Kid Appeal Reading Fun was well received by our panel of kid and parent testers. They also appreciated the fact that even the youngest users could enjoy the program without much adult guidance. My three year-old accesses and plays Reading Fun independently, reported one parent tester, and he plays it often. It runs from the CD-ROM, nothing to load onto the hard drive. Navigation is simple, with arrows allowing kids to move backward and forward in the story, and a compass and map that allow kids to jump to their favorite page or game.
Stars appear when the mouse is passed over an object that animates.
Each activity includes a green play button allowing unlimited game-play, and a red stop button to return the user to the story. As a simple interactive book this is a definite winner. SuperKids recommends it for young software users and early readers. See SuperKids' comparisons with other interactive storybooks software titles, and the Buyers Guide for current market prices of the PC and the Mac versions. All rights reserved.