  
Treat your child to a warm-hearted children's
classic!
Welcome to Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel where you can read
and listen to animated version of this timeless classic. Read the story straight
through, or take a break and try some activities with make, Mary Anne, and the
people of Popperville.
In Read to Me and Play in the Story, press the spacebar to
bring up the navigational icons. In the biographical section, the spacebar will
pause the presentation; to continue, press the spacebar again.
Treat your child to a warm-hearted children's classic enriched with
skill-building games and exciting learning activities. Follow the enchanting
narration of actress Madeline Kahn in an uplifting tale of friendship, loyalty
and perseverance.
- Select Play in the Story" or "Read to Me" options.
- Four fun-filled activities:
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Twins of Popperville -- Memory and Matching Game
Mary Anne's Maze -- Map-Reading Game
How Steam Shovels Work -- Tutorial
The Junkyard -- Pattern Recognition Game
- Narrated by acclaimed actress Madeline Kahn
- Original music score and narration plays in audio CD players for story
time enjoyment
- Tribute to the life and work of author/illustrator Virginia Lee Burton
Twins of Popperville
Match the twin at the square dance! Set the level to 1, 2, or 3 and click
Play. Watch carefully as the dancers run and hide. Can you remember where each
twin went?
How Steam Shovels Work
Learn how a steam shovel works! Click on each word, and look where it
points. Can you remember what each part does? Go to the junkyard and try naming
the parts as you put the steam shovels together.
Mary Anne's Maze
Help Mary Anne find her way through the maze. Select a level and click Play.
Watch the map as you move through the maze; the white square on the maze map
shows you where you and Mary Anne are. The other squares are items and
characters you and Mary Anne must put together. To drive Mary Anne, click and
hold down the middle lever to go forward, click on the left and right levers to
turn, and click U-TURN to turn around. Move past the characters in the maze by
helping them find the item they lost. To pick up objects, drive past them. To
give a character an object, click on the object and drag it to the character.
Rabbit (red)..................................seeks
a...........................................carrot (orange).
Henry B. Swap (brown)......................wants
a....................................piece of pie (purple).
Skunk (black)................................needs
a..............................................daisy (green).
The Constable (blue)........................lost
his............................................whistle (yellow).
The Junkyard
Put the steam shovels together before the sun sets! Set the sun timer,
choose a level, and click Play. Build the stream shovels from the ground up. Get
helpful hints by clicking on "How To."
Is it easier or faster to build the shovels one by one, or build them up
together, starting with the caterpillars, then adding all the cabs, and
finishing all the steam shovels together? Why do these steam shovels go
together? Can you tell what the rule is?
Windows® Minimum Requirements:
- 33 MHz 486 with mouse and 8 MB of RAM
- 256-color SVGA graphics
- Windows 3.1, Windows 95/98/Me
- Windows-compatible sound card
- Double-speed CD-ROM drive
- Hard disk with 1 MB free disk space (18 MB for hard disk install)
Macintosh® Minimum Requirements:
- Motorola® 68030/25 or Power PC™ computer with 8MB of RAM
- 256-color graphics with 14" monitor
- System 7.1 or higher
- Double-speed CD-ROM drive
- 19 MB free space for hard disk install
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