Just Me and My Dad is a Little Critter

Little Critter

Little Critter is an anthropomorphic animal character created by Mercer Mayer. Although his creator has not specified which type of animal the Little Critter is, he resembles a hamster or guinea pig. Little Critter first appeared in the 1975 book Just for You. This book is sometimes mis-titled...

 book by Mercer Mayer

Mercer Mayer

Mercer Mayer is an American children's book writer and illustrator. He has published over 300 books using a wide range of illustrative styles...

, second in the series after Just for You. The story takes place when Little Critter and his dad go camping in the woods. He and his dad have a few misfortunes during their trip like Little Critter having trouble setting up the tent and a bear taking their freshly caught fish away from them.

Animated special

Just Me and My Dad was adapted as an animated video in 1993. The 23-minute program was produced by Mercer Mayer for Perennial Pictures Film Corporation. Differences in the adaptation included new characters like Little Sister

Little Sister

- Literature :* The Little Sister, a 1949 novel by Raymond Chandler* Kana: Little Sister, a 1999 Japanese visual novel- Film and television :* Little Sister , a 1992 comedy movie starring Jonathan Silverman and Alyssa Milano...

 and Bigpaw

Bigfoot

Bigfoot, also known as sasquatch, is an ape-like cryptid that purportedly inhabits forests, mainly in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. Bigfoot is usually described as a large, hairy, bipedal humanoid...

, the mother plays a little larger role than the book, and a scene where he and his dad almost crashed into a billboard. There were also two songs The World Goes 'Round and Bigpaw's Comin. It has been released on Golden Book VHS, and Mercer Mayer has uploaded it on his official Little Critter website. It has yet to be officially released on DVD.

Interactive storybook

In 2000, Infogrames

Infogrames

Infogrames Entertainment SA was an international French holding company headquartered in Paris, France. It was the owner of Atari, Inc., headquartered in New York City, U.S. and Atari Europe. It was founded in 1983 by Bruno Bonnell and Christophe Sapet using the proceeds from an introductory...

 / Kidz Corner / GT Interactive released a computer CD-ROM

CD-ROM

A CD-ROM is a pre-pressed compact disc that contains data accessible to, but not writable by, a computer for data storage and music playback. The 1985 “Yellow Book” standard developed by Sony and Philips adapted the format to hold any form of binary data....

 of Just Me and My Dad for IBM PC

IBM PC

The IBM Personal Computer, commonly known as the IBM PC, is the original version and progenitor of the IBM PC compatible hardware platform. It is IBM model number 5150, and was introduced on August 12, 1981...

 and Macintosh

Macintosh

The Macintosh , or Mac, is a series of several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. The first Macintosh was introduced by Apple's then-chairman Steve Jobs on January 24, 1984; it was the first commercially successful personal computer to feature a mouse and a...

. Many elements from this CD-ROM have been uploaded by Mercer Mayer on his official Little Critter website.

External links

• Official Little Critter site
• Just Me and My Dad Read and Play on the Official Little Critter site
• "The World Goes 'Round" on the Official Little Critter site
• "Bigpaw's Comin'" on the Official Little Critter site
• Just Me and My Dad Animated Special part 1 on the Official Little Critter site
• Just Me and My Dad Animated Special part 2 on the Official Little Critter site