This package is a collection of educational programs for early readers up to 11 year olds. The first side contains four separate programs which are loaded into the Enterprise together and are all based around the Crooked Man nursery rhyme; no, it wasn't one of my favourites either.

These four programs basically involve you trying to get the crooked man, the crooked cat and the crooked mouse all to reach the crooked house. Each program uses a line of the nursery rhyme on which to base its game. In the first game, for example, you have to get the crooked man to the crooked stile. You can only move the man when you get one of the simple problems/questions right.

In this first game, the questions deal with sets. A number of green shapes will appear and a different coloured shape will appear at the other side of the screen which changes colour every second or so. You press the key when you think that the shape belongs to the set. All four programs tend to work along similar lines, though the subjects covered range from sets to set progression, matching of objects and simple numerical calculation. These programs for the young user (certainly not above seven or eight) may be of interest.

The second side, featuring The Queen Of Hearts is an altogether sorrier affair. Described as a child's first adventure it does feature some very nice graphics but its content is of little use to the child or parent. The adventure is poor and badly directed. It is complex enough to be used by eight-year-olds and up, but is this age group still interested in nursery rhyme and early storybook characters? I doubt the value of this educational package, despite all its good intentions.

C.G.