Creative Pastimes books by Claire Bailey Passantino
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Matilda the Computer Cat, 1984. Cover design by Carol Conway with an illustration by Bethann Thornburgh
In 1984, Claire Bailey Passantino authored a series of books that taught kids – explicitly including girls – about computers and programming. They were published by Reston, a specialized imprint of Prentice-Hall, in the Creative Pastimes book series. Each title was available in different editions: for the Atari, the Commodore 64, and the TI-99/4A.
The cover typography uses all-caps ITC Benguiat Gothic throughout. The sans-serif variant of ITC Benguiat (1978) with monolinear strokes and round terminals was released in 1979, becoming a staple on 1980s book covers.
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Itty Bitty Bytes of Space for the Commodore 64 computer, 1984. Cover design by Nancy Sutherland with an illustration by Bethann Thornburgh
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School Days for the TI-99/4A, 1984. Cover design by Carol Conway with an illustration by Bethann Thornburgh
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