Purchased this toy for our grandkids (ages 4 and 6) and although they love it, so do we and so do their parents!  Although they are both reading, because they are young, the kids made up their own rules for playing.  That's fine, because later on they can play more "by the rules."  It works like Scrabble, but comes in a cute yellow "banana bag," and tho this may sound insignificant, the tiles "feel" good...as if they are made of a very sturdy and smooth plastic.  Provides for economical play, too, as the price was right! I would buy it again for other relatives.