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The games in the series, in order, are:
* ''[[Little Critter|Just Grandma and Me]]''
* ''[[Arthur (Animationanimation)|Arthur]]'s Teacher Trouble''
* ''[[Aesop's Fables|The Tortoise and the Hare]]''
* ''The New Kid on the Block''
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* ''Ruff's Bone''
* ''Little Monster at School''
* ''[[Arthur (Animationanimation)|Arthur]]'s Birthday''
* ''Harry and the Haunted House''
* ''[[Dr. Seuss]]'s ABC''
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* ''Sheila Rae, the Brave''
* ''[[The Berenstain Bears]] in the Dark''
* ''[[Arthur (Animationanimation)|Arthur]]'s Reading Race''
* ''[[Stellaluna (Literature)|Stellaluna]]''
* ''[[Green Eggs and Ham (Literature)|Green Eggs and Ham]]''
* ''[[The Cat in Thethe Hat]]''
* ''[[Arthur (Animationanimation)|Arthur]]'s Computer Adventure''
* ''[[Arthur (Animationanimation)|D.W. the Picky Eater]]''
 
All of the games have the option to either have the story be read to you, or let a read a page and then allow you to [[Pop Up Video Games|click anywhere to bring inanimate objects to life]]. Pretty much everyone who played the games went with the latter option.
 
They are notable for featuring [[Easter Egg]]-laden stills of each page.
 
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=== Tropes featured include: ===
* [[Adaptation Expansion]]: Some games have extra scenes that aren't in the original books.
* [[Added Alliterative AppealAlliteration]]: Just about everything said in ''Dr. Seuss's ABC''.
* [[Animal Talk]]: Ruff in ''Ruff's Bone'' can only bark, but is able to talk to the player.
* [[Anti -Frustration Features]]: According to [https://web.archive.org/web/20120212141742/http://silicon-valley.siggraph.org/MeetingNotes/LivingBooks.html this article], the running guy cursor during the load screens was used to keep the players distracted while they wait.
* [[Art Evolution]]: The early titles feature more computer-ish graphics (the characters are very basic in design and have no shading). Eventually the characters started to look more like actual illustrations, and the animation gets progressively better as time moves on.
* [[Blatant Lies]]: On the title screen for ''The Toroise and the Hare'', the Hare introduces himself by sayig this:
{{quote| '''Hare''': And I'm the Hare! And this is the story of how I beat him in the race! It all began one day when the tortoise was just lying around not doing anything, and I was trying to help get him moving! (Checks watch) Oh, gotta go!}}
* [[Brick Joke]]: In ''Dr. Seuss's ABC'', Page Y has the girl yelling "Are you there out yonder?", followed by a voice saying "Yes!". {{spoiler|This turns out to be the voice of the Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz on Page Z.}}
** ''Arthur's Computer Adventure'' has one page where a couple of mice order a large cheese pizza with extra cheese, hold the pizza. A later page has a man at the pizza parlor calling Arthur's voice mail confirming the order.
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* [[The End]]: Every game ends on this.
* [[Episode Title Card]]: After the logo, the book cover will show up along with the title being announced.
* [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin]]: It's a book that is living.
* [[Expository Theme Tune]]: The [[Recurring Riff]] in ''Sheila Rae'' is this.
{{quote| ''B-R-A-V-E spells "brave"''<br />
''That's what they call''<br />
''Sheila Rae!'' }}
* [[Fade to Black]]: Between just about every screen.
* [[Feelies]]: Almost every title came with the book it was based off of, and a parental guide in a few cases.
* [[Follow the Bouncing Ball]]: The words were highlighted as they were read.
* [[Follow the Leader]]: The series inspired quite a few clones, like the ''[[Disney]] Animated Storybook'' series and others.
* [[Foreshadowing]]: A book on Page 12 of ''The Cat in the Hat'' foreshadows the events of ''The Cat in the Hat Comes Back''.
* [[Funny Background Event]]: With all the things to click in the background, this is basically happening ALL THE TIME to the characters in the story.
* [[Guide Dang It]]:
** The paper airplane on Page 24 of ''Arthur's Teacher Trouble'' is hidden in an extremely obscure spot. As in, the last place you'd ever expect to look. On top of that, the click box is very small. {{spoiler|The location of it is just barely above Mr. Ratburn's head.}}
** The dragonfly in ''The Tortoise and the Hare'' is hidden in some very obscure places, and is commonly used as the yardstick for levels of obscurity when it comes to other [[Guide Dang It|Guide Dang Its]]. For example, {{spoiler|on Page 11, he's hidden on the far left, a place that looks like there's nothing to click on there.}}
* [[Here We Go Again]]: {{spoiler|In ''Ruff's Bone'', after Ruff FINALLY retrieves his bone from a long journey, his owner throws it again. His reaction is...less than satisfying.}}
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: A kid on Page 3 of ''Sheila Rae'' mentions why he was sent to the principal's -- through talking too much. This, of course, prompts him to start getting very talkative about it.
* [[Interface Spoiler]]: On many occasions, during a huge plot twist or something along the lines of that, the text would always be displayed as the twist was being worked.
* [[Iris Out]]: ''Sheila Rae'' ends on this.
* [[Licked Byby the Dog]]: On Page 3 of ''Sheila Rae'', a click spot has a dog coming up to Wendell, while he's tied up in a jump rope. He tries to get the dog to untie him, but he gets licked on the face instead, and he finds it disgusting.
* [[Mini Game]]: Some later games included one, and even later games included several.
* [[Musical Nod]]: A record player on Page 7 of ''Arthur's Teacher Trouble'' plays the [[Recurring Riff]] from ''Just Grandma and Me''.
* [[Oddball in Thethe Series]]:
** ''The New Kid on the Block'' is the only one to be based on short poems rather than a whole story. Much of the interaction also comes from clicking on the text.
** ''D.W. the Picky Eater'' is the only game that doesn't use the [[Game Engine|Mohawk engine]].
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