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,Mucha, Peter. "Educational programs vary widely in quality and range." Houston Chronicle. Sunday August 19, 1990. Lifestyle 5. Retrieved on December 5, 2009. Clipping at Newspapers.com. Also available from the Houston Public Library newspapers section, accessible with an HPL library card number and its PIN.See also: a division of Xerox Education Publications.Moritz, Michael and Philip Elmer-DeWitt. "Software for All Seasons." TIME. Monday December 19, 1983. Retrieved on December 5, 2009.
Software of the series has been released since the early 1980s.'Stickybear Numbers & ABC for preschool children', InfoWorld, October 24, 1983, pp. 37-38. software programs originated on the Apple II and were released for IBM PC, Atari 8-bit computers, and Commodore 64.
As of 2008, the most recent Stickybear software was developed for Windows XP/Windows Vista and Mac OS X.
Books with Stickybear Babysitter Bears (1983)"Babysitter Bears." Google Books. Bears at Work (1983)"Bears at Work." Google Books. Lots of Little Bears: A Stickybear Counting Book (1983)"Lots of Little Bears: A Stickybear Counting Book." Google Books. Stickybear Watch Out: The Stickybear Book of Safety (1983)"Watch Out: The Stickybear Book of Safety." Google Books. Stickybear Book of Weather (1983)"Stickybear Book of Weather." Google Books. Where is the Bear? (1983)"Where is the Bear?." Google Books. Stickybears Scary Night (1984)"Stickybears Scary Night." Google Books.
Software with Stickybear The earliest software programs included picture books in colors and posters.
At Home With Stickybear"At Home with Stickybear: School Version with Lesson Plans (Ages 1-5)." ERIC. Retrieved on April 3, 2017. Stickybear Alphabet (IBM PC, Apple IICompute! Issue 49. June 1984. "71.) (Some versions included the book The Strawberry Look Book) Stickybear BASIC Stickybear Basket Bounce Stickybear Bop Stickybear Drawing Stickybear Early Learning Activities (Windows, Apple Macintosh Classic, Windows XP/Windows Vista, Mac OS X"Stickybear Early Learning Activities." Optimum Resource, Inc.. Stickybear Family Fun Game (Philips CD-i) Stickybear Kindergarten Activities"Stickybear Kindergarten Activities." Optimum Resource, Inc.. Stickybear Math (Commodore 64, IBM PC, Apple II, Philips CD-i) Stickybear Math 1 Deluxe (Windows XP/Windows Vista, Mac OS X) Stickybear Math 2 (IBM PC) Stickybear Music Stickybear Music Library 1 Stickybear Numbers Stickybear Opposites (IBM PC) Stickybear Parts of Speech Stickybear Picture Library 1 Stickybear Preschool (CD-i) Stickybear Printer Stickybear Reading (Commodore 64, IBM PC, Philips CD-i) Stickybear Reading Comprehension Stickybear Shapes Stickybear Spellgrabber (Commodore 64, Mac OS 7) Stickybear Town Builder Stickybear Typing (Commodore 64, IBM PC) Stickybear Word Problems Stickybear's Reading Room (Mac OS 7)
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.
Compute!'s Gazette in 1986 approved of Stickybear's Typing Tutors usefulness for all ages. The authors wrote that Stickybear Town Builder had excellent graphics and was effective and fun. They approved of its teaching map reading by encouraging children's creativity, reporting that their daughter had created ten towns.
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.
The New Talking StickyBear Alphabet won the Best Early Education Program 1989 Excellence in Software Award from the Software and Information Industry Association."1989 Excellence in Software Awards Winners ." Software and Information Industry Association.
Leslie Eiser of Compute! magazine said in a 1992 review that StickyBear Town Builder was dated compared to other games of its time.Eiser, Leslie. "Stickybear Town Builder. (computer game) (Software Review) (Evaluation)." Compute! December 1992. Issue 147. 164.
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."
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External links
Stickybear ABC for the Apple II at the Internet Archive