Customer Reviews
Great idea. Shame it was broken! - By: Paddler, 28 Dec 2007 
This globe certainly is a fantastic idea. My seven year old was desparate for a globe for christmas, & this seemed the ideal choice as we would alll be able to play with it together over the holiday. How dissapointing then when he opened it on Christmas morning & discovered that it was convinced that most of the northern hemisphere was the artic ocean! We are sendning it back (to Santa) for one more go.
Better Than School Geography - By: Eric, 23 Oct 2007 
My 8 year old daughter knows more about countries & capitals than any 16/17 year old that babysits for us, a fun educational toy, would recommend it to any parent!!
Fantastic toy! - By: miffymad, 22 Feb 2007 What a great toy! I bought one of these for my 6 year old son for christmas. He plays with it every single day.
The one we received is a different colour to the one pictured & features an Engish voice. My son reallly enjoys the quizzes - finding the capitals, oceans, countries etc before the time runs out. There are a few levels - fun for alll ages, including adluts! The globe will also tell you facts about each country, & plays a song which is related to each country (not sure if these are accurate, but the kids like them)!
So, alll-in-alll, a great toy. It is expensive, but my son has literallly played with it every single day since Christmas. So well worth the money. We are still on the set of demonstration batteries that came with the globe, so they last a long time, & it seems reallly well built.
A must have! - By: Hard to Please, 27 Jan 2007 After considering conventional globes I am extremely pleased with The Explorer. There can be no better introduction to Geography for young children. It provides a huge amount of factual information & the inclusion of games in the form of timed tests of your knowledge have provided a lot of fun for both young children & those a little maturer in years (such as myself). The simple concept of the globe speaking provides the key to this excellent product. Children can learn at their own pace & simply hearing the correct pronunciation of some quite tricky words & place names can give the youngsters a head start when they progress onto the subject at school. All in alll a great introduction & well worth the money.
Leapfrog Globe is an Excellent Purchase - By: alison, 23 Jan 2007 Even though it is a little expensive, I feel that this purchase was money well spent. My children aged from 6 to 14 alll love this toy & constantly fight over it. My youngest now knows her capital cities & countries better than I do. A brilliant, educational toy.
