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Living Books is a series of interactive read-along adventures aimed at children aged 3–9. Created by Mark Schlichting, the series was mostly developed by Living Books for CD-ROM and published by Broderbund for Mac OS and Microsoft Windows. Two decades after the original release, the series was re-released by Wanderful Interactive Storybooks for iOS and Android.
Living Books became the first company to create multimedia products featuring Dr. Seuss characters after securing the digital rights.
Living Books sourced most of their material from popular children's books, though they also adapted the classic Aesop's (pictured) fable The Tortoise and the Hare.
The Living Books series became especially popular with autistic children.
Schon was inspired to revive the Living Books series in 2010 after observing the capabilities of the recently released iPad.
Broderbund
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Broderbund Software, Inc. was an American maker of video games, educational software, and productivity tools. Broderbund is best known for the 8-bit video game hits Choplifter, Lode Runner, Karateka, and Prince of Persia, as well as The Print Shop—originally for printing signs and banners on dot matrix printers—and the Myst and Carmen Sandiego games. The company was founded in Eugene, Oregon, and moved to San Rafael, California, then later to Novato, California. Broderbund was purchased by SoftKey in 1998.
Doug Carlston, 1985