we just gave this to my step-daughter this weekend for her 4th birthday. We gave her the "learning system" that came w/ one book and then gave her another book. ( the Disney Princess adventures book). We kind of wanted to see if she'd respond to it before we got a ton of books.
Let me tell you, I WISH we got more books!!!

That child LOVED that present. I think she took the books and "the magic pen" everywhere she went all weekend long. It's SO easy to load the books. You go to Leapfrog.com and create an acct and load the books to your "pen". (all the software is included". It literally takes like 5 minutes.
She just turned 4. This not only held her interest, but she was SO proud that she could do the little activities at the back of the book. It teaches them identifying objects, listening to instructions, finding words and letters....all while in the individual character's voices. it's the most terrific "toy" ever.

We'll be getting more books for Christmas, that's for sure !!
Each page has a "book " icon so if you touch the pen to that, it'll read the whole page. OR your child can go along word for word. We liked it because I think that by doing that, they get used to seeing what the words looked like. Also, she's just learning her letters, so when they asked for a "B" for bucket, she could find it and was so proud!! She would play a page ( for like a hundred times)

and then recite back the page. it's a dream gift and I highly recommend it to everyone!!

Oh, and the really great thing about the books is that they're just "normal " books. so you can sit and read with your child with or without the pen. But the whole time she was reading to herself with this, she was just SO proud that she could.

It made us feel so happy just watching her accomplish what she could.
So Toys R Us has it on sale for $ 39.99 and if you go to
http://www.leapfrog.com/etc/mediali...3631.File.tmp/10 off Print Coupon For Tag.pdf
that will give you $ 10.00 off .
TRU also has all the books on sale for around $ 9.99 from $ 13.99, so that's a good deal. (haven't found any coupons on the books though)
Have fun and I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday!!!
