To Tell The Truth. The aliens claim to literary authors. Kids must expose them as phonies by the selected passages and correctly answering questions on characters, plots, settings and author backgrounds. It's all doled out in small doses. And despite the difficulty of the game, Broderbund keeps it interesting with lots of color, sound and animation fun.
Kids learn to read for detail.
With a little practice, a child can anticipate the questions that will be asked, as they are reading. This is an excellent skill- building exercise for kids who struggle with reading comprehension. Alien Tales is NOT what I expected. It is not Cliff's notes. You get isolated passages from books.