That's a Fact, Jack! (lost edutainment game predecessor to "You Don't Know Jack"; 1996-1999)

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That's a Fact, Jack!, also known as That's a Fact, Jack! Read and TFJ, is a 1990s interactive edutainment CD-ROM game made for grades 3-10. The game takes 5/10[1] school books and turns them into game-show styled questions to test the students' reading and thinking skills using writing questions, inferential questions, hypothetical questions, and "Use It or Lose It", which is basically a true-or-false question.[2][3]

This game is accompanied by a host called Jack Patterson (acted and voiced by Patrick Heupel)[4] who talks in a way that interacted with the students realistically. The game was a fan favourite among students and teachers[5] and won awards in its time,[6] however it did get criticized for a lot of things, namely its price, lengthy commentary and lack of customization.[7][8]

History

In 1989, Harry Gottlieb founded Learn Television, an educational learning company. Learn Television first released the 1991 educational comedy movie "The Mind's Treasure Chest". It won several awards, but according to Harry Gottlieb in an interview, it was never used in its intended purpose, mostly being used as something to distract the students while teachers grade their stuff.

A friend of Harry, called Dean Blackadder, gave the idea and motivation to make "That's a Fact, Jack!". Around the same time the mockup was finished, another friend from Berkeley Systems, called Ivor Gasowski, tried encouraging Harry to make something like TFJ but with adult humor.[9] Then in 1994, Gottlieb founded the company Jellyvision, a video game development company.

Learn Television partnered with Follett Software Company to create "That's a Fact, Jack!" for Macintosh systems.[10] At the same time, Jellyvision partnered with Berkeley Systems to make "You Don't Know Jack" for Windows and Macintosh systems. Both games were in development simultaneously, but YDKJ released in September 1995, and TFJ released in April 1996.[11]

TFJ first released with around 25 books covered.[12] Later down the line, Follett Software Company gave the distribution rights to Tom Snyder Productions at January 29th, 1999,[13] after around 300 books were covered and a total of 60 CDs were released.[14] After the change of distribution rights, the title got changed to "That's a Fact, Jack! Read", the game got releases on Windows systems and the CDs were reissued with new logos and 10 books covered per CD instead of just 5. Afterwards, 150 more books were covered and the amount of released CDs shrinked to just 45 CDs.[15] There were plans for Tom Snyder Productions to make 100 more titles, but that never happened.[16]

Availability

Currently, all 45 titles are lost. The only things that remain of the game itself are these screenshots and this demo video which was taken from this flash file. Only 2 discs have actual images online, showcased in the gallery.

Since they're more up to date, as well as for the sake of simplicity, the following list will use Tom Snyder's titles. You may feel free to read up on Follett's titles here.

This list includes the names of the CDs, the books that were covered, and its availability status, as well as a WorldCat link to the CD if it's listed in a school or a library. This list isn't definitive, and may be updated at any time with new libraries/schools or new discoveries. This list is also as accurate as WorldCat is, so its status could be incorrect.

(Sourced from Tom Snyder's site and WorldCat. More stuff can be found at the bottom of the list.)
Titles Books Status
TFJ Read 01:

Examining Values

(Grades 3-5)

  1. The Stories Julian Tells - by Ann Cameron
  2. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever - by Barbara Robinson
  3. Wanted... Mud Blossom - by Betsy Byars
  4. Superfudge - by Judy Blume
  5. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing - by Judy Blume
  6. On My Honor - by Marion Dane Bauer
  7. A Bear Called Paddington - by Michael Bond
  8. Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon - by Paula Danziger
  9. The Richest Kids in Town - by Peg Kehret
  10. Mr. Popper's Penguins - by Richard & Florence Atwater
 Lost, listed in Columbus, Ohio and Mansfield, Ohio
TFJ Read 02:

Coping with Fear

(Grades 6-8)

  1. Where it Stops, Nobody Knows - by Amy Ehrlich
  2. Countdown - by Ben Mikaelsen
  3. The Face on the Milk Carton - by Caroline B. Cooney
  4. Whatever Happened to Janie? - by Caroline B. Cooney
  5. Slake's Limbo - by Felice Holman
  6. New World - by Gillian Cross
  7. Don’t Look Behind You - by Lois Duncan
  8. Loch - by Paul Zindel
  9. The Fear Place - by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
  10. Sniper - by Theodore Taylor
 Lost, not listed
TFJ Read 03:

The Ways Families Work

(Grades 8-10)

  1. Midnight Hour Encores - by Bruce Brooks
  2. Political Timber - by Chris Lynch
  3. Baby Be-Bop - by Francesca Lia Block
  4. Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys - by Francesca Lia Block
  5. Missing Angel Juan - by Francesca Lia Block
  6. Weetzie Bat - by Francesca Lia Block
  7. Witch Baby - by Francesca Lia Block
  8. Night Kites - by M. E. Kerr
  9. The Pigman - by Paul Zindel
  10. Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida - by Victor Martinez
 Lost, not listed
TFJ Read 04:

Fitting in at School

(Grades 3-5)

  1. Frindle - by Andrew Clements
  2. The Best School Year Ever - by Barbara Robinson
  3. Nothing’s Fair in Fifth Grade - by Barthe DeClements
  4. Ramona Quimby, Age 8 - by Beverly Cleary
  5. This Can’t Be Happening at Macdonald Hall! - by Gordon Korman
  6. Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub - by Jamie Gilson
  7. Fourth Grade Rats - by Jerry Spinelli
  8. Freckle Juice - by Judy Blume
  9. Harriet the Spy - by Louise Fitzhugh
  10. Fourth-Grade Celebrity - by Patricia Reilly Giff
 Lost, not listed
TFJ Read 05:

Adventures in Exciting Places

(Grades 6-8)

  1. Mariel of Redwall - by Brian Jacques
  2. Mattimeo - by Brian Jacques
  3. Redwall - by Brian Jacques
  4. The Place of Lions - by Eric Campbell
  5. The Shark Callers - by Eric Campbell
  6. The Call of the Wild - by Jack London
  7. A Swiftly Tilting Planet - by Madeleine L'Engle
  8. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - by Mark Twain
  9. A Plague of Sorcerers - by Mary Frances Zambreno
  10. Watership Down - by Richard Adams
 Lost, not listed
TFJ Read 06:

Sports and Life

(Grades 8-10)

  1. At Risk - by Alice Hoffman
  2. The Moves Make the Man - by Bruce Brooks
  3. Running Loose - by Chris Crutcher
  4. Staying Fat For Sarah Byrnes - by Chris Crutcher
  5. The Crazy Horse Electric Game - by Chris Crutcher
  6. Iceman - by Chris Lynch
  7. Shadow Boxer - by Chris Lynch
  8. The Contender - by Robert Lipsyte
  9. Tears of a Tiger - by Sharon M. Draper
  10. Hoops - by Walter Dean Myers
 Lost, not listed
TFJ Read 07:

Self Discovery

(Grades 3-5)

  1. Henry Huggins - by Beverly Cleary
  2. Honus and Me - by Dan Gutman
  3. Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley and Me, Elizabeth - by E.L. Konigsburg
  4. The Toilet Paper Tigers - by Gordon Korman
  5. Roots in the Outfield - by Jane Zirpoli
  6. Flower Girls #2: Daisy - by Kathleen Leverich
  7. Top Wing - by Matt Christopher
  8. Undercover Tailback - by Matt Christopher
  9. Matilda - by Roald Dahl
  10. Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days! - by Stephen Manes
 Lost, not listed
TFJ Read 08:

Struggles for Acceptance

(Grades 6-8)

  1. Slot Machine - by Chris Lynch
  2. When the Legends Die - by Hal Borland
  3. Dakota Dream - by James Bennett
  4. Children of the River - by Linda Crew
  5. Beyond Safe Boundaries - by Margaret Sacks
  6. The Brave - by Robert Lipsyte
  7. Sing Down the Moon - by Scott O'Dell
  8. Waiting for the Rain - by Sheila Gordon
  9. A Circle Unbroken - by Sollace Hotze
  10. Arilla Sun Down - by Virginia Hamilton
 Lost, not listed
TFJ Read 09:

Fantasy and Adventure

(Grades 8-10)

  1. Sabriel - by Garth Nix
  2. Shade's Children - by Garth Nix
  3. Phoenix Rising - by Karen Hesse
  4. Owl in Love - by Patrice Kindl
  5. The Golden Compass - by Philip Pullman
  6. Z for Zachariah - by Robert C. O'Brien
  7. The Hero and the Crown - by Robin McKinley
  8. The Eyes of the Dragon - by Stephen King
  9. The Dark Is Rising - by Susan Cooper
  10. Shadow of the Red Moon - by Walter Dean Myers
 Lost, not listed
TFJ Read 10:

Magic and Imagination

(Grades 3-5)

  1. Fat Men from Space - by Daniel Pinkwater
  2. Seven-Day Magic - by Edward Eager
  3. The Disappearing Bike Shop - by Elvira Woodruff
  4. Flat Stanley - by Jeff Brown
  5. The Indian in the Cupboard - by Lynne Reid Banks
  6. Stinker from Space - by Pamela F. Service
  7. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - by Roald Dahl
  8. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator - by Roald Dahl
  9. The Mennyms - by Sylvia Waugh
  10. A Brush with Magic - by William J. Brooke
 Lost, not listed
TFJ Read 11:

Family Life

(Grades 6-8)

  1. Up Country - by Alden R. Carter
  2. Is Anybody There? - by Eve Bunting
  3. Molly by Any Other Name - by Jean Davies Okimoto
  4. The Rain Catchers - by Jean Thesman
  5. The Man in the Ceiling - by Jules Feiffer
  6. Adam and Eve and Pinch-Me - by Julie Johnston
  7. Daphne’s Book - by Mary Downing Hahn
  8. Belle Prater’s Bo - by Ruth White
  9. The Year Without Michael - by Susan Beth Pfeffer
  10. Somewhere in the Darkness - by Walter Dean Myers
 Lost, not listed
TFJ Read 12:

Family Glue

(Grades 3-5)

  1. Mick Harte Was Here - by Barbara Park
  2. Coaster - by Betsy Duffey
  3. Under the Bridge - by Ellen Kindt McKenzie
  4. Sharing Susan - by Eve Bunting
  5. Family Tree - by Katherine Ayres
  6. Nekomah Creek - by Linda Crew
  7. Sarah, Plain and Tall - by Patricia MacLachlan
  8. Skylark - by Patricia MacLachlan
  9. Bel-Air Bambi and the Mall Rats - by Richard Peck
  10. Me, Mop, and the Moondance Kid - by Walter Dean Myers
 Lost, not listed
TFJ Read 13:

Loyalty and Honor

(Grades 6-8)

  1. A Murder for Her Majesty - by Beth Hilgartner
  2. California Blue - by David Klass
  3. Wrestling with Honor - by David Klass
  4. Quest for a Maid - by Frances Mary Hendry
  5. The Hobbit - by J.R.R. Tolkien
  6. The Iron Ring - by Lloyd Alexander
  7. The Thief - by Megan Whalen Turner
  8. The Day They Came to Arrest the Book - by Nat Hentoff
  9. The Chocolate War - by Robert Cormier
  10. Scorpions - by Walter Dean Myers
 Lost, not listed
TFJ Read 14:

Growing up in Difficult Situations

(Grades 3-5)

  1. Junebug - by Alice Mead
  2. A Lion to Guard Us - by Clyde Robert Bulla
  3. A Taste of Blackberries - by Doris Buchanan Smith
  4. Bridge to Terabithia - by Katherine Paterson
  5. Flip-Flop Girl - by Katherine Paterson
  6. The Great Gilly Hopkins - by Katherine Paterson
  7. The Bully of Barkham Street - by Mary Stolz
  8. Journey - by Patricia MacLachlan
  9. Monkey Island - by Paula Fox
  10. The Flunking of Joshua T. Bates - by Susan Shreve
 Lost, not listed
TFJ Read 15:

Worlds That Could Be

(Grades 6-8)

  1. River Rats - by Caroline Stevermer
  2. Animal Farm - by George Orwell
  3. The Illyrian Adventure - by Lloyd Alexander
  4. The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen - by Lloyd Alexander
  5. The Giver - by Lois Lowry
  6. Invitation to the Game - by Monica Hughes
  7. The Ear, The Eye and The Arm - by Nancy Farmer
  8. The Girl Who Owned a City - by O.T. Nelson
  9. Eva - by Peter Dickinson
  10. User Unfriendly - by Vivian Vande Velde
 Lost, not listed
TFJ Read 16:

Nature and Survival

(Grades 3-5)

  1. Spotting the Leopard - by Anna Myers
  2. The Barn - by Avi
  3. Red Dog - by Bill Wallace
  4. Night of the Twisters - by Ivy Ruckman
  5. 4B Goes Wild - by Jamie Gilson
  6. Quake! - by Joe Cottonwood
  7. The Music of Dolphins - by Karen Hesse
  8. Toughboy and Sister - by Kirkpatrick Hill
  9. White Water - by P.J. Petersen
  10. Island of the Blue Dolphins - by Scott O’Dell
 Lost, not listed
TFJ Read 17:

World History

(Grades 6-8)

  1. No Turning Back - by Beverly Naidoo
  2. The Ramsay Scallo - by Frances Temple
  3. Tonight, by Sea - by Frances Temple
  4. Against the Storm - by Gaye Hiçyılmaz (Gaye Hicyilmaz)
  5. The Pearl - by John Steinbeck
  6. Catherine, Called Birdy - by Karen Cushman
  7. The Midwife’s Apprentice - by Karen Cushman
  8. Dragon’s Gate - by Laurence Yep
  9. A Girl Named Disaster - by Nancy Farmer
  10. Fallen Angels - by Walter Dean Myers
 Lost, not listed
TFJ Read 18:

Mystery and Adventure

(Grades 3-5)

  1. The Dark Stairs - by Betsy Byars
  2. The Ghosts of Mercy Manor - by Betty Ren Wright
  3. Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective - by Donald J. Sobol
  4. Stuart Little - by E.B. White
  5. Bunnicula - by James Howe & Deborah Howe
  6. The Celery Stalks at Midnight - by James Howe
  7. Wait Till Helen Comes - by Mary Downing Hahn
  8. The Warm Place - by Nancy Farmer
  9. Tuck Everlasting - by Natalie Babbitt
  10. The Whipping Boy - by Sid Fleischman
 Lost, listed in Mansfield, Ohio
TFJ Read 19:

Lessons We Learn from Others

(Grades 6-8)

  1. The Little Prince - by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)
  2. Letters to Julia - by Barbara Ware Holmes
  3. Devil's Bridge - by Cynthia DeFelice
  4. Up a Road Slowly - by Irene Hunt
  5. The Dear One - by Jacqueline Woodson
  6. A Summer to Die - by Lois Lowry
  7. Calling on Dragons - by Patricia C. Wrede
  8. Dealing with Dragons - by Patricia C. Wrede
  9. The Ancient One - by T. A. Barron
  10. Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff - by Walter Dean Myers
 Lost, not listed
TFJ Read 20:

Discrimination and Prejudice

(Grades 3-5)

  1. Finding Buck McHenry - by Alfred Slote
  2. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson - by Bette Bao Lord
  3. Lisa’s War - by Carol Matas
  4. Hide and Seek - by Ida Vos
  5. Hello, My Name is Scrambled Eggs - by Jamie Gilson
  6. Jip: His Story - by Katherine Paterson
  7. Number the Stars - by Lois Lowry
  8. Echohawk - by Lynda Durrant
  9. The Family Under the Bridge - by Natalie Savage Carlson
  10. The Eternal Spring of Mr. Ito - by Sheila Garrigue
 Lost, not listed
TFJ Read 21:

Ethnic Identity

(Grades 6-8)

  1. Alphabet City Ballet - by Erika Tamar
  2. Grab Hands and Run - by Frances Temple
  3. Pacific Crossing - by Gary Soto
  4. Taking Sides - by Gary Soto
  5. The Talking Earth - by Jean Craighead George
  6. Letters from Rifka - by Karen Hesse
  7. Child of the Owl - by Laurence Yep
  8. The Case of the Goblin Pearls - by Laurence Yep
  9. April and the Dragon Lady - by Lensey Namioka
  10. Timothy of the Cay - by Theodore Taylor
 Lost, listed in Raleigh, North Carolina
TFJ Read 22:

Dealing with Disabilities

(Grades 3-5)

  1. The Trumpet of the Swan - by E.B. White
  2. Mieko and the Fifth Treasure - by Eleanor Coerr
  3. The Secret Garden - by Frances Hodgson Burnett
  4. Do Bananas Chew Gum? - by Jamie Gilson
  5. Crazy Lady! - by Jane Leslie Conly
  6. My Name is Brain Brian - by Jeanne Betancourt
  7. Yellow Bird and Me - by Joyce Hansen
  8. Going to See Grassy Ella - by Kathryn Lance
  9. The Gift of the Girl Who Couldn't Hear - by Susan Shreve
  10. The Trouble with Tuck - by Theodore Taylor
 Lost, not listed
TFJ Read 23:

Fantastic Adventure

(Grades 6-8)

  1. Alien Secrets - by Annette Curtis Klause
  2. The Night Room - by E. M. Goldman
  3. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - by Lewis Carroll
  4. The Mystery of the Cupboard - by Lynne Reid Banks
  5. Freaky Friday - by Mary Rodgers
  6. The Boggart - by Susan Cooper
  7. The Boggart and the Monster - by Susan Cooper
  8. Kokopelli's Flute - by Will Hobbs
  9. The Duplicate - by William Sleator
  10. Song of the Gargoyle - by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
 Lost, not listed
TFJ Read 24:

Animal Stories

(Grades 3-5)

  1. Tornado - by Betsy Byars
  2. Babe: the Gallant Pig - by Dick King-Smith
  3. Charlotte’s Web - by E.B. White
  4. The Last Wolf of Ireland - by Elona Malterre
  5. Old Yeller - by Fred Gipson
  6. Savage Sam - by Fred Gipson
  7. The Rescuers - by Margery Sharp
  8. Misty of Chincoteague - by Marguerite Henry
  9. The Black Stallion - by Walter Farley
  10. Agnes the Sheep - by William Taylor
 Lost, not listed
TFJ Read 25:

Love and Its Problems

(Grades 6-8)

  1. Babes in the Woods - by Chris Lynch
  2. Johnny Chesthair - by Chris Lynch
  3. Ladies' Choice - by Chris Lynch
  4. Scratch and the Sniffs - by Chris Lynch
  5. The Wolf Gang - by Chris Lynch
  6. Thwonk - by Joan Bauer
  7. Are You There God? It's Me Margaret. - by Judy Blume
  8. Curtis Piperfield's Biggest Fan - by Lisa Fiedler
  9. Wonder - by Rachel Vail
  10. Those Summer Girls I Never Met - by Richard Peck
 Lost, not listed
TFJ Read 26:

American History Before 1900

(Grades 3-5)

  1. The Secret Valley - by Clyde Robert Bulla
  2. Dear Levi: Letters from the Overland Trail - by Elvira Woodruff
  3. George Washington's Socks - by Elvira Woodruff
  4. The Indian School - by Gloria Whelan
  5. Facing West: A Story of the Oregon Trail - by Kathleen V. Kudlinski
  6. Little House on the Prairie - by Laura Ingalls Wilder
  7. Morning Girl - by Michael Dorris
  8. Prairie Songs - by Pam Conrad
  9. Little House on Rocky Ridge - by Roger Lea MacBride
  10. All-of-a-Kind Family - by Sydney Taylor
 Lost, not listed
TFJ Read 27:

The American Civil War

(Grades 6-8)

  1. In My Father's House - by Ann Rinaldi
  2. Wolf by the Ears - by Ann Rinaldi
  3. Shades of Gray - by Carolyn Reeder
  4. Mr. Lincoln's Drummer - by G. Clifton Wisler
  5. Red Cap - by G. Clifton Wisler
  6. Rifles for Watie - by Harold Keith
  7. Becca’s Story - by James D. Forman
  8. Letters from a Slave Girl - by Mary E. Lyons
  9. Charley Skedaddle - by Patricia Beatty
  10. Bigger - by Patricia Calvert
 Lost, listed in Pueblo, Colorado
TFJ Read 28:

Learning Our Strengths

(Grades 3-5)

  1. Dear Mr. Henshaw - by Beverly Cleary
  2. Yolonda's Genius - by Carol Fenner
  3. The Westing Game - by Ellen Raskin
  4. The Original Freddie Ackerman - by Hadley Irwin
  5. Last Summer with Maizon - by Jacqueline Woodson
  6. The Pushcart War - by Jean Merrill
  7. Maniac Magee - by Jerry Spinelli
  8. The Terrible, Wonderful Tellin' at Hog Hammock - by Kim Siegelson
  9. Hound Heaven - by Linda Oatman High
  10. Baby - by Patricia MacLachlan
 Lost, not listed
TFJ Read 29:

Survival

(Grades 6-8)

  1. Incident at Hawk's Hill - by Allan W. Eckert
  2. Flight #116 is Down - by Caroline B. Cooney
  3. Hatchet - by Gary Paulsen
  4. The Haymeadow - by Gary Paulsen
  5. The River - by Gary Paulsen
  6. Woodsong - by Gary Paulsen
  7. Julie - by Jean Craighead George
  8. Julie of the Wolves - by Jean Craighead George
  9. My Side of the Mountain - by Jean Craighead George
  10. Face to Face - by Marion Dane Bauer
 Lost, listed in Mansfield, Ohio
TFJ Read 30:

Adventure

(Grades 3-5)

  1. The Twin in the Tavern - by Barbara Brooks Wallace
  2. Flash Fir - by Caroline B. Cooney
  3. Someone Was Watching - by David Patneaude
  4. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler - by E.L. Konigsburg
  5. Gone-Away Lake - by Elizabeth Enright
  6. Racso and the Rats of NIMH - by Jane Leslie Conly
  7. The Borrowers - by Mary Norton
  8. Jim Ugly - by Sid Fleischman
  9. The Wainscott Weasel - by Tor Seidler
  10. Abel's Island - by William Steig
 Lost, not listed
TFJ Read 31:

Jewish Experiences in World War II

(Grades 6-8)

  1. Summer of My German Soldier - by Bette Greene
  2. Daniel's Story - by Carol Matas
  3. The Devil's Arithmetic - by Jane Yolen
  4. When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit - by Judith Kerr
  5. Alan and Naomi - by Myron Levoy
  6. Tunes for Bears to Dance to - by Robert Cormier
  7. The Shadow Children - by Steven Schnur
  8. Lydia, Queen of Palestine - by Uri Orlev
  9. The Lady with the Hat - by Uri Orlev
  10. The Man from the Other Side - by Uri Orlev
 Lost, not listed
TFJ Read 32:

Other Worlds

(Grades 3-5)

  1. Jennifer Murdley's Toad - by Bruce Coville
  2. The Magician's Nephew - by C.S. Lewis
  3. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - by C.S. Lewis
  4. The Moorchild - by Eloise McGraw
  5. The Wind in the Willows - by Kenneth Grahame
  6. A Wrinkle in Time - by Madeleine L'Engle
  7. The Eyes of Kid Midas - by Neal Shusterman
  8. The Phantom Tollbooth - by Norton Juster
  9. The Chocolate Touch - by Patrick Skene Catling
  10. James and the Giant Peach - by Roald Dahl
 Lost, not listed
TFJ Read 33:

Discrimination and Prejudice in America

(Grades 6-8)

  1. The Sign of the Beaver - by Elizabeth George Speare
  2. The Witch of Blackbird Pond - by Elizabeth George Speare
  3. Under the Blood-Red Sun - by Graham Salisbury
  4. You Must Remember This - by Karen L.B. Evans
  5. Beyond the Burning Time - by Kathryn Lasky
  6. Deliver Us from Evil - by M.E. Kerr
  7. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry - by Mildred D. Taylor
  8. The Road to Memphis - by Mildred D. Taylor
  9. Sounder - by William H. Armstrong
  10. A Jar of Dreams - by Yoshiko Uchida
 Lost, not listed
TFJ Read 34:

Surprising Animals

(Grades 3-5)

  1. Strider - by Beverly Cleary
  2. Mossflower - by Brian Jacques
  3. The Cricket in Times Square - by George Selden
  4. Seven Spiders Spinning - by Gregory Maguire
  5. Big Red - by James Kjelgaard
  6. Cages - by Peg Kehret
  7. Saving Shiloh - by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
  8. Shiloh - by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
  9. Shiloh Season - by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
  10. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH - by Robert C. O’Brien
 Lost, doesn't have a proper WorldCat page
TFJ Read 35:

The 19th Century in America

(Grades 6-8)

  1. Weasel - by Cynthia DeFelice
  2. Mr. Tucket - by Gary Paulsen
  3. Once on This Island - by Gloria Whelan
  4. The Journey Home - by Isabelle Holland
  5. Shane - by Jack Schaefer
  6. Bound for Oregon - by Jean Van Leeuwen
  7. The Great Brain - by John D. Fitzgerald
  8. The Ballad of Lucy Whipple - by Karen Cushman
  9. Lyddie - by Katherine Paterson
  10. The Legend of Jimmy Spoon - by Kristiana Gregory
 Lost, not listed
TFJ Read 36:

Struggles and Disabilities

(Grades 6-8)

  1. Izzy, Willy-Nilly - by Cynthia Voigt
  2. Flowers for Algernon - by Daniel Keyes
  3. The Gift-Giver - by Joyce Hansen
  4. Hero of Lesser Causes - by Julie Johnston
  5. The Man Who Loved Clowns - by June Rae Wood
  6. Colt - by Nancy Springer
  7. Winning - by Robin F. Brancato
  8. Freak the Mighty - by Rodman Philbrick
  9. The House on Mango Street - by Sandra Cisneros
  10. Where the Red Fern Grows - by Wilson Rawls
 Lost, not listed
TFJ Read 37:

European and Asian Experiences in World War II

(Grades 6-8)

  1. Stones in Water - by Donna Jo Napoli
  2. Wish Me Luck - by James Heneghan
  3. Good Night, Mr. Tom - by Michelle Magorian
  4. Crutches - by Peter Härtling (Peter Hartling)
  5. The Machine Gunners - by Robert Westall
  6. Year of Impossible Goodbyes - by Sook Nyul Choi
  7. The Bomb - by Theodore Taylor
  8. The Cay - by Theodore Taylor
  9. My Brother, My Sister and I - by Yoko Kawashima Watkins
  10. So Far from the Bamboo Grove - by Yoko Kawashima Watkins
 Lost, not listed
TFJ Read 38:

Freedom and Revolution

(Grades 6-8)

  1. A Stitch in Time - by Ann Rinaldi
  2. Nothing but the Truth - by Avi
  3. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle - by Avi
  4. Johnny Tremain - by Esther Forbes
  5. Taste of Salt - by Frances Temple
  6. My Brother Sam is Dead - by James Lincoln Collier & Christopher Collier
  7. Nobody's Family is Going to Change - by Louise Fitzhugh
  8. Shadow of a Hero - by Peter Dickinson
  9. Sarah Bishop - by Scott O'Dell
  10. Summer Endings - by Sollace Hotze
 Lost, not listed
TFJ Read 39:

Difficult Friendships

(Grades 6-8)

  1. The View from Saturday - by E.L. Konigsburg
  2. Say Goodnight, Gracie - by Julie Reece Deaver
  3. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - by Mark Twain
  4. Silver - by Norma Fox Mazer
  5. Princess Ashley - by Richard Peck
  6. Remembering the Good Times - by Richard Peck
  7. The Friends - by Rosa Guy
  8. Tex - by S.E. Hinton
  9. That was Then, This is Now - by S.E. Hinton
  10. The Planet of Junior Brown - by Virginia Hamilton
 Lost, not listed
TFJ Read 40:

The 20th Century American Family

(Grades 6-8)

  1. A Hero Ain’t Nothin’ but a Sandwich - by Alice Childress
  2. Journey of the Sparrows - by Daisy Cubias & Fran Leeper Buss
  3. It’s Like This, Cat - by Emily Cheney Neville
  4. Park’s Quest - by Katherine Paterson
  5. The Yearling - by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
  6. My Daniel - by Pam Conrad
  7. The Cat Ate My Gymsuit - by Paula Danziger
  8. A Day No Pigs Would Die - by Robert Newton Peck
  9. Treasures in the Dust - by Tracey Porter
  10. Good-bye My Wishing Star - by Vicki Grove
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TFJ Read 41:

Learning to Be an Adult

(Grades 6-8)

  1. Flour Babies - by Anne Fine
  2. The Brightest Light - by Colleen O’Shaughnessy McKenna
  3. Dicey’s Song - by Cynthia Voigt
  4. Losing Joe’s Place - by Gordon Korman
  5. The Daydreamer - by Ian McEwan
  6. Anne of Green Gables - by L.M. Montgomery
  7. My Name is Sus5an Smith - The 5 is Silent - by Louise Plummer
  8. These are the Rules - by Paul Many
  9. The Night the Whole Class Slept Over - by Stella Pevsner
  10. The Young Landlords - by Walter Dean Myers
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TFJ Read 42:

Difficult Truths

(Grades 6-8)

  1. The Tulip Touch - by Anne Fine
  2. Cracker Jackson - by Betsy Byars
  3. The Pinballs - by Betsy Byars
  4. Randall's Wall - by Carol Fenner
  5. What Jamie Saw - by Carolyn Coman
  6. I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This - by Jacqueline Woodson
  7. Killing Mr. Griffin - by Lois Duncan
  8. Out of Control - by Norma Fox Mazer
  9. Teacup Full of Roses - by Sharon Bell Mathis
  10. Liar - by Winifred Morris
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TFJ Read 43:

Lessons From and About Sports

(Grades 6-8)

  1. Heart of a Champion - by Carl Deuker
  2. Stotan! - by Chris Crutcher
  3. Choosing Sides - by Ilene Cooper
  4. There’s a Girl in My Hammerlock - by Jerry Spinelli
  5. The Koufax Dilemma - by Steven Schnur
  6. In Lane Three, Alex Archer - by Tessa Duder
  7. Backfield Package - by Thomas J. Dygard
  8. Halfback Tough - by Thomas J. Dygard
  9. The Rookie Arrives - by Thomas J. Dygard
  10. Striking Out - by Will Weaver
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TFJ Read 44:

Mysteries and the Supernatural

(Grades 6-8)

  1. The Dollhouse Murders - by Betty Ren Wright
  2. Secret, Silent Screams - by Joan Lowery Nixon
  3. Whispers from the Dead - by Joan Lowery Nixon
  4. Locked in Time - by Lois Duncan
  5. Time for Andrew - by Mary Downing Hahn
  6. Zoe Rising - by Pam Conrad
  7. Pleasing the Ghost - by Sharon Creech
  8. Who's There - by Stephanie S. Tolan
  9. The House of Dies Drear - by Virginia Hamilton
  10. The Spirit House - by William Sleator
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TFJ Read 45:

Family and Other Kinds of Love

(Grades 6-8)

  1. Amazing Gracie - by A.E. Cannon
  2. Missing May - by Cynthia Rylant
  3. Squashed - by Joan Bauer
  4. Tiger Eyes - by Judy Blume
  5. Anastasia Krupnik - by Lois Lowry
  6. The Outsiders - by S.E. Hinton
  7. Absolutely Normal Chaos - by Sharon Creech
  8. Chasing Redbird - by Sharon Creech
  9. Walk Two Moons - by Sharon Creech
  10. The Egypt Game - by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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TFJ Read: A Guide

(Tom Snyder Productions)

N/A, unknown what it's about Lost, not listed
TFJ Write

(Follett Software Company)

N/A, unknown what the difference is Lost, not listed
TFJ Title Discs

(Follett Software Company)

N/A, needs to be looked further into Lost, listed in Columbus, Ohio and Madison, Wisconsin

Gallery

TFJ gameplay demo video from Disc 30.

External Links

See Also

References

  1. ↑ It was 5 books per CD when Follett had the distribution rights, and then it moved to 10 books when Tom Snyder took rights.
  2. ↑ https://macworld.com/article/158586/16reviewsjack.html
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/19970117073745/http://www.fsc.follett.com/products/tfj/
  4. ↑ Jack Patterson is taken from the 1991 movie "The Mind's Treasure Chest" who was credited in the movie as Patrick Heupel.
  5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/19990128203023/http://www.jellyvision.com/stuff/tfj/teachers.html
  6. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/19991103003429/http://www.jellyvision.com/stuff/tfj/awards.html
  7. ↑ https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/BF02771937.pdf
  8. ↑ https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED434339.pdf [PAGE 63]
  9. ↑ https://www.cbr.com/interview-jackbox-harry-gottlieb-mike-bilder/ (thanks AnnaBanna06)
  10. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/19970117082246/http://www.fsc.follett.com/products/system-requirements/tfj-sr.html
  11. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20071009021543/http://www.jellyvision.com/about/TimeLine.swf
  12. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/19990128191842/http://www.jellyvision.com/stuff/tfj/somefacts.html
  13. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/19990208010526/http://tfj.fsc.follett.com
  14. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/19991103034118/http://www.jellyvision.com/stuff/tfj/titles.html
  15. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20001028103728/http://www.tomsnyder.com/products/ProductDetail.asp?PS=TFJTFJ
  16. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/19991103013128/http://www.jellyvision.com/stuff/tfj/somefacts.html (This one is different from the other somefacts.html reference.)
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