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FunBrain.com is an education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...

al browser game
Browser game
A browser game is a computer game that is played over the Internet using a web browser. Browser games can be created and run using standard web technologies or browser plug-ins. Browser games include all video game genres and can be single-player or multiplayer...

 website for children and adults. The website was founded in May 1992 and is owned by Family Education Network, a division of Pearson Education
Pearson Education
Pearson Education is an international educational publishing and technology company providing textbooks and other educational material, such as multimedia learning tools...

. The current publisher is Jess Brallier
Jess Brallier
Jess M. Brallier is a publisher, author, and web publisher. Brallier has authored or co-authored 31 books, including Lawyers and Other Reptiles. He is currently Publisher and General Manager of Family Education Network , an online publisher for: parents, teachers, and reference readers.-...

. The company said the site has 65,000 teachers registered, 35 million visits per month, and 60,000 page visits per day, and provides mathematics and kid style games.

A popular feature of FunBrain.com is the continuous story Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a series of fiction books written by American author and cartoonist Jeff Kinney. The books are the journals of the main character, whose name is Greg Heffley. Befitting a child's diary, they are filled with hand written notes and simple drawings of his daily adventures...

, which was published as a novel in April 2007.

On January 31, 2007, the site had an Alexa
Alexa Internet
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rating of 3,723. As of April 4, 2009, the site had an Alexa rating of 2,259.
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