It is often difficult to know how will be given a gift to a young child. But this gift has managed to erase my fears, it is not heavy, rather solid (given the number of times he has fallen) and has a setting for the volume of the device (which is more to the both for children but for their parents). I offered this gift to a little girl of 2 years and she's going to enjoy it. On the announcement there has written 12 to 36 months, however I would recommend it over 24 to 36 months but after that depends primarily of the child. Besides the fact that the batteries are provided avoids the disappointment of children not to play with their toys immediately. Finally, the package I would have liked that it alone can open, but the ties cardboard are rather hard (which I understand).