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Arthur's Reading Games
Living Books1999
Arthur's Reading Games is the perfect combination of learning, fun, and helpful features. With 6 different fun-filled activities and 5 levels of difficulty, Arthur's Reading Games will entertain your child with hours of learning and fun!
Living Books: D.W. the Picky Eater
Media Station1998
D.W. the Picky Eater is an interactive storybook and an educational game for children aged three to seven. It is based on the 1995 children's book by Marc Brown. Players follow D.W., Arthur Read the aardvark's sister, who dislikes a lot of food because it looks disgusting to her. Items she does not like include pickles, tomatoes, pineapple, spinach, salad, parsnips etc. The story is told through narration and text on the screen and meanwhile many hotspots in the environment can be clicked for a short animation. There are also several mini-games such as decorating D.W.'s playhouse along with a game, soaking gophers with the water hose, setting the table and so on.
Arthur's Computer Adventure
Living Books1998
Explore Marc Brown’s classic "Arthur’s Computer Adventure"! Arthur and his friends bring the story alive one word at a time, fully animated and voiced. Increase the challenge and the fun with an interactive at-your-own-pace option with lots of bonuses and secrets to discover!
Arthur's Reading Race
Living Books1997
Arthur’s Reading Race centers around everyone’s favorite Aardvark. Arthur is trying to teach his little sister, D.W, to read. However, she insists that she already knows how!
Living Books: The Cat in the Hat
Living Books1997
The Cat in the Hat is an educational game based on the Dr. Seuss book of the same name. It has the same plot of the original book. The Cat sees that Sally and her brother are bored on a rainy day. Eventually, they start having fun, but The Cat realizes he has made a big mess. The Cat uses a big vacuum to clean the whole mess up, and it ends happily ever after. The game lets you click on many things in the background, and has small mini-games during the story. The game also lets you go back to any page you want again.
Living Books: Arthur's Computer Adventure
Living Books1997
Once again Arthur, D.W., and friends lead us on a hilarious adventure that kids won't want to miss. An Interactive Adventure, 5 learning activities and 13 surprises and puzzles help kids develop critical reading, math, and logic skills while they play along with Arthur. Arthur wants to play "Deep Dark Sea" on the computer every chance he gets; when his mother leaves for work and asks him not to touch the computer, the temptation is too much. Arthur and Buster play long enough to fight over the mouse and make the screen go blank! Will Arthur be able to fix the computer before his mom gets home? Play and find out! Treasure Hunt: Get the treasure if you can read all the words! Kids develop reading and logic skills in this face-paced and exciting activity. Play against a friend or the computer! D.W.'s Store: Shop for D.W.'s toys. Cook up wacky recipes in D.W.'s cafe. Children learn counting and math while they make purchases and work in the cafe. Deep Dark Sea: Explore world geography and ocean life while searching for hidden treasure. This sidescrolling arcade style activity has three levels of difficulty for hours of fun! Toy Captain: Drop water balloons on a target and help rescue the firefighter. This activity is great for improving hand/eye coordination. Frankenfish: Learn ocean facts and geography while creating your own wacky creatures! Print in color or black and white to create your own coloring book!
Living Books: Arthur's Reading Race
Living Books1997
Arthur's Reading Race is the number fifteenth Living Books and the third Arthur Living Books game PC CD-Rom Game from 1997 based on the 1996 book written by Marc Brown and the CD-Rom was released in February 17, 1997.
Living Books: Green Eggs and Ham
Living Books1996
Green Eggs and Ham is the second Dr. Seuss Living Book Adaptation from Broderbund. The story features Sam-I-Am, who repeatedly asks the questions based on an object, e.g. “Would you Could you on a boat?”. This leads to his grumpy friend saying “I do not like Green Eggs an Ham”. The story gets more dramatic as it progresses. There are some activities featuring characters from the story like the Fox in a Box, and the Mouse in the House. The game features word recognition, vocabulary, reading comprehension and computer literacy. Every page is clickable for a few surprises. In Read to Me, the program automatically turns the pages leaving out the games as the story progresses.
Living Books: The Berenstain Bears in the Dark
Living Books1996
"The Berenstain Bears in the Dark" is an interactive educational game based on the book of the same name. It follows Brother Bear reading a scary story to Sister Bear, leading her to fear the dark. Papa Bear helps Sister Bear realize it's just her imagination, while Brother Bear eventually becomes afraid of the dark too. The game features two play modes, "Read To Me" and "Let Me Play," as well as bonus games like "Animal Match" and "Picture Jumble."
Living Books: Stellaluna
Living Books1996
Stellaluna is a Living Book adaptation based on Jannell Cannon’s original picture book. The story is about a bat named Stellaluna, who lost her mother due to an owl crashing into her. Stellaluna has to find her mother, but she meets new friends throughout the story. There is also a Bat Quiz in which children test their knowledge of Bats. In Let Me Play, every page can be clicked to uncover a surprise or two.
Living Books: Sheila Rae, the Brave
Living Books1996
Based on the book by Kevin Henkes, Sheila Rae, the Brave is the eleventh Living Book and released on February 27, 1996. It was the last title in the series to use the old 512 x 384 resolution. The story is about how Sheila Rae isn't afraid of anything, unlike her sister Louise, who is frightened of anything her sister does. This is, once again, one of the rarest titles due to being out of print for a long time, and is very hard to come across.
Living Books: Dr. Seuss's ABC
Living Books1995
The magic of Dr. Seuss's popular books comes to life in this fun-filled introduction to the ABCs of reading. Click on a noun and see its picture. Click on a verb to see an action. It's easy for kids to replay a favorite part, skip ahead and learn more than 600 different words while they play. Introduce your children to Dr. Seuss's wondrous world today.
Living Books: The Berenstain Bears Get in a Fight
Living Books1995
The Berenstain Bears Get in a Fight is the first Berenstain Bears interactive Living Books PC game from 1995. It is based on the 1982 book written by Stan & Jan Berenstain and its adaptation of the 1985 TV series on CBS.
Arthur's Birthday
Living Books1994
Arthur's Birthday is adapted from the original storybook into an interactive animated adventure! Interact with the pictures and discover hidden scenes. Many surprising encounters await with your favorite Arthur storybook characters!
Living Books: Harry and the Haunted House
Living Books1994
When Harry D. Rabbit hits the ball right over Stinky's head, it lands in the spooky old house while next to the park. Harry and his friends cautiously explore the house searching for the ball and have dozens of hair-raising experiences. As Harry and his friends search the scary mansion, they discover something about themselves, as well as about the "haunted" house.
Living Books: Arthur's Birthday
Living Books1994
Arthur is having a big birthday party on Saturday, and all his friends are invited. What will he do when he finds out that Muffy is having a party at the same time? In the Great Gift Mystery DW has pulled all the tags off of Arthur's gifts, and it's up to you to use the clues to match up Arthur's gifts to their givers. As kids gather clues in the Great Gift Mystery, they are stored in a notebook. When you've gathered enough clues, click on the gift to return to Arthur's party and solve the mystery! Kids will also entertain themselves as they tap their shoes and play along with the Musical Pin the Tail on the Donkey activity. Can you pin the tail on the donkey?
Living Books: Ruff's Bone
Living Books1994
Ruff's Bone is the sixth Living Books game (or fifth if you were to go by the PC release dates) released in 1994. Written by Eli Noyes and co-produced by Colossal Pictures, it is exclusively Living Books' second original story not being an adaption from any pre-existing titles (first if not counting Mark Schlitching's adaption of The Tortoise and the Hare). The story is about a dog named Ruff, who fetches his bone that was thrown by his master.
Living Books: The New Kid on the Block
Living Books1993
The New Kid on the Block is the fourth Living Books game based on the 1984 storybook written by Jack Prelutsky, and was released in 1993. Instead of just one story, it was a collection of 17 poems. It is hosted by Jack Prelutsky as he voiced the cartoon counterpart of himself.
Living Books: Aesop's The Tortoise and the Hare
Living Books1993
An educational game which reads the story of "The Tortoise and the Hare" to young players while including point-and-click elements.
Living Books: Little Monster at School
Living Books1993
Little Monster at School is an interactive story game, based on the book by Mercer Mayer. Little Monster explains how school is fun and things to do in school, along with trying to help a monster kid named Yally get along with school. On the pages after the first part of the story is read to the player. Objects in the background may be clicked to reveal hidden surprises. While playing, click on some of background objects and find a little furry mutant.
Living Books: Just Grandma and Me
Living Books1992
Just Grandma and Me was the very first Living Books PC CD-Rom game from 1992 based on the 1983 book of the same name written by Mercer Mayer. It is an interactive storybook about a boy and his Grandma at the beach.