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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.
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* [[Added Alliterative Appeal]]: 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 [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:
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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 />
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* [[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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