Vtech Infant Learning Rhyme and Discover Book

Reviews of Vtech Infant Learning Rhyme and Discover Book

1.) Lasting fun at a decent price
Reviewed by: Phoebe Oh central Illinois
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We got two of these Vtech Rhyme & Discover Books for our twins last Xmas (Dec. 2008), and they played with these at least half an hour at a time, several times a day. At 10 months later the kids (now a little over 2 years old) still play with them regularly, anywhere from 5 to 15 minutes a day, sometimes more.
The books have been smeared by sticky hands and wipe clean well, and they have been dropped countless times without damage.
Just recently, 10 months later, we have changed the batteries (two AAAs) in one of the books, and the other one is still going on the batteries that came inside it.

The pros are:
*Price (you get lots of bells and whistles for this amount of money) and batteries included
*Durability
*Cleanability
*Visually interesting (Four panels or "pages," for a total of seven different pictures/sides to look at, plus a couple of two-sided movable pieces that make sound effects, and three light-up "tab" buttons in the shape of a lamb, kitten and puppy, each with their own sound effects)
*Huge musical variety -- some songs have a couple bars of vocals and some are just instrumental
("Ring around the rosie," "Twinkle twinkle little star," "Mary had a little lamb," "Little Bo Peep," "Hey diddle diddle," "Bingo," "Three little kittens," "This is the way we ...," "Old McDonald had a farm," "The farmer in the dell," "Rockabye baby," "This old man," "London Bridge is falling down," "Three blind mice," "Sur le pont d'Avignon")

The cons:
*The on-off switch has two volume choices, but the louder option is a little too loud for young ears. The lower volume is fine, and it would be nice if toy makers would put the volume switch somewhere less accessible to the child. My kids, and the ones I've babysat, all seem to like to crank the volume to the highest setting, and the highest setting seems as though it has the potential to damage hearing over the long term. (This is a problem with many toys, and not unique to this one.)
*It would be nice to have the entire song for some musical selections, but it's not a huge minus considering how many songs are included

Overall, based on my kids' experience with this toy, I would recommend this to my friends and/or give as a gift.

2.) Very entertaining!
Reviewed by: 1st Time Mom
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I received this book as a baby shower gift. My daughter is 4 months old now and LOVES this toy! She likes how the animals light up, and that she can make things happen just by pushing something. This keeps her amused for a good while, so mom & dad like this toy too! I will probably look for other books like this since she likes it so much.


3.) Can't go wrong with VTech toys
Reviewed by: loves2read Monroe, OH USA
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I have been so impressed with the quality of VTech's toys I didn't hesitate to purchase this book when I noticed it is one of their products. I bought it for my 9-month old grandson for Christmas. It was the hit of the evening! He received a lot of toys, but kept coming back to this one. This toy is great and I know he will enjoy it for a long time because of all the features and learning fun it offers.

4.) One of our Daughter's Favorites!
Reviewed by: Call me Kevin North Carolina
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The Vtech Infant Learning Rhyme and Discover Book brings together two of our daughter's favorites - books and music. While the book is only 6 pages it does provide a variety of songs and sounds. There are things to grab and pull and colors that light up! Our daughter loves playing with the book, and unlike a traditional book it does not get soggy when she tries to eat the pages!

Features-

- It focuses primarily on three animals - Dogs, Cats, and Sheep
- Plays a variety of songs - such as BINGO, Mary had a Little Lamb, Twinkle-Twinkle Little Star, Little Bo Peep, and Three Little Kittens.
- Two volume settings
- Lights in Red, Yellow, and Blue
- Each animal makes the appropriate sound
- As others have mentioned it easy to clean - sticky fingerprints are easily cleaned
- Durable - it can be dropped without too much fear of damage
- Someone mentioned that the red light contains lead... but I am not so sure it poses a risk. Outside of that there is not much chance of child getting hurt from this toy.

Final Verdict - Our daughter loves the Vtech Rhyme & Discover Book - It provides catchy tunes, flashing lights, and stories - what more could you want?

5 Stars

5.) Durable Book for Baby
Reviewed by: Grammy Santa Cruz, CA USA
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I got the Crawl Ball for our grandson and I'm sold on Vtech toys - fun, complex, educational and DURABLE! I've since bought the Baby's Learning Laptop, the Slide and Learn Storybook as well as this book. At 9 mos old, Jaden absolutely LOVES all these toys - some we've had since he was 5 mos old. They stand up to rough pounding, being tossed and drooled on! The books are perfect for pre-nap story time. I cannot recommend these toys enough!

6.) Great one
Reviewed by: Ashish Kumar VA, USA
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A great thing for kids under 2/3 years.
And got it on Amazon (which is always grt)

7.) Couldn't pass this one up
Reviewed by: SooJR
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We already have 2 similar hard plastic talking books at home for the kids but when I was in the store and saw this one, I couldn't walk away without having it! There are 4 buttons to press and it lights up and plays music/sings songs. There are also little dials on the pages to move around and reward bonus noises/phrases.

It helps teaches Nursery Rhymes, Music, Animals & Words.

Very colorful.

Has 2 sound levels. The lowest volume is pleanty.

Fun toy!

8.) My Baby Loves this book
Reviewed by: M. Thompson Santa Rosa, CA
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I got this book for my baby because she loves things that light up. Now she is 5 months old and it is still one of her favorite things.
The entire book is made of hard plastic so it handles being dropped pretty well and is easily wiped off. It plays lots of different songs when you play with the buttons- around 5 songs per page.
The only thing I don't like is it only sings half of the nursery rhyme and the first rhyme on the front is actually sang incorrectly she calls the "Kitty" a "kissy"- But my daughter loves to watch the lights and the buttons are easy for her to push.
Overall it's a really good book!

9.) Love this book!
Reviewed by: New Mommy Fresh Meadows, NY
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My 5 month old loves this book, it is a great distractor with feeding him solids. It is also a nice calmer toy for him. Right now he loves chewing on it and watching all the lights, hearing the songs is great too, they're not too annoying, but I wish they would sing the whole song, rather then just the first line. It is pretty durable too, my son drops it from his high chair constantly, everytime I run to see if its broken.... its not.

This book is meant for a younger child that cannot talk yet, much less sing, so it would make sense to sing the entire song to them not just the first verse, after which you have to push or turn something. As all V-tech stuff goes, it asks you to do stuff constantly, turn the page, push the button... not so easy when the kid doesn't understand most words yet. Which means it is not a good device to leave it with them to play and do something a few feet away. You must sit there and push or turn something every few seconds... Is it play for the baby? or work for you? I don't know... but no matter what my son seems to love it.

10.) If your kids like lights
Reviewed by: T. Roach New York
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This book was for a little 2year old she enjoyed the lights. She loved it.

11.) tons of fun but...
Reviewed by: Mom_to_Matt Skokie, IL USA
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i got this for my 7 month old baby. he loves flipping through the pages and pressing the animals to hear the sounds they produce. this toy just keeps entertaining him. the one thing that i dislike about this toy is that the recording doesn't go through the whole song. it just sings the first couple of lines and then continues on without the lyrics being sung.

12.) Good Buy
Reviewed by: Milena Sidler New York City
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I bought this toy for my son at about 5months he really enjoys this toy, and its easy to clean

13.) was okay
Reviewed by: JillyinNC Raleigh, NC
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So far my daughter has no interest in this book... I wish the recording would tell or sing the whole story on each page, it just stops after the second line or so. I think it was over priced for the value.

14.) OK but found others we like more
Reviewed by: Lisa W North Carolina
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While this toy holds my 10 month old twins' attention to some extent, I have a similar electronic nursery rhyme book from another brand that I much prefer due to its having a stand, being more simple and actually singing all the words to the songs. This book is difficult even for me to figure out, when I press buttons I'm never quite sure what song will play and it really bothers me that there is no setting that sings the entire nursery rhymes, so either the parent has to always sing it or the child won't hear the next verse. I also don't like when the animals 'sing', I'm not sure why but I think it is just the fact that there are so many things going on with this, for the target age group, I think a more straightforward toy is better.

15.) I've seen better
Reviewed by: LoLLie
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My daughter loves books and I thought it would be a hit with her since it's a singing interacting "book". She played with it maybe 3 times and now it just sits... she is 10 months and I can't see her playing with this later on.

16.) Not the Whole Ryme
Reviewed by: Amanda L. Davis Adrian,MI USA
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This would be better if it sang the whole rhyme, but it only sings the first few lines of each. It is also kind of hard to operate the buttons for small hands.

17.) Red Head Tab has LEAD
Reviewed by: Jeff&Meg New York City, NY
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I was about to purchase this book for my son for Christmas, but checked it out on the website [...] (where they test different products for lead, bromine, etc.) and the red head tab on this book has low levels of LEAD. Even if its low levels, any level of lead is BAD....so I just wanted to give parents a heads up.

Features of Vtech Infant Learning Rhyme and Discover Book

Rhyme & Discover Book

1.) 3 light-up character buttons on the tabs of the pages;
2.) 7 popular nursery rhymes;
3.) 4 movable pieces;
4.) Music note button;
5.) Ages 6 Mos +;

Package Height x Length x Width: 9.7 in. x 9.7 in. x 9.7 in.
Package Weight: 0.95 lbs.

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