Hathorn Enterprises Pty Ltd

Hathorn Enterprises is an award-winning media company dedicated to enhancing literacy among young people in creative ways. Libby Hathorn, its Director and a seasoned author of picture storybooks and novels, is interested in the potential for story as the basis for e-learning m-learning.

This dynamic company has produced titles for interactive story telling and e-learning, including Weirdstop and Coolstop. These are the first such interactive literature programs to be developed this way by an award-winning Australian author, and they feature unique and exciting content with specific teaching/learning structured outcomes.

Weirdstop was judged Winner of the AIMIA Awards in 2004 for Best Children’s Product or Service, 2003. Weirdstop was honoured by the judges for its innovation, visual impact, technical expertise and accessibility.

Weirdstop (ghostly stories for ages 10-14) and Coolstop (linking sport and literacy for ages 12-15) have been developed to appeal to youth through a medium they relate to and enjoy, with incentives such as games, puzzles, quizzes and certificates to be achieved along the way. The interactive stories are suitable for classroom use, home-schooling and distance learning, with self-paced learning modules for each story.

Wonderstop, the third in this series, is designed for children ages 8-12, Wonderstop celebrates the diversity of our natural and human environments. It is a journey of two little wombats, Bodge and Widge, and a journey of discovery for younger readers, packed with engaging stories, games and activities along the way. Wonderstop will also be a useful ESL and GATS resource with specially developed activities.

Wonderstop won the Energy Australia, National Trust Heritage Award Education in 2007.

Hathorn Enterprises is currently working on another title in the literacy series, Poetrystop, which is a journey through some of Libby’s poems as well as the techniques for writing poems.