Stickybear is a fictional character created by

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and an edutainment series starring the character headed by Optimum Resource, Inc. The character was a mascot of

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''. Sunday August 18, 1990. Lifestyle 5. Retrieved on December 5, 2009. Available from the

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Education Publications. Software of the series has been released since the early 1980s; software programs originated on the

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platform and were released for

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platforms. As of 2008 the most recent ''Stickybear'' software was developed for

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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'' (

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) (Some versions included the book ''The Strawberry Look Book'') *''Stickybear Numbers'' *''Stickybear Bop'' *''Stickybear Shapes'' *''Stickybear Math'' (

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) *''Stickybear Math 2'' (

) *''Stickybear Opposites'' (

) *''Stickybear Reading'' (

) *''Stickybear Early Learning Activities'' (

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Classic,

*''At Home With Stickybear'' *''Stickybear Kindergarten Activities'' *''Stickybear Math 1 Deluxe'' (

) *''Stickybear Spellgrabber'' (

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) *''Stickybear Typing'' (

) *''Stickybear's Reading Room'' (

) *''Stickybear Preschool'' (

) *''Stickybear Family Fun Game'' (

)

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. Peter Mucha of the ''

'' 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

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. 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. ''

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'' 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."

References

External links

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