Living Books series
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The Living Books series was a series of interactive animated multimedia children's books produced by Brøderbund and distributed on CD-ROM for Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows. The series began with the release of Just Grandma and Me (an adaptation of the book by Mercer Mayer) in 1992; other titles in the series included The Tortoise and the Hare, Arthur's Teacher Trouble (and other adaptations of books by Marc Brown), and a number of Dr. Seuss and Berenstain Bears titles. [1]
Living Books became quite popular in the mid-1990s and were even used in some classrooms to teach English. Some home-computer users reported purchasing CD-ROM drives and sound cards specifically to run Living Books.
Many of them had selections for other languages, namely Spanish.
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[edit] CD-ROMs in the series
NOTES: † = Only English is available as a language for that Living Books Program. Just Grandma and Me is the only Living Books Program to have more than 2 languages.
Just Grandma and Me (1993)
Arthur's Teacher Trouble (1993)
The New Kid on the Block (1993)†
The Tortoise and the Hare (1993)
Ruff's Bone (1994)
Little Monster at School (1994)
Arthur's Birthday (1994)
Harry and the Haunted House (1994)
The Berenstain Bears Get in a Fight (1995)
Dr. Seuss's ABC (1995)†
Stellaluna (1996)†
Green Eggs and Ham (1996)†
The Berenstain Bears in the Dark (1996)
Sheila Rae the Brave (1996)
Arthur's Reading Race (1997)
The Cat in the Hat (1997)†
Arthur's Computer Adventure (1997)†
D. W. the Picky Eater (1997)†
All in all, there were 18 CD-ROMs in the series. Only some are well-known.
[edit] Big Tuna New Media Titles
Although not published under the Living Books imprint, a few additional titles by Big Tuna New Media, a joint venture between Mercer Mayer and John Sansevere were published by GT Interactive/Infogrames and are similar in content and look and feel. These are:
Just Me And My Dad (1996)
Just Me And My Mom (1996)
Just Me & My Grandpa (1998)
The Smelly Mystery (2001)
Little Critter and the Great Race (2001)
The Mummy Mystery (2001)
[edit] References
- McMath, Chuck. "THE LIVING BOOKS Series by Living Books/Broderbund." Game Bytes Vol 1. Num. 21. 1994. "Series Review". Retrieved March 24, 2007.
[edit] External Links
- Garfinkel, Simson L. and Beth Rosenberg. "Bringing kids' books to life." Boston Globe Online. 5 Feb 1998. Read Article. Retrieved March 24, 2007.
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