Reviews (39)

Most favorite toy in the whole house!
My son received this as a Christmas present just before he turned one year old - it has been a hit ever since! Every day the animals find their way all over the house and every night we put them back in their places & listen to the sounds they each make! He has learned to identify each of the animals, their sounds, and that everything has its own place. This is the best toy!

Not what I expected from Fisher Price...
My son received this farm as a gift. It is cute, but he doesn't seem as interested in it as I thought he would be. Also, shortly after he received it, a small piece broke off the bottom of the windmill - just the right size to be a serious choking hazard. I really didn't expect this from a Fisher Price toy. I took the windmill away, and he still plays with the rest of it.

2AM MOO MOO
THIS IS A GREAT TOY AND MY 22 MONTH OLD LOVES IT BUT, THE MOOING FROM THE COW AT 2AM IS NOT ANY FUN FOR MOM AND DAD! IT IS SUPER SENSITIVE AND MAKES NOISES EVEN WHILE IN THE CLOSET WITH NOBODY PLAYING WITH IT.......

Great Toy
Our daughter loves the little people toys! Especially the Farm! We started buying little people for her on her first birthday and she still plays with them now that she is over 3. This is a great gender neutral toy for children to enjoy! I even bought this for our nephew who lives 2 states away. We were not certain what kinds of toys he would play with and what kinds of toys he already had. It ended up being a good gamble. He really enjoyed this toy and now he has many more pieces his parent bought for him since they found out he enjoyed this so well.

Great for language development
I am a speech pathologist working with birth to 5 yrs old. This toy is a favorite with all of my clients and has served years of duty, being transported from car to home to car to classroom almost every day. I bought it several years ago though and the sounds worked only for a few months, even when i changed the batteries... not sure exactly what happened, but I thought Fisher Price would have been slightly more durable mechanically. I am not heart broken tho because the songs were a little too much for me- they kept goign off during transport. Other than that, I love it and the kids love waking the farmer up and having the farmer kick the dirty animals out of his bed: "Get out of my bed you muddy pig!" ... Read more

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Good First Dollhouse
I like this product as a little girls first dollhouse. My daughter has played with it several times over the last year. We have added to her set by getting her the Garage for all of her cars and she plays with that alot, too. When I was a little girl, I played with my Little People Dollhouse for hours at a time and now watching my daughter play with her interactive sounds dollhouse is an enjoyable experience. I recommend this product to parents.

Love It!
My daughters absolutley love this little doll house. My 3 1/2 year old will play with it for a very long time. My 21 month old also enjoys moving the little people in and out the door and making the phone "ring" and the other sounds go. All the Little People toys have been a big hit in our house.

great for little ones
Any toy which sparks the imagination and encourages role play is educational. Education is not all ABC's.
This is a great toy all around and is very durable. My girls (2 years old) love it and play with it every day.

One HUGE Problem...
My mom bought this toy for my one year old daughter, and although I agree with the other reviewers that this toy is fun and the sounds that it makes are really cool, I do see a big flaw that Fisher Price must correct. WHY is the mom of the house holding a baby bottle and has a burp cloth over her shoulder and the dad has a permanent cell phone in his hand?!?!?!!? I am not a feminist by any stretch of the imagination but I think it is just stupid that the designers of this toy felt the need to imprint a stereotype on the little people characters! Why isn't the DAD holding a bottle? Is he too busy on the phone with his clients to help with the baby? What happens when mom goes back to work and she has a burp cloth stuck on her shoulder? It might be hard to trade stocks on Wall Street when you have a bottle permanently affixed to your hand. Why have them holding anything? I think that if I was a kid, I would be bummed that these characters are forever stuck inhabiting the stereotypic roles that we are so trying to dispel!

Nothing to rave about!
Although I'm a great fan of Little People toys, this is our least favorite one. It doesn't have the educational value that the farm and the zoo have. It's a cute toy and hopefully my daughter will play with it more as she gets older (she's 15 months). She tends to become bored with this toy, unlike the farm and the zoo. This set only comes with a mother, a father, and a baby, along with some furniture and accessories. The phone rings, the toilet flushes, the popcorn pops, etc. but it doesn't make up for general lack of play value. I recommend this toy if you already have the other Little People toys and you want to add to your collection. ... Read more

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Little People are great!
I bought this for my twins' first birthday. At first they really didn't know what to do with it. Now they love it and I find them fighting over it. They're really into opening and closing the doors and putting the animals (and any other toys within reach) in and dumping them out. They went through a phase of throwing their toys. I find this to be very durable and they have no problems opening it up on their own. My only complaint is that the door/ramp keeps falling off and they can't put it back on themselves. Otherwise this would have received five stars. We have Little People trucks that they also love, especially the garbage truck because of the noises. We plan on buying the farm for Christmas. I'm in my 30's and still love Little People. They've come a long way from the wooden toys that I had when I grew up!

MOTHER OF ONE BUSY LITTLE BOY
MY SON'S GODPARENTS BOUGHT THIS FOR MY SON WHEN HE WAS 6 MONTHS OLD. HE STARTED SHOWING A REAL INTEREST IN IT WHEN HE WAS ABOUT 10 MONTHS OLD. NOW THAT HE IS A YEAR OLD HE LOVES THE ANIMALS AND THE LITTLE PEOPLE AND TAKES THEM EVERYWHERE WITH HIM! HE STUDIES THE ANIMALS SO INTENTLY AND TRIES TO REPEAT AFTER ME WHEN I TELL HIM WHAT TYPE OF ANIMAL IT IS. THIS TOY IS HIS FAVORITE AND KEEPS HIM BUSY FOR HOURS! HE NEVER GETS BORED OF IT AND I FIND IT VERY EDUCATIONAL NOW THAT MY SON IS LEARNING TO TALK.

Very hard plastic
Love the toy - our 14 month old and 4-year-old girls fight over it constantly. Our only complaint is that the plastic is a little too hard - seeing that the animals are generally flying through the air at our heads. Maybe a protective bike helmet would be a good companion gift.

Skip fancy electronics!
My son turned one and we wanted to get him a special toy from his grampa. We started with the Leap Start Musical table and found that even though he loved it, the sensor went out after two days! I took it back and got the Little Touch Leap Pad which he was also interested in but when he couldn't press the sensors (not even I could do it very easily) he became disinterested.

Finally I read some more reviews and got him this much cheaper Noah's Ark set. He LOVED it!! He couldn't even wait for me to take it out of the package he was so excited!! Right now he loves to move the pieces around and put them in and out. He even notices if one of the animals is missing and gets it from across the room!

I am beginning to realize that all the lights and whistles of these new 'educational' toys may not be the best at stimulating young minds. Toys like 'Little People' seem to stimulate creativity and don't have any bounds to where their minds can take them on their learning adventure.

Who would have thought that sticking to the simple toys would bring so much excitement to a little todler!

I highly recommend this and any Little People toys!

My Grandson's favorite toy!
I babysit my 22 month old grandson 2 days a week so I try to have interesting toys for him to play with. This is a toy he plays with for hours and he keeps going back to throughout the day. He arranges the animals in different places each time he plays with this toy. Sometimes he brings the animals up the ramp, sometimes through the trap door on top, and he also likes placing the animals on the pegs on top as well. He gets so focused as he opens and closes the ark and arranges all his little people, you can just see his imagination running wild. The toy is well made and very user friendly for the child. His second favorite toy is the Fisher Price Little People Farm with Sounds. This is a great gift for your toddler. ... Read more

Editorial Review

The Little People Animal Sounds Zoo features six different animals--polar bear, seal, monkey, lion, bird, and elephant--and environments for children to interact with. Each habitat floor has a small paw print that elicits the animal's sound when pressed with a finger or when the appropriate animal is placed on it. Each animal is made of soft, squeezable plastic and is about 3 inches tall, perfect for small hands. Children will enjoy the various sounds, animals, and habitats, especially the monkey. Hit the purple handle and the monkey shoots up a vine into the trees and shouts, "Ah-ah-eee-eee-oo-oo!" as he tries to grab a banana. Also included are two fence pieces and a small plastic car for the zookeeper. Requires three AA batteries (not included). --N. Mered ... Read more

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We leave the batteries out...
My kids were given this "to have at Gramma's house" and of course it came home at some point. The first thing that we did was remove the batteries when nobody was looking. They still love playing with it and make their own noises. They love that the animals are those they see at our zoos or on nature shows. They love setting it up with their other little people toys.

There's a trend lately to think that kids toys need to have lights, bells, whistles, and other parental insanity inducers. Very few of those toys have any play value without the batteries; Fisher Price Little People stand the test. FP, if you read these reviews, consider: I'd pay the same price for a toy with similar play value and no battery door.

Daughter's first and favorite toy
We bought this toy for my daughter's first birthday and she still loves it 2 years later. We have been adding to her "Little People Collection" ever since. She loves finding all the buttons and levers that activate the animal noises and has learned to match the animal toys to their pictures on the playset. It would be nice if the monkey was removable, but she still enjoys making him bounce up and chatter. Believe me, these toys are addictive. I'm afraid my daughter's room will soon be over run!!

Another great FP toy!!
This Zoo is alot of fun! My daughter (just turned 2) loves the bird chirping song and the different sounds of the animals. This toy has helped her learn her animal sounds and she will sit for a long time playing and listening to the animals and repeating the songs and noises.
We are big fans of Little People and this a toy that will interest almost any child!

Just Adorable!
I bought this for my son for Christmas (15 months old now). He has played with it EVERY single day since! He loves it! He is able to identify the animals and loves to press the buttons to hear what sounds they make. This toy is adorable. The only annoying aspect is the bird! That darn bird sound (chirping) is loud and goes on and on. But this toy brings my son so much joy that I think I can put up with that annoying chirp! I highly recommend this toy....it truly is adorable!

Big Hit
My 24 month old son loves everything Little People and this set is no exception. He hasn't stopped playing with it since we bought it - he even begged to take it to bed with him last night! His favorite thing to do is to put one of the animals in the back of the truck and drive it to the other side of the zoo.

That said, I am disappointed with the moving parts. For example, the seal does not whiz down the slide, but tumbles off his platform to the ground. My son could care less about such things, though.

Overall this is a great toy for imaginative play and must-have for your Little People collection. ... Read more

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Fun for girls too!
My twin girls received this fire truck as a gift for Christmas when they were 13 mo. old. They got the biggest kick out of it! They loved the fact that they could make it talk and move and put the people in and out. Now that they are 16 mo. old, they have more imagination and can use it together with some of the other little people sets (such as the fire station). The sounds are good quality, it moves on carpet, and is a wonderful first fire truck. Great product!

COOL TOY
My 12 month old loves this truck. It was easy for him to move around. It is also tough enough to withstand the abuse a little boy gives his toys. BUY THIS TOY!!

Great first fire engine!
My 21 month old son likes this fire truck much better than the retired one that fisher price had out. It is easy for him to work. My 3 and 5 year olds even play with it sometimes. If your little one loves trucks this would be a great first fire engine. ... Read more

Editorial Review

Designed to encourage early role play, this small, colorful playground is centered on a giant tic-tac-toe board, with rolling x's and o's, that sits atop a yellow, open-air sandbox. Michael can climb the ladder to the upper platform while Sarah Lynn goes down the red slide and giggles. Other fun features include a musical merry-go-round, a purple tire swing, and a yellow tricycle. This would be an entertaining, developmentally rich toy for preschoolers. Required, but not included, are three AA batteries. --Andy Boynton ... Read more

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Great Toy.
Our daughter loves all her Little People toys. They are durable and easy to clean. They are great fun for her & all are wonderful.

Lots of fun!
My daughter received this toy for her second birthday. She enjoys it thoroughly, especially the merry go round and the tic tac toe board. This toy has been known to travel along with us in the car and has kept the teddy bears company as well! Along with her other Little People toys, this one is definately a hit!!

attn: customer service
I was billed $23.16 for a $14.99 toy. When I questioned via the web site e-mail as to why the item was not shipped per poundage at a considerably lower cost, I received no reply. Also, the tax appears to have been applied to the $6.29 shipping also. As I expect this message to be reviewed, please forward to the appropriate department's supervisor.

NOT for posting.

Please respond

Thank you,

Christine Reekie

A must have for your Little People collection
This set is so cute ... and my children (4, 3 and 1) love this set as it's just like the playground equipment they visit at our local park ... so they make the Little People do exactly what they like to do when they go to the park.

It's easy for my children to put the Little People in and out of the tire swing and on the little Merry Go Round. The Merry Go Round has music and you can hear laughter from another button at the top of the slide. The tic-tac-toe game also spins and makes a great noise as well (my 1 year old particularly likes that part!). The 1 year old also finds it easy to put the Little People on and off the bike.

As we have found with all our Little People sets - this set is extremely durable and easy to clean ... a perfect addition to your Little People collection.

We LOVE this!!
I was so excited to see that my 20 month old got this for Christmas from his grandmother! It is the cutest toy--It has a play structure, including a merry-go-round, slide, even the little tic-tac-toe rotating blocks like they have at a real playground. There is also a little tire swing, and it comes with a tricycle. The two people that come with it are so cute also. My son's favorite feature is the fact that when you push a button at the top of the slide, you hear children's laughter. He cracks up everytime the button is pressed.

This is such a great toy, and a wonderful addition to your Little People collection! ... Read more

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Boring as a set
My 18 month old son will take a couple of the individual pieces and walks around holding them and making the animal sound but is not interested in playing with it as a set. For his 1 year birthday, he got almost the complete set of Little People's and just never was interested in any of them.

I will say that it is extremely durable because he uses the larger pieces to try and climb things now (as stepstools). I was disappointed by his lack of response because I thought the toys were interesting.

We Love Little People
This was the first Little People toy my daughter had ever had, we got it as a 1st birthday gift. She's almost 2 now and this past year I think she has played with it or a part of it at least 5 days a week. She loves the horse and cow, enjoys giving them drinks from the water pump! The video which at first I didn't think was that exciting, has really grown on me. The music is catchy which may or may not drive you crazy depending on how many times your child will view a video. My daughter asks for the Little People video all the time, so I've seen it over and over again. What more can I say, except WE LOVE LITTLE PEOPLE!

Great toy for boy or girl
We got this toy to add to the larger FP farm. It is a great addition. My 20 month old son loves to give the animals a drink of water from the fountain. This is a great learning toy. This is one toy that has brought my 5 yr old son and 20 month old son to play together. Keep up the great work Fisher-Price.

Not a favorite toy at our house
Since we have the big barn, this little one gets pushed aside most of the time. The barn doors are easy to pull off and have been lost already. The water pump is cute but doesn't really hold their interest for long. In short, this play set is buried in the bottom of the toy box. The video, on the other hand, is a hit. Little People videos really get my kids' attention and they're the sort of happy little movies you'd want your kids to be watching.

Great toy for the price....
I bought this for my 2 year old son on Easter b/c I wanted to get him a farm, as those have always been my favorite Little People playsets, but our Little People town was running out of space. He loves it! It comes with just about all of the same animals, and it takes up a LOT less space. He plays with it often. It goes great with the Little People Noah's Ark!! ... Read more

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Fun 'til it falls over!
Both my one year old and my three year old love this toy! However, whenever the one year old tries to push the top buttons, the whole station falls over. I think they could have made a whole station that opens by splitting in half. My brothers had an FP one in the eighties with a hinge in the middle, so that kids can use both sides and it doesn't fall over. The best feature of the current one is that the fireman can come down a chute straight into the truck. My oldest was especially thrilled by that feature since he really wants a firepole in his own room.

Pretty Decent Toy
I bought this for my 19 month old son, who has a fascination with large trucks, especially those with lights! He loves to push the little buttons to make the noises, but hasn't gotten the idea that he has to push them all the way down to get the doors to work. He likes both of the vehicles, and does put the people in and out of them. I think it's very cute, but the noises might end up driving some parents crazy. I have just learned to tune out the toys(...)

A little disappointed
My son (2yrs.) gets frustrated because the people just set in the vehicles(they are not like the other Little People)and they tend to fall out.
We have the Ramps Around Garage and thought this would be a nice addition to that, but the fire truck and ambulance wheels are too wide to work on the Garage.
Other than those things we really enjoy this toy.

More Little People to Love
My son received this for Christmas and it's a great addition to our Little People collection.

It fits perfectly with the garage if you have it to make a city centre. My son (1) and his sisters (4 and 3) love the buttons on top which activate the different sirens for Ambulance or Fire and then also used to open the garage doors when there is an "emergency" for the little people to get to.

As with all Little People sets, they are extremely durable (even when thrown clear across the room), completely interchangable between Little People sets, easy to keep clean and most importantly - provides hours of fun for role play which is only limited to your imagination.

Great fun!

a huge hit
My 3-year old grandson plays with this toy the entire time he is visiting me. he loves pushing the buttons and hearing the sounds and having the doors open. It is very durable!!! The ambulance and firetruck have fallen many, many times from a high place--nothing has broken off. The nurse and fireman have been carried around in dog's mouth. The doors have opened hundreds of times. They work every time. I have recommended this toy to others. For the money it is great entertainment. ... Read more

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CHOKING HAZARD-----keep your eyes on this one!
We bought this to enhance my son's "ramps around garage." My son, a 22-month-old, plays fairly gently with his toys. Last week, as he was playing with this, the yellow "gas" hose that attaches to the toy broke right off. It broke into two separate pieces, one about an inch, the other about 2 inches....definite choking hazards! My son was confused about what happened, so he brought the pieces to me. Luckily, he didn't stick them in his mouth. I contacted the company, and there are not any recalls or replacement parts for this item. I don't think I would recommend this toy, but if you do have it in your home, I would strongly recommend sitting right by your toddler whenever he or she is playing with it! I was only a few feet away, but he still could have tried to swallow the pieces!

Mom of 3 boys
This toy was mainly bought so we could have more vehicles for the big garage, but the last reviewer was right, this toy is pretty junky. I expected more from this toy especially because it is Fisher Price. They love the Little People videos, they watch them over and over again, all day long. The car wash part of this toy is pretty lame overall, but my 7 month old likes to chew on it so at least it gets some use.

very disappointed
we bought this toy for are 3 year old, well very disappointed. The car wash is junk the ramp is hard to move up and down. I can't see how they expect a 3 year old to move it when I have trouble moving it. Will be returning to the store. The only good thing about it is the tow truck and the extra car with hood that opens. ... Read more

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Fun little car
My daughter has loved this car since the day we bought it. The thing that first got her attention were the sounds. She loved to hear the baby laughing and the horn honking. She also liked the "engine" sounds. She loves to just push the car around and even puts the mom in the stroller and acts like it's a car too! It is such a great, fun toy at a super price.

Marvolous Mini Van
This mini van deserves 5 stars overall because I can pretend that it drives anywhere! The grocery bag can make the people go to the grocery store and home if you have the sweet sounds home. The possibilities are endless. It is education valued because it shows safety-for instance: the baby in the carseat. It scored 4 stars on duradility because the trunk came off a few times. Otherwise, I LOVE it!

1 year old Daughter LOVES this toy!!!
Our One Year loves this toy. She started playing with our 4 year old boys cars and so I got this for her to not only be a bigger car to push around but for her to start a collection of Little People...she drags it everywhere and loves the music. She has even packed the figures in the van as to give the whole neighborhood a ride. She somehow figured out that the back door opens and put the baby stroller in and then closed it...I didnt even show her, so it is educational in that it teaches a child all about a car. I would reccomend this item to anyone it is cute and fun and our volume is not too loud as others have said, and I am pretty allergic when it comes to loud noises!

Cute toy!
My one-year-old daughter likes this van, but it's not one of her favorites. She likes to play the music, but that's about it. And it's so loud! I guess it just wasn't her thing!

Cute... but really loud!
This little mini van is very cute, and my 3-year old daughter loves it. Being a music nut, she especially likes to push the button and play the song. I do wish the van had a volume control, though, because it's REALLY loud! This seems to be an issue with a number of Fisher-Price toys, like the Little People Ferris Wheel / Carnival set. The van is also pretty sturdily built, except for the open-able tailgate, which my daughter took off almost immediately. Again, I've had this sort of problem with other Little People toys' doors. This isn't a big deal, and it certainly doesn't affect the toy in any other way. It's also fun to use the mom and baby with other Little People sets, and vice versa. All in all, an above-average toy. ... Read more

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A good addition to your little people family
Cute, durable and educational. I really like the fact that there's a male and female of each species. Great for playing with the Noah's Ark set or the Zoo set. Also they're very durable, my daughter loved chewing on them and you couldn't tell it by looking at them now.

More great Little People fun
These animals are a great buy if you are buying the Little Peoples Noah's Ark as your little one can have even more fun role playing with all the different animals.

Each animal is has a difference so you can tell them apart and say one is male and one is female. My children love matching and lining up. They also enjoy all the extra animals for their Little People collection. Our animals have visited the Little People Farm, and riden on the school bus we have.

As with all Little People sets we have found these to be easy to keep clean and extremely durable.

Recommended especially if you have or are buying the Noah's Ark.

Great toy!!!
We bought this toy along with the Little People Noah's Ark for my son for Christmas. He loves this toy. The animals are not too small as he likes to chew on them. He plays with this toy everyday. They are durable!!!

Too Cute!
Educational and fun. My 19 month old daughter loves to play with the alligators especially. And she points out the birds that say "tweet tweet" on the backs of the hippos. Too cute!

The Ark is Complete!
My son just received this set for his birthday, completing the ark. This set is really cute. I gave it a 5 for fun, because it is cute to see all of the animals with the ark. These are just as durable as the other Little People stuff. The don't make any noise and fit into the Ark. If you have the Ark, you have to complete it with the animal sets. ... Read more

Editorial Review

Whether your child prefers the traditional version of the ThreeLittle Pigs or something a bit more unconventional (such as The TrueStory of the 3 Little Pigs), he or she will enjoyreenacting the entire plot with this outstanding playset. Undo theVelcro seam on the roof of the third little pig's house to reveal a 16-by-23-inch play matdepicting colorfully printed and embroidered set piecesfor staging the story. Three freestanding pigs and the big bad wolf areeach recreated on weighted pillows and nicely enhanced by a touch of brightoutline stitching. Houses of hay and sticks (cardboard-covered fabric)readily succumb to the wolf's huffing and puffing, and the much larger,quilted house of bricks sports a wolf-sized chimney. A traditionalretelling of the classic story--made of printed fabric and easily storedinside the brick house with the mat, characters, and props--is included.--Liane Thomas ... Read more

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A Toy Your Kids Will Love
Based on the recommendations on Amazon.com, I bought this playset for my 2 year old niece's birthday. Six months later it is one of her favorite toys. She loves playing with the set and telling the story to her brother and sister. If you are looking for a gift that will encourage creativity, this one gets high marks. My sister-in-law loves it too and wonders how I am so in tune with what kids like. (Let's not tell her that I rely on other people's Amazon.com recommendations.)

Little pigs play set
My Grandmother bought this for my daughter over a year ago. I thought she was crazy for paying the high price for this. However, this is still a story time favorite. My daughter loves to watch me and help me act out the story as I/we read the book and the pigs are regularly bedtime necessities. The house doubles (for my daughter) as a purse and a house for her other little figurines. The entire set is washable and very durable. I highly recommend this toy to anyone who loves a chance to play along with story time. ... Read more

Editorial Review

The classic story Goldilocks and the Three Bears can be reenacted with this lovely cloth cottage filled with stuffed fabric characters and furniture. When children open the lid-roof to the cottage,they'll find an illustrated cloth book that tells the enchanting story. They'll also find the three bears, Goldilocks, and a table set with three bowls of porridge. Lift the flap beneath each bowl of porridge and find the words, "Too hot," or "Too cold," or "Just right." When Goldilocks finds three beds (attached with Velcro), children will discover familiar messages written under the flaps beneath each pillow. Educators emphasize the value of these kinds of quality toys that encourage children to act out stories, as a means of increasing language, memory, creativity, and storytelling skills. --Gail Hudson ... Read more

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fun new animals
These animals came with our Noah's Ark set. Not only are they fun to play with in the set, but my 19 month old daughter learned three new animal names. She recognizes and can say "leopard, rhino" and "peacock" (hence the 5 stars for educational value). She has so much fun playing with her Noah's Ark set and these animals!

Fun
These animals are a great buy if you are buying the Little Peoples Noah's Ark as your little one can have even more fun role playing with all the different animals.

Each animal is has a difference so you can tell them apart and say one is male and one is female. My children love matching and lining up. They also enjoy all the extra animals for their Little People collection. Our animals have visited the Little People Farm, and riden on the school bus we have.

As with all Little People sets we have found these to be easy to keep clean and extremely durable.

Recommended especially if you have or are buying the Noah's Ark. ... Read more