Living Books: D.W. the Picky Eater

December 28, 1998 Media Station Living Books
Point-and-click Visual Novel
PC Mac
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D.W. the Picky Eater is an interactive storybook and an educational game for children aged three to seven. It is based on the 1995 children's book by Marc Brown. Players follow D.W., Arthur Read the aardvark's sister, who dislikes a lot of food because it looks disgusting to her. Items she does not like include pickles, tomatoes, pineapple, spinach, salad, parsnips etc. The story is told through narration and text on the screen and meanwhile many hotspots in the environment can be clicked for a short animation. There are also several mini-games such as decorating D.W.'s playhouse along with a game, soaking gophers with the water hose, setting the table and so on.
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Release Date December 28, 1998
Developer Media Station
Publisher Living Books
Game Modes Single player
Perspective Third person, Text
Themes Educational, Kids