Creative Wonders was an educational software

Educational software

Educational software is computer software, the primary purpose of which is teaching or self-learning.-Early History, 1940s - 1970s:The use of computer hardware and software in education and training dates to the early 1940s, when American researchers developed flight simulators which used analog...

 corporation from 1994 to 1999. It created computer games based on children's characters like Madeline

Madeline

Madeline is a children's book series written by Ludwig Bemelmans, an Austrian author. The books have been adapted into numerous formats, spawning telefilms, television series and a live action feature film...

, Sesame Street

Sesame Street

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, Arthur

Arthur

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, The Baby-sitters Club

The Baby-Sitters Club

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and Schoolhouse Rock!

Schoolhouse Rock!

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History of the company

Creative Wonders started out in 1994 as a division of Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts, Inc. is a major American developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games. Founded and incorporated on May 28, 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers...

. Creative Wonders was responsible for creating popular games like the Madeline series (1995-1997). In 1995 Creative Wonders teamed with ABC

American Broadcasting Company

The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...

 to create the ABC World Reference Series, a series of encyclopedias and atlases on CD-ROM.

In 1998 Creative Wonders was purchased by The Learning Company

The Learning Company

The Learning Company is an American educational software company, founded in 1980. It produced a grade-based system similar to Knowledge Adventure's JumpStart series. The products for preschoolers through second graders feature Reader Rabbit, and software for more advanced students features The...

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Products

• 3D Atlas (1995-1997)
• Wide World of Animals (1995-1996) - purchase from Amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B000Q01OCW
• Madeline (1995-1997)
• ABC World Reference Series (1995-1998)
• Sesame Street (1995-1997)
• Slam Dunk Typing (1995)
• The Baby-sitters Club (1996)
• School House Rock (1995-1996)
• Arthur (1999)
• Little Bear (1999)