Great interactive software for kids announced
Contact: Laura Schulte-Cooper
ALSC Program Officer
312-280-2165
lschulte@ala.org
For Immediate Release,
December 4, 2007
Great interactive software for kids announced
CHICAGO - The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has selected its Fall 2007 list of Great Interactive Software for Kids (GISK), which recognizes high-quality computer programs and digital media for children 14 years of age and younger.
The selected products are:
1701 AD. Aspyr Media. http://
www.aspyr.com. Ages 10 and up.
Anime Studio. E-Frontier. http://
www.e-frontier.com. Ages 10 and up.
Big Brain Academy. Nintendo. http://
www.nintendo.com. Ages 6 and up.
Collage Machine. ProtoZone Interactive. http://
www.protozone.net. All ages.
Crazy Machines 1.5. Viva-Media. http://
www.viva-media.com. Ages 6 and up.
KaleidoDraw. ProtoZone Interactive. http://
www.protozone.net. All ages.
Kaleidopix. ProtoZone Interactive. http://
www.protozone.net. All ages.
Nancy Drew: The Creature of Kapu Cave. Her Interactive. http://
www.herinteractive.com. Ages 10 and up.
Sid Meier's Railroads. Firaxis.
http://www.firaxis.com. Ages 6 and up.
Snapshot Adventures: Secret of Bird Island. Large Animal Games. http://
www.largeanimal.com. All ages.
Members of the Great Interactive Software for Kids Committee are: Ann Crewdson, chair, Issaquah (Wash.) Library, King County Library System; Anna R. Healy, Rochelle Lee Fund, Chicago, Ill.; Kirsten Freeman-Benson, West Slope Community Library, Portland, Ore.; Angelique Kopa, Harford County Public Library, Belcamp, Md.; Jane S. Ritter, Mill Valley (Calif.) School District; and Becky White, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Ind.
For the annotated list of Fall 2007 Great Interactive Software for Kids, visit the ALSC Web site at:
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/childrensnotable/greatintsftware/currentGISK.htm.
The Association for Library Service to Children is a network of more than 4,200 children's and youth librarians, children's literature experts, publishers, education and library school faculty members and other adults committed to improving and ensuring the future of the nation through exemplary library service to children, their families and others who work with children.
