Creative Wonders

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Creative Wonders
Final logo used from 1994 to 1999.
Formerly	EA Kids (1994-1995)
Type	Joint venture
Industry	Computer games
Founded	December 1994; 31 years ago (1994-12)
Defunct	1999; 27 years ago (1999)
Fate	Assets purchased by The Learning Company in 1998 and folded into Mattel Interactive
Successors	The Learning Company Mattel Interactive
Key people	Greg Bestick (president, 1995)
Products	Sesame Street Madeline Schoolhouse Rock! Arthur Little Bear Dr. Seuss ABC World Reference The Baby-Sitters Club
Owner	Electronic Arts (50%) ABC (50%)

Creative Wonders was an educational software corporation that was active from December 1994 to 1999. It created computer games based on children's characters like Sesame Street, Madeline, Schoolhouse Rock!, Arthur, Little Bear, Dr. Seuss and ABC World Reference. It was a joint-venture between Electronic Arts and ABC.

History

Creative Wonders started out in 1994 as a division of Electronic Arts called EA Kids before renaming to Creative Wonders. Creative Wonders was responsible for creating popular games like the Sesame Street and Madeline series, and took over publishing of "EA 3D Atlas" which had been created by The Multimedia Corporation in London (a BBC company). In 1995, Creative Wonders teamed with ABC to create the ABC World Reference Series, a series of encyclopedias and atlases on CD-ROM based on "EA 3D Atlas", produced by The Multimedia Corporation and incorporating content and branding from ABC.

In 1998, Creative Wonders' assets were purchased by The Learning Company, and sold ABC and Electronic Arts to that company, and, later in 1999, it was folded into the latter, and later Mattel Interactive.

Products

• Sesame Street (1994–1999)
• Madeline (1995–1999)
• Schoolhouse Rock! (1995–1999)
• ABC World Reference Series (1994–1998)
• The Baby-Sitters Club (1997–1999)
• Arthur (1999)
• Little Bear (1999)
• Dr. Seuss (1999)

Software

See also

• Electronic Arts
• ABC
• The Learning Company
• JumpStart Games
• Mattel Interactive

References