Wood wanted to do so “before the disease progressed too far,” the outlet reported. Wood’s company LeapFrog boomed in popularity with the debut of the LeapPad in 1999. Wood stepped away from the ...

Wood created LeapFrog in the 1990s to help children learn through fun, launching the popular LeapPad. He later became a volunteer reading teacher and is remembered as an inspiring innovator and ...

Wood’s company LeapFrog boomed in popularity with the debut of the LeapPad in 1999. Wood stepped away from the company in 2004. The LeapPad was the best-selling toy of the 2000 holiday season.