| Europress Bookshelf | |
| Developer: | Europress Software |
| Publisher: | Q Range |
| Genre: | Literature, edutainment |
| Platforms: | Windows 3.x, Windows, Macintosh |
| First Release Version: | Alice in Wonderland |
| First Release Date: | April 6, 1995[1] |
| Latest Release Version: | The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
Europress Bookshelf is a series of interactive storybooks for children, developed by Europress Software and published by Q Range on CD-ROM for Mac OS and Windows, using their own games creator Klik & Play to produce the products with minimal programming.[1] The games came under three series including "Read & Play" for younger readers, "Topsy and Tim" based on the Adamson books and "Living Classics".
Each product opens in a map screen where the player can click the option to have the story read from beginning to end continuously, click any of the chapter points on the map, play one of several games included or read information about the book author and the book itself. On each page of the story, the player can stop the reading at any time, click interactive objects to trigger animations and click on any highlighted special words to get their definitions.
| Title | Author | Release date | Number of pages | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Gingerbread Man | St. Nicholas Magazine | 1996 | Narrated by Daphne Oxenford[2] | ||
| Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Robert Southey | 1996 | Narrated by Daphne Oxenford[3] | ||
| Title | Author | Release date | Number of pages | Notes | |
| Topsy and Tim go to School | Jean Adamson and Gareth Adamson | 1995 | |||
| Topsy and Tim at the Supermarket | Jean Adamson and Gareth Adamson | 1996 | |||
| Topsy and Tim at Granny and Grandpa's | Jean Adamson and Gareth Adamson | 1996 | |||
| Title | Author | Release date | Number of pages | Notes | |
| Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Lewis Carroll | April 6, 1995 | Includes 4 games and Sir John Tenniel's original illustrations. | ||
| Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson | 1995 | Includes 4 games | ||
| Journey to the Center of the Earth | Jules Verne | 1995 | Includes 4 games | ||
| Peter Pan | J. M. Barrie | 1996 | Includes 12 games | ||
| Tom Sawyer | Mark Twain | 1996 | Includes 3 games | ||
| The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Victor Hugo | 1996 | |||
Europress hired professional animators from the film industry to illustrate the characters and interactive objects in the games. Daphne Oxenford was hired to narrate the "Read & Play" stories.[2] [3] The "Living Classics" soundtrack was done with Dolby Surround Sound.[4] The series was released in many languages including English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish and Danish.[5]
The first three "Living Classics" were translated into Spanish.[6]