What is Creative Reader Collection?

The Peter Pan

In this story painting adventure you play as Peter Pan, the leader of boys and girls, against Captain Hook, the leader of pirates. You stole the treasure map from Hook, then Hook stole all the boys and girls from your village and now you have to exchange map on your friends and rescue all of them including you beloved girl. Also you are not alone with your Paintbox Pals. You can play the game many times, every your step is different because of your choice to avoid the obstacles such as crocodile in river or closed door. Your pals provide different solutions and you only choose them. It is very useful for very little kids.

 - (MobyGames)

Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days is a children's game based on the novel of the same name. It follows the English nobleman Phineas Fogg and his sidekick Sidney (a monkey) who bets that he is able to travel around the world in 80 days.

During his travels (the next destination can be picked from a world map), Phineas is presented with several situations and problems, some created by his adversary Baron Hogsbreath, which he can't solve without the player's help. The player can interact with the scene with four painting tools, e.g. the pencil Nick is used to draw things which then become real or the rubber Winston is used to remove things from the scene. For example, when a museum's curator refuses to let Sidney into the museum, the player can remove the word "no" from a sign which says "no monkeys allowed". The things the player can do in each scene are limited, e.g. Nick only has two or three things available to draw, and there is no way to fail. The dialogue and animations are humorous.

The educational aspect of the game is about improving the player's reading skill and broaden the vocabulary. For this reason, the player can click on some "hot words" (e.g. foreign expressions) to get an explanation of their meaning.

 - (MobyGames)

The Jungle Book

Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book is a point-and-click adaptation of the classical story The Jungle Book. This animated story book adventure features the Paintbox Pals - Sally, Jazz, Winston, and Nick - as it is a part of the Story Painting Adventure series which also includes the games Around the World in 80 Days and Peter Pan.

The player is presented with several situations and problems created by the story's antagonists or the environment. Help is always available thanks to the Paintbox Pals, the player's friends who watch over the story. The player can interact with the story's scenes via the Pals, which are four different animated artistic tools: a paint brush, a pencil, an eraser, and a paint sprayer. This results in solutions to the problems and features humorous dialogues and animations.

The Paintbox also features an hourglass character which is used for rewinding time, and a book character which is used for tasks such as loading, saving et cetera.

The educational aspect of the game is about improving the player's reading skills, broadening vocabulary, and encouraging decision-making and artistic expression. For example, the pencil can be used to draw things in a connect-the-dots style, or the paintbrush can be used to color objects to be different colors depending on the situation.

The player can experience the game many times in many ways - each pass is different depending on the player's choices of what to use when an obstacle occurs in the story. While the majority of the story remains the same during each pass, every one of the Pals provides different solutions at various times and only some of the Pals present a solution for a given situation.

 - (MobyGames)

Download Creative Reader Collection for Mac

Architecture

68K + PPC (FAT)

System Requirements

From Mac OS 7.0 up to Mac OS 9.2

Compatibility notes

Emulating this? It could probably run under: Basilisk II