Stickybear facts for kids

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

Software of the series has been released since the early 1980s; software programs originated on the Apple II platform and were released for IBM PC, Atari 8-bit and Commodore 64 platforms.

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)
• Bears at Work (1983)
• Lots of Little Bears: A Stickybear Counting Book (1983)
• Stickybear Watch Out: The Stickybear Book of Safety (1983)
• Stickybear Book of Weather (1983)
• Where is the Bear? (1983)
• Stickybears Scary Night (1984)

Software with Stickybear

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

• Stickybear Alphabet (IBM-PC, Apple II) (Some versions included the book The Strawberry Look Book)
• Stickybear Numbers
• Stickybear Bop
• Stickybear Shapes
• Stickybear Math (Commodore 64, IBM-PC, Apple II, Philips CD-i)
• Stickybear Math 2 (IBM-PC)
• Stickybear Opposites (IBM-PC)
• Stickybear Reading (Commodore 64, IBM-PC, Philips CD-i)
• Stickybear Early Learning Activities (Windows, Apple Macintosh Classic, Windows XP/Windows Vista, Mac OS X
• At Home With Stickybear
• Stickybear Kindergarten Activities
• Stickybear Math 1 Deluxe (Windows XP/Windows Vista, Mac OS X)
• Stickybear Spellgrabber (Commodore 64, Mac OS 7)
• Stickybear Typing (Commodore 64, IBM-PC)
• Stickybear's Reading Room (Mac OS 7)
• Stickybear Preschool (Philips CD-i)
• Stickybear Family Fun Game (Philips CD-i)