CD product
|developer = The Learning Company
|publisher = The Learning Company
|composer = Kevin Village-Stone{{cite web |title=Whispering Light - Kevin Village-Stone |url=http://www.whisperinglight.com/kevin-village-stone |date=2002 |access-date=May 7, 2017}}
|genre = Adventure, edutainment
|platforms = Windows, Macintosh
|creator =
|first release version = Reader Rabbit's Reading Development Library 1
|first release date = 1995
|latest release version = Reader Rabbit's Reading Development Library 4
|latest release date = 1996
}}
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.{{cite web |title=The Learning Company brings to life 'The Princess and the Pea' and 'The Goose that laid the Golden Egg' |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/%27READER+RABBIT%27S+READING+DEVELOPMENT+LIBRARY+3%27+FROM+THE+LEARNING...-a017982558 |publisher=PRNewswire |date=January 8, 1996 |access-date=February 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215144036/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/'READER+RABBIT'S+READING+DEVELOPMENT+LIBRARY+3'+FROM+THE+LEARNING...-a017982558 |archive-date=February 15, 2018}} With both the manual and automatic modes, users can read the stories at their own pace.{{Cite news |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19960616&slug=2334810 |title=CD-Rom -- Reader Rabbit's Reading Development Library 3 |last=Blasko |first=Larry |date=June 16, 1996 |newspaper=Seattle Times |access-date=May 6, 2020 |language=en-US}}
Books
| class="wikitable" | |||||
| Game | Release | Book | Pages | Alternate narrator 1 | Alternate narrator 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="2" |Development Library 1
|rowspan="2" |1995 |21 |Second Pig |Wolf | |||||
| Goldilocks and the Three Bears
|21 |Goldilocks |Baby Bear | |||||
| rowspan="2" |Development Library 2
|rowspan="2" |1995 |19 |City Mouse |Country Mouse | |||||
| Jack and the Beanstalk
|22 |Giant |Jack | |||||
| rowspan="2" |Development Library 3
|16 |Princess Laurel |Prince Albert | |||||
| The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg
|14 |Goose |Mr. Farmer | |||||
| rowspan="2" |Development Library 4
|rowspan="2" |1996 |16 |Merrigold |King Midas | |||||
| The Ugly Duckling
|13 |Quill |Mr. 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".{{cite web |title=Reader Rabbit's Complete Learn to Read System |url=http://school.discoveryeducation.com/parents/reviewcorner/software/rrlearntoread.html |access-date=May 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226195726/http://school.discoveryeducation.com/parents/reviewcorner/software/rrlearntoread.html|archive-date=February 26, 2008}}
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| rev1 = CD-ROM Today
| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}} (Level 1 & 2){{cite web |title=CD-ROM Today, October 1995 |url=http://www.cdaccess.com/html/shared/readdev1.htm |quote="A simple but enjoyable way for young readers" |access-date=May 4, 2017}}
| rev2 = Family PC
| rev2Score = 85% (Level 3){{cite web |title=Family PC, October 1996 |url=http://www.cdaccess.com/html/shared/readdev3.htm |access-date=May 4, 2017}}
| rev4 = MacUser
| rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000122070956/http://macuser.zdnet.com:80/mu_1295/personal/gameroom.html | url=http://macuser.zdnet.com:80/mu_1295/personal/gameroom.html | title=The Game Room | author=LeVitus, Bob | date=December 1995 | archive-date=January 22, 2000 | work=MacUser | url-status=dead}}
}}
The games were positively reviewed and praised primarily for the variety of retelling the story from multiple points of view.{{cite web |title=Sounding out Stories with Reader Rabbit - The Sunday Courier |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=896&dat=19960609&id=Z6BSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hH0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4799,1479893&hl=en |access-date=May 4, 2017}}{{cite web |title=Sounding out Stories with Reader Rabbit - Argus Press |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1988&dat=19960622&id=B24iAAAAIBAJ&sjid=w6wFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1288,5021839&hl=en |access-date=May 4, 2017}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{moby game|id=/reader-rabbits-reading-development-library-1|name=Reader Rabbit's Reading Development Library 1}}
- {{moby game|id=/reader-rabbits-reading-development-library-2|name=Reader Rabbit's Reading Development Library 2}}
- {{moby game|id=/reader-rabbits-reading-development-library-3|name=Reader Rabbit's Reading Development Library 3}}
- {{moby game|id=/reader-rabbits-reading-development-library-4|name=Reader Rabbit's Reading Development Library 4}}
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Category:The Learning Company games
Category:Children's educational video games
Category:Software for children