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Choose Your Own Adventure®

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Friday, June 10, 2022
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WAITSFIELD, Vt., June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chooseco, publisher of the world-famous Choose Your Own Adventure® (CYOA) gamebooks has announced the release of The Ghost on the Mountain, a new Dragonlark for younger readers by CYOA Spies series author Kyandreia Jones.

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  • WAITSFIELD, Vt., June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chooseco, publisher of the world-famous Choose Your Own Adventure (CYOA) gamebooks has announced the release of The Ghost on the Mountain, a new Dragonlark for younger readers by CYOA Spies series author Kyandreia Jones.
  • Young readers explore the magical island of Haiti in CYOA's new gamebook "The Ghost on the Mountain" by Kyandreia Jones.
  • This beautifully illustrated tale of a vacation to Haiti takes an unexpected turn when a friendly ghost reveals family secrets.
  • Jones is a screenwriter as well as a Choose Your Own Adventure author.

Choose Your Own Adventure® Announces the Release of Fairy House

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Friday, May 13, 2022
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WAITSFIELD, Vt., May 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chooseco, publisher of the world-famous Choose Your Own Adventure (CYOA) gamebooks has announced the release of Fairy House, a new Dragonlark for younger readers by critically-acclaimed children's author James Preller.

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  • WAITSFIELD, Vt., May 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chooseco, publisher of the world-famous Choose Your Own Adventure (CYOA) gamebooks has announced the release of Fairy House, a new Dragonlark for younger readers by critically-acclaimed children's author James Preller.
  • Younger readers embark on magical adventures in Choose Your Own Adventure's new gamebook "Fairy House" by James Preller.
  • When you wish for your own fairy, you're a bit surprised when "Bert the Below Average" shows up.
  • But there's nothing average about the magical adventures in this gamebook for readers ages 5-8.

Choose Your Own Adventure® Stands with Ukraine

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Tuesday, March 15, 2022
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Beginning March 1, 2022, all proceeds from books purchased on www.CYOA.com (minus shipping) are being divided between Jose Andres' World Central Kitchen, and to Razom For Ukraine.

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  • Beginning March 1, 2022, all proceeds from books purchased on www.CYOA.com (minus shipping) are being divided between Jose Andres' World Central Kitchen, and to Razom For Ukraine.
  • World Central Kitchen is providing tens of thousands of meals to Ukrainian refugees daily at more than 30 mobile kitchens.
  • Chooseco is a purpose-built publisher who relaunched the groundbreakingChoose Your Own Adventureseries of interactive gamebooks in 2006.
  • Since the series relaunch, Chooseco has sold over 15 million copies of bestselling, original, and all-new books, translated into 40 languages.

Choose Your Own Adventure® Announces Funniest Gamebook Ever

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Friday, October 1, 2021
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"Time Travel Inn is a longer format CYOA, at 200 pages," said Chooseco publisher Shannon Gilligan, "But more importantly, it is humor-focused.

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  • "Time Travel Inn is a longer format CYOA, at 200 pages," said Chooseco publisher Shannon Gilligan, "But more importantly, it is humor-focused.
  • To be perfectly honest, it's the funniest Choose Your Own Adventure ever written."
  • King launches his tale by sending "you" in search of your wacky Grandma Dolores shortly after your family arrives in Wisconsin from southern Florida.
  • Advance Praise for Time Travel Inn:
    "I ended up reading every twisty turn just to make sure I hadn't missed any.
    "

Choose Your Own Adventure Announces its First Interactive Fantasy for Young Readers

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Tuesday, September 28, 2021
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Choose Your Own Adventure publishes The Citadel of Whispers, their first interactive fantasy epic for young readers.

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  • Choose Your Own Adventure publishes The Citadel of Whispers, their first interactive fantasy epic for young readers.
  • Ali presents a protagonist who navigates choices and consequences filled with political intrigue, magic, and mystery.
  • Chooseco Publisher, Shannon Gilligan, adds, "We have been looking for a fantasy writer with Kazim's skill and imagination for years.
  • Chooseco is a purpose-built publishing house which brought the groundbreakingChoose Your Own Adventureseries of interactive gamebooks back to print in 2006.

UFO Design Contest Winners Announced at Madsonian Museum in Waitsfield

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Tuesday, August 10, 2021
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WAITSFIELD,Vt., Aug. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Madsonian Museum on Bridge Street in Waitsfield hosted an awards reception on Wednesday evening, August 4th, for their 1st Annual UFO Design Contest.

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  • WAITSFIELD,Vt., Aug. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Madsonian Museum on Bridge Street in Waitsfield hosted an awards reception on Wednesday evening, August 4th, for their 1st Annual UFO Design Contest.
  • Contestants could submit unlimited UFO designs on a single piece of 8.5 x 11" paper through July 4th, 2021.
  • "The contest was a perfect marriage of the ideas and imagination of the CYOA series and the mission of the Madsonian," Chooseco Publisher Shannon Gillgan stated.
  • The Madsonian Museum opened its doors in 2011 as the result of the founder's lifelong dream to honor the world's best in industrial design.

Choose Your Own Adventure and Google Collaborate to Launch E-Books for Younger Readers

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Friday, September 18, 2020
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WAITSFIELD, Vt., Sept. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Chooseco , publisher of the world-famous Choose Your Own Adventure gamebook series, is launching the first ever Choose Your Own Adventure e-books for younger readers on the new Kids Space by Google.

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  • WAITSFIELD, Vt., Sept. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Chooseco , publisher of the world-famous Choose Your Own Adventure gamebook series, is launching the first ever Choose Your Own Adventure e-books for younger readers on the new Kids Space by Google.
  • Kids Space is a new kids mode on select Android tablets that features apps, books and videos for your kids to explore, learn and have fun.
  • * Look for bestsellers from the Choose Your Own Adventure Dragonlarks series: Your Very Own Robot, Haunted House, Princess Island, and 25 more Dragonlarks at first, second and third grade reading levels this fall.
  • Kids Space will be available on select Lenovotablets in time for the holidays.1
    *Kids Space requires a Google Account for your child.

Announcing Choose Your Own Adventure Baby Board Books

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Friday, April 17, 2020
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WAITSFIELD, Vt., April 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Chooseco, publisher of the world-famousChoose Your Own Adventure gamebook seriesannounced the September 2020 release of board books based on the classic interactive books.

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  • WAITSFIELD, Vt., April 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Chooseco, publisher of the world-famousChoose Your Own Adventure gamebook seriesannounced the September 2020 release of board books based on the classic interactive books.
  • The publisher launched the new "Choose Your Own Adventure: Your First Adventure" series with adaptations from bestselling titles:The Abominable Snowman,Journey Under The Sea, andSpace And Beyond.
  • To learn more about the forthcomingChoose Your Own Adventureboard books, please contact Elizabeth Middleman at [email protected] .
  • Chooseco is a purpose-built publishing house which brought the groundbreaking Choose Your Own Adventuregamebook series back to print.

Choose Your Own Adventure® Publisher Sues Netflix for $25 Million for Trademark Infringement in Black Mirror: Bandersnatch

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Friday, January 11, 2019
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Chooseco charges Netflix with infringing and disparaging the "Choose Your Own Adventure" trademark in Netflix's recently-released interactive film "Bandersnatch."

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  • Chooseco charges Netflix with infringing and disparaging the "Choose Your Own Adventure" trademark in Netflix's recently-released interactive film "Bandersnatch."
  • The film's protagonist, a video game designer, asserts in the opening sequence that his own work is based on "Bandersnatcha Choose Your Own Adventure book."
  • Although identified as a "Choose Your Own Adventure" book, Bandersnatch is a fictional title that is not in the "Choose Your Own Adventure" collection.
  • "Fictional 'Bandersnatch' is not a Choose Your Own Adventure book nor does the movie adhere to the Choose Your Own Adventure rules about successful interactive storytelling," said Shannon Gilligan, Chooseco's Co-founder and Publisher.

Choose Your Own Adventure Publisher Relaunches Its Website

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Friday, January 4, 2019
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The new design features mobile-friendly product pages, testimonials from kid readers, and spotlights on all of the Choose Your Own Adventure authors.

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  • The new design features mobile-friendly product pages, testimonials from kid readers, and spotlights on all of the Choose Your Own Adventure authors.
  • Chooseco will be releasing a new sub-series of the CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE CLASSICS series, Choose Your Own Adventure SPIES, featuring two debut authors and the first ever historical fiction titles from the publisher.
  • Check out the new website: http://www.cyoa.com
    Chooseco is a purpose-built publishing house which brought the groundbreaking Choose Your Own Adventure series back to print in 2006.
  • In 2018, a license of Choose Your Own Adventure: House of Danger to Z-Man Games saw unprecedented success in the first Choose Your Own Adventure board game.