The program monitors performance and adjusts difficulty levels so that kids stay challenged. Lots of detail is added to the story. This is not a Living Book title, although the format is similar. It is produced by Big Tuna New Media, Mercer Meyer's own company and is distributed by GT Interactive. Includes the original story book and a Little Critter poster.
Children solve puzzles or listen to narrations of classic tales.
In game play, they visit the Spiral City, the Upside Down City, the City of Eyes, and the Forest of Darkness to gather clues, find the missing Cyclops child, defeat a witch and bring the child back to Cyclopia. Surreal music adds to the mood of the richly illustrated fantasy worlds. Ages 3 and up. Zoombini characteristics of eyes, nose, hair and feet serve as icons for mathematical variables. Solving the puzzles requires sorting, classifying and deductive reasoning skills.