Great Wave Software was an educational computer software company founded in 1984 by Dr. Chad Mitchell and Stacy Mitchell and was located in Scotts Valley, California. It was a division of Instructional Fair Group, which was based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and was a Tribune Education company. Products produced by Great Wave included: NumberMaze NumberMaze Challenge ReadingMaze KidsMath KidsTime Deluxe Reading Mansion World Discovery Deluxe World Discovery ConcertWare Prairie Explorer: Biomes of North America (Eddie Award Winner) Redwoods Explorer: Biomes of North America Axel's Whirled Math DaisyQuest & Daisy's Castle McGraw-Hill Children's Publishing (now part of School Specialty Publishing) bought Great Wave Software, and the company no longer exists. All of Great Wave Software's products are out of print. School Specialty Publishing was later bought by Carson Dellosa publishing. References External links Great Wave Software(archive) Defunct educational software companies Defunct software companies of the United States Software companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area Companies based in Santa Cruz County, California Software companies established in 1984 1984 establishments in California Defunct companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area