Reader Rabbit Reading Adventures Ages 4-6 (originally stylized as Reader Rabbit's Reading Ages 4-6) is a computer game in The Learning Company's Reader Rabbit series of children's educational games. It was released on September 28, 1998, and re-released as a personalized version on December 7, 1999 (Personalized versions use A.D.A.P.T. Learning Technology). It is an updated version of Reader Rabbit's Interactive Reading Journey.
Summary[]
Sam the Lion, while talking with Reader Rabbit, realizes he has no kingdom. Mat the Mouse tells them about the Reading Kingdom, and so with Pop the Program Options Pad, they set off to find it.
Characters[]
- Reader Rabbit
- Mat the Mouse
- Sam the Lion
- Nan the Toucan (Nan's Nest)
- Mit the Monkey (Mit's Mess)
- Ben the Ant (Ben's Ant Band)
- Rock Fish (Fishtown Follies)
- Will the Elephant
- Ann the Giraffe
- Sis the Snake
- Sid the Horse
- Ed the Dog
- Buzz the Bee
- Treasure Mountain Elves
- Ernest the Train (cameo)
Activities[]
Each activity appears in one Letter Land at a time in the following order, and consists of three parts. (Activities are not playable when the sound option is turned off.)
- Nan's Nest - Nan babysits the word birds in the nest.
- Say - Readers say the sight words shown onscreen.
- Phonics - Players blend word prefixes and suffixes to make words.
- Words - Players click on the correct words until all three word birds are hatched.
- Ben's Ant Band - Ben leads a band of ants, who play instruments.
- Say - Readers say the sight words shown onscreen.
- Read - Players read each sentence and choose the word that best completes it.
- Words - Players help the ants gobble up the correct words from a group of nine.
- Mit's Mess - Mit cleans up a mess of acorns and peanuts in his tree house.
- Say - Readers say the sight words shown onscreen.
- Phonics - Players choose whether to put a peanut into the big acorn (if the word has the correct suffix) or into the trash can (if the word does not have the correct suffix).
- Words - Players click on the correct words until all of the acorns are put away. (Reader Rabbit's friends pop out of one of the big acorns each time an acorn is put away.)
- Fishtown Follies - Rock Fish hosts an underwater word show, swallowing word fish and hosting the Super Snail Sprint race.
- Say - Readers say the sight words shown onscreen.
- Words - In the Super Snail Sprint, three snails race. Players click on the snail with the correct word, and that snail moves one turn. The first snail to reach the finish line wins.
- Play - Players choose the fish from a group of three with the correct word.
Books[]
1998 Version[]
The books in this version of the game are the same as the ones in previous versions, each one located in their same respective Letter Lands.
| # | Book | Related Letter | Level of Reading |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Look at This Book | S | 1 |
| 2 | Look at This Hole! | S | 1 |
| 3 | Look at Me | M | 1 |
| 4 | This is Not Sam | M | 1 |
| 5 | Sis, Mat, Mit, and Sam | H | 1 |
| 6 | Sam Meets Sis | H | 1 |
| 7 | I Am Not Shade | T | 1 |
| 8 | Sis Sees the Apple | T | 1 |
| 9 | Mat's Raft | F | 2 |
| 10 | The Hat Fell on Mat | F | 2 |
| 11 | Ann's Hat | D | 2 |
| 12 | The Snowman's Hat | D | 2 |
| 13 | The Mask | W | 2 |
| 14 | Sid and the Apple | W | 2 |
| 15 | Sit in the Hole | B | 2 |
| 16 | The Fort is a Mess | B | 2 |
| 17 | Ants in the Sun | R | 3 |
| 18 | Feet in a Tree | R | 3 |
| 19 | Ed, Ann, and the Apples | C | 3 |
| 20 | Sis Needs a Pot | C | 3 |
| 21 | Ann Needs a Net | Tr | 3 |
| 22 | The Sheet is on Ed | Tr | 3 |
| 23 | Mat's Pot of Mud | N | 3 |
| 24 | Shell, Sand, and Apples | N | 3 |
| 25 | Mat Sits on a Fish | G | 4 |
| 26 | Mat and the Nut | G | 4 |
| 27 | Look! No Spots! | P | 4 |
| 28 | Slim Fish Gets Fat | P | 4 |
| 29 | What Is That Seed? | K | 4 |
| 30 | Wet in the Rain | K | 4 |
| 31 | Mud on the Sheet | Q | 4 |
| 32 | Snowballs and Snowmen | Q | 4 |
| 33 | Mat Meets the Bad Men | V | 5 |
| 34 | Mat's Wish | V | 5 |
| 35 | Mat, Sam, and Will | L | 5 |
| 36 | The Surfboard | L | 5 |
| 37 | The Fun Fish | Y | 5 |
| 38 | The Bus and the Bell | Y | 5 |
| 39 | Ben the Ant | Z | 5 |
| 40 | Buzz the Bee | Z | 5 |
1999 Version (Personalized)[]
In the 1999 Personalized version, books after Level 1 have been repositioned and changed. All books that were set at Level 3 (Letter Lands R, C, Tr, and N) in previous versions were moved to Level 2 (Letter Lands F, D, W, and B), and all books that were set at Level 5 (Letter Lands V, L, Y, and Z) were moved to Level 3 (Letter Lands R, C, Tr, and N). The books set at Levels 4 (Letter Lands G, P, K, and Q) and 5 (Letter Lands V, L, Y, and Z) are remade stories from the books set at Levels 2 (Letter Lands F, D, W, and B) and 3 (Letter Lands R, C, Tr, and N) from previous versions, respectively, containing different special words. Additionally, the books in this version are not numbered, unlike in previous versions.
| Book | Related Letter | Level of Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Look at This Book | S | 1 |
| Look at This Hole! | S | 1 |
| Look at Me | M | 1 |
| This is Not Sam | M | 1 |
| Sis, Mat, Mit, and Sam | H | 1 |
| Sam Meets Sis | H | 1 |
| I Am Not Shade | T | 1 |
| Sis Sees the Apple | T | 1 |
| Ants in the Sun | F | 2 |
| Feet in a Tree | F | 2 |
| Ed, Ann, and the Apples | D | 2 |
| Sis Needs a Pot | D | 2 |
| Ann Needs a Net | W | 2 |
| The Sheet is on Ed | W | 2 |
| Mat's Pot of Mud | B | 2 |
| Shell, Sand, and Apples | B | 2 |
| Mat Meets the Bad Men | R | 3 |
| Mat's Wish | R | 3 |
| Mat, Sam, and Will | C | 3 |
| The Surfboard | C | 3 |
| The Fun Fish | Tr | 3 |
| The Bus and the Bell | Tr | 3 |
| Ben the Ant | N | 3 |
| Buzz the Bee | N | 3 |
| The Raft | G | 4 |
| A Hat on Mat | G | 4 |
| The Hat | P | 4 |
| Something for a Snowman | P | 4 |
| Mit Makes a Mask | K | 4 |
| Mat Gets a Ride | K | 4 |
| A Better Place | Q | 4 |
| The Little Fort | Q | 4 |
| Who Gets the Cake? | V | 5 |
| Funny Feet | V | 5 |
| Smell That Pie | L | 5 |
| Sis Falls Into the Well | L | 5 |
| In for a Swim | Y | 5 |
| Ed's Sheet | Y | 5 |
| Mat Makes a Mess | Z | 5 |
| Things to Sell | Z | 5 |
Trivia[]
- Although the cover art shows Reader in his usual red and blue striped sweatshirt from the late 1990s, his in-game appearance remains unchanged from that in previous versions, even in the Personalized version. Additionally, Mat is not wearing her tail bow on the cover art but her in-game appearance also remains unchanged.
- The cover art for this version of the game depicts Reader and Mat on a raft on a river surrounded by books, rather than Reader and Sam walking along a path like in previous versions.
- The UK version remains unchanged from Reader Rabbit's Interactive Reading Journey, using the original title in-game.
- The "Interactive Reading Journey (1)" logo from previous versions of the game was removed from the map screen in this version, but is kept in the UK version.
- In the Personalized version of the game, the unique voice clips from the Pop menu and exit screen are replaced by those of Reader Rabbit.
- The Personalized version of the game uses the same 512x384 screen resolution as in previous versions, but it is surrounded by a black background to fit the new standard 640x480 resolution for the time.
- Additionally, the original title sequence is replaced by the "flying chalkboard" title sequence from the late 1990s, in full 640x480 resolution, and transitions directly to the first opening sequence in an orange screen flash.
- On the cover of the GSP re-release of the game in the UK, Reader's head is depicted in his 2001 design, re-used from the cover of Reader Rabbit Kindergarten: Bounce Down in Balloon Town!.
- In the UK version when Sam starts crying after he says he has no kingdom, castle and crown, the audio from his US actor from the 1990’s is still used.
- The Personalized autorun screen has the word "Ages" in all capital letters.
Goofs[]
- Although the original release's disc art refers to this game as Version 3.0, the title screen refers to it as Version 2.1
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