LeapFrog
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Honestly we are minimalist people. Hate most of the plastic crap. And the repetition of most kids toys make u crazy. I’m not sure what the one star review is talking about - it does NOt need a computer to work. I can update the review long term for its endurance/longevity. My kiddo’s are 3&1, one talking vigorously and the other learning the language/single words but building her vocabulary. This things is awesome! So easy for the kids to use and learn on their own. The screen yes is very sensitive & responsive but great. Seems like a silly thing to complain about. The kids can easily check their knowledge very easily. I literally want to buy one for every niece & nephew & friend w a toddler - which there is MANY! It’s a great little find from my mother. The device has a system that reads when u turn the page and announces the new subject matter. Me & my doubtful man were immediately impressed. And it does the whole thing in espanol too! It’s a winner! Well done LeapFrog!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-3 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Our 20 month old daughter loves this book.\n\nBut as a parent, I feel that this book has three issues.\n\nOne: If your toddler is used to thick board books and still working on the motor skills to turn thin pages in books, this particular book might be a little difficult at first. The pages of this book are thin and made of a slick matte material. The pages will be able to withstand both toddler drool and sticky fingers, but they’re also a little slick for a toddler to turn. When grasping a page or turning a page, it’s very easy to touch objects near the edge of the page without even trying. Even using the tabs on the side can be a challenge. If the pages were a tad thicker and the page tabs were a little wider/longer, this book would be awesome.\n\nTwo: Each page is a different category containing different objects for toddlers to touch. Touching each object invokes a spoken word in English or Spanish. And this book is very responsive to touch - it accommodates even the softest toddler touch, which is a catch-22. Because the objects on each page are close together, if a toddler is using two fingers to touch an object, they may touch a different object or multiple objects at the same time. So when she breaks this book out for the day, we sometimes have to remind her to touch one spot at a time by guiding her hand (using her index finger) so that she’s not touching multiple objects.\n\nThree: You should know that this book is pretty loud even on the low setting. My husband actually tried to cover the speaker with some cardboard (haha!), but the sound escapes through the holes in the back of the unit and the cardboard doesn’t make much of a difference. After a few minutes, the low volume sounds almost the same as high volume.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-4 review-rating', 'review_body': "This is my review for the LeapFrog Learning Friends 100 Words Book.\n\nI have bought two of these books. One through a competitor, and once my kids abused it and destroyed it a second one through Amazon. The best positive feedback I can say about it is that after the 1st one broke, I bought it again almost instantly. There are two volume settings (high, low), three play modes and two languages (English, Spanish). My kids, (20 months and 3.5 year old) love this book so much that not re-buying it wasn't an option. The words are indeed age appropriate and the images are colorful and bright. Which leads me to the negatives…\nThe design of it wasn’t the smartest. I’m guessing there are sensors inside the plastic covers that look at one of eight positions. By flipping through the pages, you are flipping at a switch that says which page you are on. The problem is that the front cover was made in a way that it hangs in the air when open, because of that, if a toddler puts some of his/her weight on it, it might damage the connectors. Thus, making half of the book not work. Additionally, the sensors are sensitive enough to read through a bunch of pages, thus they are EXTREMELY sensitive when there are none or few pages between your fingers and the cover.\nAdditional negatives are in the content translations. Most of the words in Spanish are correct, and the sentences and song are enunciated correctly. The problem lies in a few words that they were lazy in finding a word that made sense. For example: they have the clothing piece “shorts” translated as “los shorts”. Really. And that is not the only time they did that. I couldn’t give it five stars because of those issues. So, summarizing:\n\nPros:\n- Bilingual toy great for toddlers learning words in both English and Spanish.\n- Bright and colorful pictures\n- Tons of phrases, songs, words and sentences. With three play modes and two languages.\nCons:\n- Durability is an issue, as the front cover hangs in the air when opened which leads to the sensors being damaged.\n- The sensors are extremely sensitive to the point that pointing at something in the book two inches away triggers it.\n- Most of the translations are good but a few are really, REALLY terrible…"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'This is one of the best toy that i ever purchased for my son, it does attract kids a lot, specially if they are in the stage that they wana start talking. My son is not really playing with his toys alot, but he loves this one, and he grabs it everywhere with him, it does have a lots of words and things to teach kids, all the colours and sounds of the toy is also attracting them.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'My 10 month old nephew gets so entertained by it. I love watching him play with it. It’s pretty cool because on one of the settings, when he touches the picture it actually teaches him something about the picture. One the the setting teaches him about the sound of the picture he touches and the other setting tells him what the picture actually is. It covers, vehicles, animals, food, vehicles...ect'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'What a great learning toy! My little boy loves it. It’s (light)touch sensitive and his little fingers don’t have to press it too hard. He already knows 75% of the words but hasn’t lost interest in it yet. I believe this book will be good for 3-4 more years when he enters K-1st grade and learns to spell some of the words in the book.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': ' This will probably be the most educational toy I have purchased for my daughter. The item is very durable, the pages are a vinyl type material. It seems like they would be hard to rip. There are three different modes, a music mode a search and find mode and also a reading mode. I really like this book because you don’t have to press very hard the pictures are basically touch sensitive almost like a touchscreen tablet or phone.\n\nThere are several different sections including pets animals, fruits, food, mealtime, clothes, colors, my body, activities, outside, vehicles, and opposites. This will provide hours of fun once my daughter is old enough to begin learning. Leap frog never disappoints with their products.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'This was horrible. They should make these so they don’t require to hook up to a computer. Not everyone has one and we need something children can work on their own.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'My little one is almost 11months and is starting to point at things and loves looking at picture books like these (but with me reading the words..lol).\nLike other reviews, the book is pretty sensitive which is really good when he has his finger exactly on a picture (mostly just the pictures on the bottom) and my little one loves listening to the book read the word over and over again by just slightly giving pressure on the finger but then again when the whole hand is on a page the book will read a bunch of words and my little one does get sometimes a bit frustrated. But all in all it seems to me my little one is enjoying the book!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'This talking book is hands down the best thing I bought my daughter. She was a bit delayed in speech and since buying this book she’s been spitting out new words left and right. It responds well to touch and the pages are very durable which is great in the hands of a toddler!'}]