I give 3 stars for durability, as I will for all Leap Books, only because the book does not provide storage for the cartridge. It sure would be nice if the books had small plastic sleeves for the related cartridge. We have a number of books and keeping the books and cartridges together are a little tough. The chances of losing the small cartridges will keep my durability rating lower than 5.

Also, the 3 stars for durability is related to a design "flaw". The wire from the pen and the bottom of the book are constant fighting for space. To turn the page, without possibly bending the page, requires you to hold the wire down so it doesn't interfere with the page. Easy enough for an adult to do, however my 5 year old doesn't remember to hold the wire down all the time. 50% of all of our pages have creases in the bottom of the pages...all in the same spot!

Good book, though!


Bravo LeapFrog!   December 8, 2003
50 out of 50 found this review helpful

I must admit, this is the best Leap book my son owns (and he has 27!). It is a first grade book. My son is only 4 and is in preschool. This one had excellent games where they learn letter sounds, letter recognition, and the part he loved best was the game that was formatted like a board game that he could actually complete on level one. Of course there are games above his level such as making three letter words, meanings of words and such. This kept my sons attention the longest out of all his Leap books. I highly recommend this book to any preschooler, kindergartner or Toy Story fan! Again, Bravo! LeapFrog! As with all Leap books, thicker pages would be a great idea!