Jordan Freeman Group acquires Wanderful and partners with ‘Arthur’ creator
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The Jordan Freeman Group and educational games firm Wanderful Interactive Storybooks announced the acquisition of Wanderful Inc. and a partnership with ‘Arthur’ cartoon character creator Marc Brown.
The Jordan Freeman Group is a holding company for the Zoom Platform storefront for classic computer games, while Wanderful Interactive Storybooks is the maker of mobile and computer games for kids.
Wanderful Inc. will remain a separate company. However, it will be merged into the Jordan Freeman Group operationally. This acquisition enables Wanderful’s products to gain access to Zoom Platform’s technology and marketing.
In addition to it’s own website (ZOOM-Platform.com), and the pre-existing Android and iOS releases, the new partnership is already preparing Steam editions and was recently approved by Nintendo to produce Switch versions.
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JFG will gain access to additional licenses and games that are a part of Wanderful’s assets. Namely, the Brøderbund developed Living Books animated adventure games, featuring: Marc Brown’s Arthur, the works of Dr. Seuss, The Berenstain Bears, Jack Prelutsky’s The New Kid on the Block, Janell Cannon’s Stellaluna, Mark Schlichting’s Harry D. Rabbit, Mercer Mayer’s Little Critter and Little Monster, Eli Noyes’ Ruff the Dog, Kevin Henkes’ Sheila Rae and even classic Aesop’s Fables such as The Tortoise and the Hare.
Mickey W. Mantle, founder of Wanderful, said in a statement, “We are excited to find a group
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