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Reader Rabbit 2nd Grade

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Reader Rabbit 2nd Grade (originally stylized as Reader Rabbit's 2nd Grade) is a computer game in The Learning Company's Reader Rabbit series of children's educational games, released on April 8, 1998.

Plot[]

Sam gets a letter from Reader Rabbit that says, "Dear Sam, meet me at the castle-and hurry!" Sam thinks he has to save Reader Rabbit from the dragon that lives in the castle. When he reaches the top of the third tower at the end of the game, he finds out that the dragon is actually Reader Rabbit's friend and not the villain he thought he was.

Gameplay[]

The player controls Sam, encountering all kinds of weird and wacky creatures, doing lots of activities to earn points and improve ranks, and advancing up the towers on his journey to save Reader Rabbit; he also needs to earn widgets.

Ranks[]

  1. Smoke Screen
  2. Sparkler
  3. Candle
  4. Torch
  5. Campfire
  6. Dragon Fire

Activities[]

  • Skillway
    • Gameplay: Move Sam in each castle room using the arrow keys and gather correct answers to a question or problem before finding the exit.
    • Skills: Reading, math, science
    • No. of times played in each tower: 9
  • Runway
    • Gameplay: Move a constantly running Sam using the arrow keys to guide him into running through the correct shapes before reaching the end of the hall.
    • Skills: Shape recognition
    • No. of times played in each tower: 3
  • Read & Reflect Hallway
    • Gameplay: Read each sentence or passage and decide whether a sentence is a fact, opinion, fantasy, main idea, detail, cause, or effect.
    • Skills: Reading comprehension
    • No. of times played in each tower: 5 (first two towers); 4 (third tower)
  • Science Factway
    • Gameplay: Read each science passage and decide whether the underlined part is a fact, opinion, main idea, detail, cause, or effect. A widget is earned after completing this activity.
    • Skills: Reading comprehension, science
    • No. of times played in each tower: 2
  • Castle Journal
    • Gameplay: Read the story and decide what will happen next by writing it out in the text box. A widget is earned after completing this activity.
    • Skills: Reading and writing
    • No. of times played in each tower: 1
  • Enchanted E-Mail
    • Gameplay: Finish a letter to e-mail to Reader Rabbit by adding nouns, verbs, and/or adjectives in the blank spaces. A widget is earned after completing this activity.
    • Skills: Creative writing, parts of speech
    • No. of times played in each tower: 1

Characters[]

Voices[]

  • Roger L. Jackson - Sam the Lion
  • J.S. Gilbert - The Guard, Runway Guard #2
  • Irene Trapp - Rhymes (Plural Head #2)
  • Andrea Fulton - Runway Guard #1
  • Charles Martinet - Sir Drayson Dragon, Monstrous Mirror
  • Jeanne Hartmann - Reader Rabbit
  • Jenna Rose - Other Voices
  • Susan Parks - Other Voices
  • Wally Fields - Other Voices

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Personalized Version[]

On June 28, 1999, a personalized version of Reader Rabbit 2nd Grade was released, which added the use of A.D.A.P.T. Learning Technology and the Personalized Learning Center as a second disc. In 2000, another version was released, featuring the Treehouse Launcher and the Learning Creations program.

Trivia[]

  • In this game, Sam the Lion is voiced by Roger L. Jackson, as opposed to his main 1990s voice actor, Pete Shoemaker.
  • This game, along with Reader Rabbit Kindergarten and Reader Rabbit 1st Grade, was promoted by Sun Maid raisins in 1999.
  • This is one of two only Reader Rabbit games to have a score system, the other being Reader Rabbit Math Adventures Ages 6-9.
  • On the original cover, Reader is not wearing gloves, unlike on most other game covers at the time.
  • This is the only grade-based 1990s game to not be localized in French or Spanish.
  • This is the only grade-based 1990s game to not feature Mat the Mouse.
  • In the 2000 release, the scene where Sam enters the castle to sign the guestbook is omitted, as the sign-in screen appears before the main game rather than after the intro sequence. This is also the case with other grade-based games aimed at 3 to 8 year-olds that were re-released in 2000.
  • The image on the cover of the UK Personlised version is mirrored.
  • In the original UK version, Reader says the title just before it appears.
  • The age range in the US Version goes up to 8 while the UK version goes up to 7
  • On the original cover art, Reader has bare hands just like in-game, but on the 1999 and 2000 covers, he has white gloves.
  • On the title screen of the original release, the chalkboard is dark blue in the US version whereas in the UK version, it is light blue.

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