Mike Wood, founder of LeapFrog, died by assisted suicide ... The company then launched the LeapPad, which gave children a more interactive way to learn how to read. The company said it has ...

Wood’s company LeapFrog boomed in popularity with the debut of the LeapPad in 1999. Wood stepped away from the company in 2004. The LeapPad was the best-selling toy of the 2000 holiday season.

With the influx of cash flow, Wood acquired a company to develop the LeapFrog — an easy-to-use computer that resembled a book, with early touchscreen technology and interactive pages that ...

Mike Wood, the founder of LeapFrog ... the LeapPad, which he insisted be sold for no more than $49 at Toys R Us stores across the US. It was a blue and green clamshell that held interactive ...

The first-generation LeapPad was a rectangular clamshell computer in green and blue. Interactive ... spent hours on my LeapFrog with my ‘Scooby-Doo’ and ‘Shrek’ books.” ...

Although the series has yet to receive a complete set of illustrated books, there is a new interactive edition of the Goblet of Fire arriving in October that you can preorder right now.

Some toys, such as this LeapPad Academy Kids’ Learning Tablet, have headphone ports, bringing additional peace to the household. LeapFrog toys ... Violet is a cute, interactive puppy for infants ...

Jim Margraff with an Odyssey interactive globe and a Smartpen ... we could take this and flatten it out and put a book on it and create an inexpensive tool to teach kids to read." That is how the ...

By means of interactive e-books, storytelling games ... Consoles like the Osmo turn playtime into a teaching tool. The LeapFrog LeapPad does the same. These devices guarantee enjoyment and ...