Strengthens Reading Success through Thinking and ExplorationProduct InformationRobby the Raccoon and Emily the Squirrel are back to take kids under the sea insearch of a lost bookmobile. Kids work characters like the Word Whale and Marvinthe Marlin as they explore 11 exciting undersea locations to decode hundreds ofwords and expand their reading comprehension. More than 125 lessons help kidsapply their reading knowledge and develop new skills.  Skills Learned  Story Lines  Blending Multiple Letter Sounds  Short & Long Vowels  Identifying New Words  Building 3- to 5-Letter Words  Vocabulary  Reading ComprehensionProduct FeaturesOysters and PearlsHelp Robby put pictures of words that contain the target blend or digraph soundinto each Oyster.Word BuildingThe Reading Rover runs on word power! Drag one of the Letter Chips into themissing space to create a word and recharge the Rover.Blend BubblesCombine consonants to make Blend Bubbles to feed to the Puffer Fish. When aPuffer Fish is puffed up it floats away to look for the bookmobile!BooksThe Word Whale helps the Reading Rover find the books under the sea. Read thebooks to yourself or click to have parts read aloud to you.System Requirements  Windows 98 Me XP  166 MHz Pentium or faster processor (Pentium II 300 MHz for Windows XP)  32 MB of RAM (128 MB RAM for Windows XP)  45 MB free hard disk space  Windows-compatible sound card  Speakers  640x480 monitor 256 colors  8X CD-ROM drive  High quality microphone (optional - not included) ** Required for speech recognition  Macintosh Requirements  Mac OS 8.6 to 9.2.2 (not including OS X Classic)  Power PC 120 MHz processor or faster  32 MB RAM  45 MB free hard disk space  640x480 monitor 256 colors  8X CD-ROM drive  High quality microphone  (optional - not included) ** Required for speech recognition