Fun For Girls Triple Pack (Sabrina, Enid Blyton, Fairy Tale)

Sabrina the Teenage Witch, features the voice of Melissa Joan Hart and others from the hit TV series. Sabrina is in a predicament: she has accidentally miscast a magic spell and she has got herself trapped. It is now up to the player to explore Sabrina's world and take part in puzzling adventures. Consult the spell book, use the magic tools, and find the missing spell ingredients, and set Sabrina free. In so doing, you can eventually earn yourself an official witch's licence. Warning: use the wrong magic tool at the wrong time and you finish up in the "OTHER REALM"--Drell's crazy, surreal game world, away from Sabrina's world, where you must win your freedom by chance or skill. The CD-ROM is accompanied by an excellent booklet which should be read before beginning. It is easy to follow and uses vocabulary aged at the recommended age group of 8 to 12 years.

Fairy Tale: A True Story

How powerful is your child's imagination? What mental images does he/she conjure up? Do fairies feature in them? If so, this CD-ROM, based on the hit movie of a true story, will be an absolute winner. Children are invited to experience the film's captivating world of fairies and fantasy by exploring through scrolling a 3-D interactive fairy glen. Find the secret hiding places where fairies live, discover fairy dust, take photographs, visit the theatre, explore the house where Elsie Wright (of the Cottingley Fairies fame) lived, take part in a quiz, rescue Houdini, make a secret journal and learn lots of interesting and fun facts. Also included are 17 bonus film clips. Accompanying the CD-ROM is a pamphlet for installation instructions, but not much more. These are straightforward, but help may be needed to install QuickTime for Windows on your system. The recommended age is 7-11 years, but "fairy believers" of any age may enjoy the software. The graphics are very good and the commentary and instructions are clear and offer lots of choices. The only distractions are the American spellings.

Enid Blyton's St Claire's Friendship Kit
Enid Blyton is well known for her tales of Boarding School fun and adventure and these are brought to life in this interactive Friendship Kit. Explore the famous boarding school with twins Pat and Isobelle and meet the other girls Alison, Carlotta, Roberta, and Hilda, and join in the team spirit. Build your own friendship kit, play games, create projects, make a diary for school and home, join St Claire's club, take part in a quiz, design and print personal stationery, keep your secrets safe, and so on. Boarding school life always feature secret parties: this is just so at St Claire's, but if you want to come to the feast, you must fill up the party box first of all by finding the items as you explore the nooks and crannies in the school. Accompanying the CD-ROM is an excellent pamphlet that explains everything about the kit and it should be read before beginning. Installation is comparatively easy, but younger girls may need help. The graphics are bright and colourful and the accompanying music is very catchy. There is no age recommended age but a minimum age is 8-9 years.

The package consists of three completely different CD-ROMs which complement each other, offering many and varied experiences. Perfect entertainment that will keep young girls amused for hours. --Susan Naylor

Enid Blyton: St Clare's Friendship Kit: St Clare's, scene of the much-loved antics of the O'Sullivan twins, comes to life in an exiting interactive friendship kit. Join in the fun at the famous boarding school, with lots of exciting activities to test your friendship, plan your diary and keep your secrets safe!

Fairy Tale: A True Story: Many children are drawn to legends and myths, with the idea of "fairies" being no acception. In Fairy Tale - A True Story Activity Center, children ages seven to eleven are invited to conjure up some of their very own magic and enchantment. This software title is based upon the Paramount Picture's motion picture of the same name, Fairy Tale- A True Story. The movie and this adventure are drawn from the original 1917 story known as "The Fairies of Cottingley Glen," in which two English schoolgirls claimed to have photographed fairies, gnomes and pixies.