For generations, boys and girls have enjoyed Candyland as their first board game. The color-themed game requires no reading on the part of the players and is easy for even the youngest of children to follow. Players move their primary-colored gingerbread people around the rainbow path, moving through the Peppermint Stick Forest by matching the color spaces to the colors on the pick deck. The player who reaches the Candy Castle first wins.

Playing cards thoughtfully designed for non-readers are coded with colorful squares matching the jeweled stepping-stone path or an occasional token matching one of the characters' symbols: draw a blue card, move to the nearest blue stepping-stone; draw a snowflake and earn a visit to Queen Frostine's iceberg. There are occasional pitfalls, too: land on the wrong square and you might be stuck in Molasses Swamp until a red card is drawn. With all these enticing, sugarcoated images (and King Kandy plainly visible at path's end), children can't help but be delighted by Candyland. It's delicious!

This game is suitable to two to four players, children and adult and children can even play it alone. As a primary learning game, Candy Land fosters a child's exposure to following directions, taking turns, color recognition and count skills. The game promotes thinking as well as patience in the form of waiting one's turn to play. By playing games with others, children are encouraged to socially interact in a more controlled manner, which helps develop character for future endeavors.

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Each player chooses a Gingerbread Man and travels through Candy Land along the colorful path. Picture cards let you know how far you may travel on any turn. Special cards along the way help you advance even more quickly. But be careful! Some will send you way back down the candy trail. For 2 to 4 players.

This perennial favorite prereading game has gotten a makeover for its 50th anniversary. The basics are the same: players still move ahead according to the color of the card they draw; they still try to avoid getting stuck in the Molasses Swamp; and they still thrill when they draw the magical Queen Frostine card. It's the game's graphics that have been updated. A three-dimensional version of the Candy Castle beckons at the end of the trail; the playing pieces look remarkably like gingerbread-folk come to life; and even the color blocks on the cards have a tastefully decorative frame around them. The whole thing is packed in a collector's tin for safekeeping. Ages 3 and up. For 2 to 4 players.

Two old favorites often make a winning combination when they are brought together, as is proven here in this Pooh edition of Candy Land. Winnie the Pooh and his friends, Eeyore, Piglet, and Tigger, move along the winding path of the game board, picking up treats for a picnic in the 100 Acre Wood. No reading is required to play. Children draw cards and then use their color-recognition and symbol-matching skills to advance to the appropriate location on the board. Many adults will recognize this classic game from their own childhood and will enjoy sharing it with the kids now in their lives. A.A. Milne's familiar and enduring Pooh characters will ease children into the often-difficult concept of taking turns!

Candyland comes to life in this electronic game for young kids. Six games of varying degrees of complexity are included: the simplest challenges kids to catch falling plums in a basket, and the hardest has players looking for matching gum drops beneath rows of peanut brittle. Other games ask kids to repeat sequences of flashing lights or to count the number of visible lollipops on the game's screen. Candyland character Mr. Mint leads players through all the fun, helping them develop skills in counting, sorting, etc. This game has nearly 200 words and sounds for greater enjoyment. Batteries are included.

The classic board game comes alive with sights and sounds in the Candy Land Step & Sound game. The game board is super sized on a playmat measuring 46" x 46." Players select the oversized game cards, and try to be the first to reach Candy castle. Along the way they meet and hear from Grandma Nut, Mr. Mint, Princess Lolly, Jolly and more. No reading required.

Features colorful characters that take children through a journey of magic and fantasy in Candyland. The game helps teach skills such as matching colors, taking turns, and sharing. Rules are similar to those of the popular board game, and the program includes 3-D visits with characters and to destinations in Candy Land. For 1 to 4 players Also available: Candy Land Adventure CD-ROM.