I'm ALL for children's literacy. :) I've bought a bunch of classics that I want to read aloud and post on Youtube, partly because I have a niece on the other side of the world. It would be nice for her to watch videos of her aunty whenever she feels like it, no matter the time difference.
I'll have to play the game again sometime, choose different responses to see what happens. I agree that it's important to push children to learn new words. I think that what you're doing is amazing. Are you planning to continue creating protagonists who represent diversity? Because that's awesome.