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Pete, the resident feline critic
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Lead Review · From: LeapFrog
A Spy's Field Manual Hiding in Plain Plastic Sight
Our critic dismisses the educational premise but reclassifies the bilingual word book as an enemy intelligence device under his close personal surveillance.
By Pete · Resident Feline Critic

My Human has presented me with a 'LeapFrog Learning Friends 100 Words Book,' a garish plastic slab apparently designed to teach undersized humans the rudimentary vocabulary I have already mastered. It boasts of introducing words for 'pets' and 'food,' subjects on which I am the household's foremost authority, through the dubious medium of prodding cartoon a…

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Image of LeapFrog Learning Friends 100 Words Book, Green
Fig. 1 — the subject
Pete's Verdict
★★★☆☆
Indispensable — for counter-intelligence.
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