I remember my mom getting this game for my younger brother when he was a toddler and I always wanted to play it. My parents are convinced that it was because I just wanted to play whatever he was playing at the time.

Nah. Reader Rabbit's Toddler goes hard.

I watched a "playthrough" of it, and like most games from my childhood, it looks a lot different from how I remember it. But it's still a cute "click with the mouse and stuff happens on screen" game featuring abc's, 123's, and coloring.

You can't tell me coloring doesn't rock.

Really all I wanted to do as a five-year-old was play computer games on my parents' Windows 95 and click on stuff with a mouse, and I had very limited access to games. Magic School Bus Explores the Solar System was a banger. Zoo Explorers ruled (it was bad). Pretty sure there was some game called "Waterworks" that just flat-out refused to work. There was a demo for some Tiny Toons Adventures game that my mom hated for some reason.

Reader Rabbit's Toddler worked. My bare-minimum requirements were reached.

I'll take it.

Reviewed on Jan 23, 2024


3 Comments


3 months ago

Once in a great while I get nostalgic for these 90s era PC learning games, I just wish I could remember the titles for all the stuff I played besides Magic School Bus. It feels a ton easier to eventually find stuff on consoles, meanwhile PC seems impossible to wade through and stumble upon stuff again, especially with how finicky OS compatibility is.

3 months ago

reviewing reader rabbit on janurary 23 2024 🤝

3 months ago

@Vee RIGHT there are a few games that I remember playing and want to log, but can't remember what they're called. It gets tough with the obscure "kids learning games."

@Snigglegros I read your review and the memories rushed in 🤝