A rather nice package for the very youngest micro users. It is exactly what its title says: a musical and visual nursery rhyme tape. There are five rhymes, each with a picture on screen while the words appear at the appropriate point in the music. The rhymes are Hickory Dickory Dock, Polly Put The Kettle On, Humpty Dumpty, Seesaw Margery Daw and Ba Ba Black Sheep. Of the pictures, Polly and Humpty are the least interesting and are both a little static but they would hold an infant's attention. They kept my little one interested, at least.

The words sometimes use Mode 2 lettering, which children find extremely hard to read. As with all software that loads in several parts, the biggest problem is the waiting time. To alleviate the boredom slightly a coloured pattern is printed. You also have the ability to vary the colour and speed of the rhymes although this does not really give any real extra interest I found. The price is very competitive and if you intend to wean your child onto information technology at an early age you could do far worse.

D.C.