Primary Job Title Chief Creative Officer Primary Organization 
Wanderful Interactive Storybooks
Location Alameda, California, United States Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US Gender Male
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Mark Schlichting (pronounced "Shh-lick-ting") is a well-known pioneer of the children's multimedia and interactive design industry. He is an expert in children’s interactive design with over 30 years of design, publishing, and creative management experience. As one of the first interactive CD-ROM designers, Mark is probably best
known as the creator of Broderbund's Living Books series. Living Books delivered one of the first truly interactive CD-ROM titles (for children) and was seen as the benchmark for engaging and educational multimedia in the 90’s. Mark’s first Living Books title “Just Grandma and me” sold over 4 million copies in seven languages. It was used as the multimedia de facto standard by Microsoft, was one of the first software titles accredited as a school textbook, was shown nationally and internationally by Bill Gates of Microsoft.
In 2000 Mark founded NoodleWorks Interactive, a creative company specializing in children’s interactive design, development, and social networking. A partial client list includes; LeapFrog, eScore - Learning Centers, Pearson Broadband (Educational Division, London), Fisher/Price, Snicker Interactive Toys, Serosity, Electronic Arts (EA), LBS Alchemy, and many more.
In November 2011, Mark’s first iPad app for children, Noodle Words – Actions, was released. In December it won the KAPi Award for Best Educational Product of The Year, received the Parent’s Choice Gold Award, Children’s Technology Review Editor’s Choice Award, was a recommended app by the New York Times, and later featured by Apple in New & Noteworthy, What’s Hot, Recommended under Learning & Language.
