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Stickybear is a fictional character created by Richard Hefter and an edutainment series starring the character headed by Optimum Resource. The character was a mascot of Weekly Reader Software, [1] a division of Xerox Education Publications. [2]

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Software of the series has been released since the early 1980s. [3] software programs originated on the Apple II and were released for IBM PC, [1] Atari 8-bit computers, [4] and Commodore 64. [5]

As of 2008, the most recent Stickybear software was developed for Windows XP/Windows Vista and Mac OS X. [6]

Books with Stickybear

Software with Stickybear

The earliest software programs included picture books in colors and posters. [14]

Reception

II Computing listed Stickybear tenth on the magazine's list of top Apple II educational software as of late 1985, based on sales and market-share data. [19]

Peter Mucha of the Houston Chronicle reviewed IBM versions of Stickybear in 1990; Stickybear Opposites received a B−, Stickybear Math received a B, Stickybear Math 2 received a B, Stickybear Alphabet received an A−, and Stickybear Reading received a C. [1]

The New Talking StickyBear Alphabet won the Best Early Education Program 1989 Excellence in Software Award from the Software and Information Industry Association. [20]

Leslie Eiser of Compute! magazine said in a 1992 review that StickyBear Town Builder was dated compared to other games of its time. [21]

Computer Gaming World in 1993 said of Stickybear's Early Learning Activities, "In the world of early learning software, it's difficult to find anyone who does it better." [22]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Mucha, Peter. "Educational programs vary widely in quality and range."[ dead link ] Houston Chronicle . Sunday August 18, 1990. Lifestyle 5. Retrieved on December 5, 2009. Available from the Houston Public Library newspapers section, accessible with an HPL library card number and its PIN.
  2. ↑ Moritz, Michael and Philip Elmer-DeWitt. "Software for All Seasons." TIME . Monday December 19, 1983. Retrieved on December 5, 2009.
  3. ↑ 'Stickybear Numbers & ABC for preschool children', InfoWorld, October 24, 1983, pp. 37-38.
  4. ↑ "Stickybear". Atari Mania. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
  5. ↑ Engst, Adam C.; Hirasuna, Tom (May 4, 1992). "In Search of Stickybear". TidBITS. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Stickybear Math 1 Deluxe Grades PK-2". Optimum Resource, Inc. Archived from the original on April 18, 2006. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Babysitter Bears." Google Books .
  8. ↑ "Bears at Work." Google Books .
  9. ↑ "Lots of Little Bears: A Stickybear Counting Book." Google Books .
  10. ↑ "Watch Out: The Stickybear Book of Safety." Google Books .
  11. ↑ "Stickybear Book of Weather." Google Books .
  12. ↑ "Where is the Bear?." Google Books .
  13. ↑ "Stickybears Scary Night." Google Books .
  14. ↑ Lynch, Dennis (1985-04-12). "STICKYBEAR HELPS PRESCHOOLERS LEARN THE COMPUTER ROPES". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved 2018-12-09.
  15. ↑ "At Home with Stickybear: School Version with Lesson Plans (Ages 1-5)." ERIC. Retrieved on April 3, 2017.
  16. ↑ Compute! Issue 49. June 1984. "71.
  17. ↑ "Stickybear Early Learning Activities." Optimum Resource, Inc..
  18. ↑ "Stickybear Kindergarten Activities." Optimum Resource, Inc..
  19. ↑ Ciraolo, Michael (Oct–Nov 1985). "Top Software / A List of Favorites". II Computing. p. 51. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  20. ↑ "1989 Excellence in Software Awards Winners Archived 2008-08-29 at the Wayback Machine ." Software and Information Industry Association.
  21. ↑ Eiser, Leslie. "Stickybear Town Builder. (computer game) (Software Review) (Evaluation)." Compute! December 1992. Issue 147. 164.
  22. ↑ Soper, Virginia (December 1993). "Stickybear's Early Learning Adventures". Computer Gaming World. pp. 155–156. Retrieved 29 March 2016.

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