LeapFrog Tag Reading System (Lavender) (32 MB)

Easy to use and upload books. Got a great price on Amazon plus many books and a case to go with it. I purchased for my 3 year old and she is already enjoying the books. It is recommended for 4+ years but she is able to hold the pen where she wants plus read and play the games. I suggest checking out the reviews of the books to purchase the ones that are easy to understand and fun. I would also suggest buying this one that holds 10 books instead of the older version that only holds 5. Even though it is new and we haven't used it much yet, it looks like it will be a great start to learning to read. It is amazing how the pen will pick up anything on the page and make a sound that goes with it.

It did not come with instruction book and will not work with the books I have. It says I have to download something but not sure if I can without the instructions. Seller did not disclose that there were not instructions.

The most difficult thing I have ever had to get to connect to a computer. Once you are done spending 30 minutes to get it to connect and add the books to it, it is great. Our 5 year old daughter loves it, I just wish it had more memory to add more books so I don't have to fight with it each time to get it to connect to the computer to add/remove books.

This 'toy' is amazing. My granddaughter is going to love it. Besides reading along with the words, it will also just tell the story, and sounds out the letters also as you go along. I also purchased both long and short vowels book sets and these as well as the Cat in the Hat that came with the Tag all fit on it and has room for 15 more MB of book storage....so they tell you 10 books, but with those 2 sets and Cat in the Hat, I have 13 on there already with room for more. I can't wait until she opens it!

I bought this toy for my daughters' birthdays - turning 2 and 4. They both love it!! Obviously, the 4 yr old can do more with it, but they both love it! It is totally worth the buy, including how expensive the books are. I think it will be great for a few years.

It was great while it lasted. All of 2 weeks. It's made to be very delicately used, not for the age group it is targeting.My daughter received it as a birthday present on her 4th birthday. She was happy she could 'read' books all by herself.Don't recommend purchasing this, expensive since it surely doesn't last.

I bought this for my 3 year old neice during the thanksgiving season and it arrived a week or two. Keep in mind it comes with 2 AAA batteries and they have to be input the batteries the right way, or else it won't turn on.By the time she got the hang of using the pen, and reading the Dr. Seuss book she was hooked on it for a good hour or more if I recall. She said it was her favorite toy and couldn't wait to take it home. I highly recommend this!

TAG reader is a great idea but it is incredibly flawed in a couple ways. First, it only holds 32 MB which if your kid wants more than 8 or so books, it can't hold them all. The worst is if you have more than one TAG system (for multiple kids or to another to hold more books) or the older version which only held 16 MB and you don't know which book is on which TAG. They need to make the system's storage large enough to hold at least 12 books and games.But the worst thing about the TAG that I have found is that my son want to play with it, but really he just wants it to read him a story. He has NEVER on his own picked it up to "learn" reading and practice it making the letter sounds or reading each word. We sit down with him each time to WORK on reading and learning the words rather than just letting TAG read it for him. But if we're sitting down and working on it with him, why do we need TAG? At that point, I simply use the books and don't involve the TAG reader at all...so why did I spend $50? I certainly didn't think this was going to be a magic tool that would teach my child to read, but it IS marketed as an educational toy that "helps your child learn to read". I'm sure some kids that like reading and want to learn to read on their own use it to learn to read, but I would guess that's only maybe 30% of kids. Most kids I think probably sit down with it as a toy to let the TAG read them the story. So, fine for a toy, but bad for an educational system. I was debating between this and the VTECH system--don't know if that one is any better but worth looking into.I did have a problem with the first 32 MB TAG we bought, within a month, the reader wasn't working. I contacted Leapfrog and they sent me a new one right away, saying that sometimes the "eye" of the reader malfunctions or comes loose. After 1 month? That doesn't instill a lot of confidence! But they did replace the product and the 2nd one seems to be fine after a few months.So mixed reviews over all, but not good for teaching your child to read on their own.