Providing interactive online entertainment and educational information by means of a site on a global computer network which features an animated cartoon character, and which is primarily directed to children between the ages of 3 and 12, on subjects of interest to children in the nature of games, puzzles, riddles, stories, animated characters, multimedia encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases and information about hobbies, about pets, about wildlife, about science, about history, about sports, about arts and crafts, about consumer products, about television programs and movies and about current events; providing educational information about computers and computer software by means of a site on global computer network and by means of electronic mail