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| Genre | Educational Slapstick Comedy children’s television series[1] |
| Created by | Don Moody Jacqueline Moody Peter Schneider Gary Friedman |
| Directed by | Olexa Hewryk |
| Narrated by | H.D. Quinn |
| Theme music composer | Billy Straus |
| Composers | Nick Balaban Nathaniel Reichman |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 45 (84 segments) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Don Moody Jacqueline Moody Olexa Hewyrk Sue Hollenberg |
| Producers | Sue Hollenberg Alia Nakashima |
| Running time | 28 minutes |
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| Original network | PBS Kids |
| Picture format | HDTV 720p |
| Original release | September 3, 2007 – January 17, 2011 |
WordWorld, also sometimes referred to as Word World, is an American children’s CGI animated television series based on the books and the wooden puzzles of the same name. Created by Don Moody, Jacqueline Moody, Peter Schneider and Gary Friedman, the show was produced by The Learning Box and WTTW National.
WordWorld aired on PBS Kids from September 3, 2007 to January 17, 2011, with PBS later airing reruns on the national 24-hour PBS Kids channel from January 16, 2017 to October 2, 2022. 45 episodes were produced.
Premise[edit]
In the series, when letters are combined to spell words, they morph into the shape of the corresponding object. The animal characters and many objects are made of letters, and are respectively called WordFriends and WordThings. The main setting is a planet named WordWorld; despite its name, WordFriends and WordThings also exist in outer space. In each episode, the characters have a cartoonish adventure, and ultimately must «build a word» using synthetic phonics. Some episodes focus on concepts such as rhymes, compound words, and plural formation with -s.[2]
Cast[edit]
- H.D. Quinn as the Narrator, Dog, Fly, Duck and Ant
- Lenore Zann as Bear, Kangaroo, Zebra, Owl, and Tiger
- George Bailey as Bug, Monkey, and Pig
- Daryl Ekroth as Frog, Monster, Snail, and Fox
- Mirm Krigel as Elephant
- Veronica Taylor as Sheep, Cow, Cat, and Bird
- Marc Thompson as Robot, Bee, Worm, Shark, and Turtle
- Meredith Zeitlin as Fish and Whale
Episodes[edit]
Series overview[edit]
Season 1 (2007–2008)[edit]
Season 2 (2009)[edit]
Season 3 (2010–2011)[edit]
Reception[edit]
Critical[edit]
Emily Ashby of Common Sense Media gave the series 5 out of 5 stars; saying that, “This show is perfectly suited for preschoolers’ learning level, and it will entertain them as it reinforces their knowledge of letters, sounds, and simple words. With its imaginative design and with the various font styles used to create the letter-based objects, the WordWorld package is delightful enough to draw in parents almost as readily as kids.”[1]
Awards[edit]
2009 Emmy Award Winner
Outstanding Children’s Animated Program
Outstanding Writing in Animation[3]
2008 Emmy Award Winner
Outstanding Achievement in Main Title[3]
Three 2007 Parents’ Choice Awards: Gold
Welcome to WordWorld DVD
Rocket to the Moon/The Birds DVD
WordWorld Television Series[3]
Creative Child Magazine – Creative Toys Awards
2008 Preferred Choice Award: Barn Bucket Set
2008 Seal of Excellence Award: Pull-Apart Plush[3]
2004 Preferred Choice Award: Pull Apart Plush[3]
2008 Toy Wishes Magazine All-Star Award
WordPuzzle with Sound: Duck’s Beach Party[3]
Interactive Media Awards
2007 Best in Class: PBS Kids WordWorld Website[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Ashby, Emily (3 September 2007). «WordWorld Review». Common Sense Media.
- ^ «About WordWorld». WordWorld. General Word LP. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g «awards». wordworld.com.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- WordWorld at IMDb
Season 1
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S01E01
Runaway O
- September 3, 2007
- PBS
Bear and Sheep snoop around a box delivered to Cat and break it! The letters B-O-X scatter, sending the WordFriends on a crazy chase to catch the runaway letter O before Cat wakes up.
Build a Word: BOX
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S01E02
Happy Birthday, Dog!
- September 3, 2007
- PBS
It’s Dog’s birthday! His friends are planning a surprise party for him, but they don’t have a cake! With a little help from Pig, Frog gathers the letters C-A-K-E…but can he get them to the party without ruining the surprise?
Build a Word: CAKE -
S01E03
There’s an Ant in Every Giant
- September 4, 2007
- PBS
Ant is tired of being the smallest WordFriend in WordWorld! He always has to avoid being stepped on, and playing basketball is a big challenge. Ant thinks he can solve his problem by adding a G-I to his tiny frame and turning himself into a giant. But he soon realizes that being big isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, and that he can be WordWorld’s biggest hero when he’s just tiny Ant.
Build a Word: ANT -
S01E04
Chef Sheep
- September 4, 2007
- PBS
During his «cooking show,» Chef Pig gets a pot stuck on his face while eating ice cream out of it! Now there is no pot to cook in and no chef to do the cooking! Luckily for Pig, ever-helpful Sheep is there to take over for him. But first Sheep must learn to have confidence in herself before she can save the day!
Build a Word: POT -
S01E05
Rocket to the Moon
- September 5, 2007
- PBS
Frog thinks that in order to build a big rocket he needs big, uppercase letters. But when he gets stranded on the moon with the Little Piggies, he learns that lowercase letters are just as useful as uppercase ones.
Build a Word: ROCKET -
S01E06
The Birds
- September 5, 2007
- PBS
Sheep, Bear and Frog go out bird watching and get more than they bargained for: They find an egg! Sheep does her zany best to care for the «energetic» egg until the baby bird is born and is reunited with its mother.
Build a Word: BIRD -
S01E07
Mystery of the Disappearing Pie
- September 6, 2007
- PBS
The pie Pig baked for Bear is missing! But have no fear…Detective Sheep is ready to help her WordFriends follow the letter clues and solve the mystery of the disappearing pie!
Build a Word: BEAR -
S01E08
Duck’s Family Reunion
- September 6, 2007
- PBS
Because they have similar-sounding names, Duck mistakes a truck for a long-lost relative! His best friend Frog is a bit ruffled at the epidemic of silliness going around, but ends up saving the day for Duck and his word «family» when the truck gets stuck in the muck!
Build a Word: TRUCK -
S01E09
Sh Sh Shark
- September 13, 2007
- PBS
Shark is misunderstood. Everyone is afraid of him and won’t even give him a chance to prove he’s friendly. Everyone but Duck, that is, who doesn’t know that the letters S and H together make the ‘sh’ sound and, therefore, doesn’t know who Shark is. When Duck introduces his new WordFriend to the gang, Duck learns a lesson about the ‘sh’ sound, while everyone else learns that acceptance is an important part of friendship.
Build a Word: SHOE -
S01E10
Dog Wants to Play Ball
- September 13, 2007
- PBS
Dog wants to play ball, but he’s having trouble communicating with his friends. Pig, Sheep and Frog each think Dog wants to do what they want to do. When Bear actually takes the time to listen to Dog, Dog gets his wish…and everyone has a ball!
Build a Word: BALL -
S01E11
Pies, Pies, Pies!
- September 14, 2007
- PBS
When Pig promises to make a pie for everyone in WordWorld, he learns a hard lesson about keeping promises and sharing. Fortunately, Pig also learns about the letter S and how it can turn «pie» into «pies.»
Build a Word: PIES -
S01E12
Waterlogged
- September 14, 2007
- PBS
Frog and Pig’s friendship is put to the test when Frog moves in with Pig after his log sinks. After some silly mishaps, Pig and Frog finally come to an understanding – about how important it is to see things from a friend’s perspective.
Build a Word: LOG -
S01E13
Dogs Camping Adventure
- September 17, 2007
- PBS
Dog is so excited! Pig and Frog are taking him on his first camping trip! While Pig and Frog are supposed to be the brave camping «experts,» it is Dog who overcomes his fear and finds the lost letters to their tent in the dark forest. But who’s that peeking out from behind a tree?
Build a Word: TENT -
S01E14
V is for Vacation
- September 17, 2007
- PBS
The weather is turning colder, and Duck is ready for his yearly vacation (migration). He’s not sure, however, how to go. When Bird tells him he just needs to «find the ‘V,'» Duck doesn’t realize that she means a «V» formation of migrating birds. Instead, Duck is off and running on a wild «V» chase.
Build a Word: VINE -
S01E15
Snug as a Bug
- September 18, 2007
- PBS
Bug can’t sleep, and until he does, his favorite neighbor Frog can’t sleep either! Bug knows he has to be «snug as a bug in a…» but he can’t remember the rest of the rhyme. So Frog and Bug head off on a nighttime hunt of words that rhyme with «bug»—and wake up half their WordFriends in the process!
Build a Word: RUG -
S01E16
Nightlight
- September 18, 2007
- PBS
Bear won’t go to sleep. Try as her friends might to lull her off to sleep, Bear stubbornly refuses to turn off all her lights and go to bed. It’s not until they venture out into the night that the WordFriends realize Bear is afraid of the dark! But Frog has just the right solution to Bear’s problem, and it comes by joining two words to make a new one.
Build a Word: NIGHTLIGHT -
S01E17
Duck’s First Sleepover Party
- September 19, 2007
- PBS
Duck attends his first sleep-over party but he’s nervous about not sleeping in his nest for the first time. After a long night of fun games his friends calm his anxiety by building him a soft, fluffy nest.
Build A Word: NEST -
S01E18
One Hat Fits All
- September 19, 2007
- PBS
Sheep, while practicing her magic act, loses her magicians top hat (it’s quite blustery in Word World today). The hat wends all around Word World, visiting Pig, Bear and Duck, breaking into its letters each time it crashes to a halt! And whenever our heroes put it back together, the hat takes on a fresh, new form. For Pig it becomes a chef’s hat; for Bear, an artist’s beret; and for Duck, a silly propeller beanie! Clearly, this hat is special! Could it even be… magical?
Build A Word: HAT -
S01E19
Dancing Dog
- September 20, 2007
- PBS
It’s the day of the Word World Concert and no one is more excited than Dog – he loves music. Unfortunately, he can’t play an instrument. With the help of his good friend Bear, Dog discovers that anyone can make music!
Build A Word: DRUM -
S01E20
Pig’s Big Moonlight Feast
- September 20, 2007
- PBS
When Pig is too sick to cook the Moonlight Feast, his friends step in, but they find that if you don’t follow the recipe you may end up «in the soup.»
Build A Word: CAKE -
S01E21
Boppin’ with the Bug Band
- September 21, 2007
- PBS
Ant is having a band showcase on his radio show and while Bug, Fly and Bee have some really good music, they need a lot of help with their lyrics. Frog teaches the Bug Band all about rhyming and they eventually give a fantastic performance.
Build A Word: BELL -
S01E22
Shuffleword
- September 21, 2007
- PBS
When Pig and Ant get into an argument while playing Shuffleword, Pig storms off with the consonants and Ant storms off with the vowels but they soon realize that not only do they need each other’s letters to make words but they also need each other to have fun!
Build A Word: PIT -
S01E23
W Drought
- September 24, 2007
- PBS
It’s a hot summer day and all the WordFriends are using water to stay cool. But all the letter Ws start to disappear, and you can’t have «water» without the letter W! Sheep leads the gang in the hunt to discover just who’s causing the W drought.
Build A Word: WATER -
S01E24
Princess Sheep
- September 24, 2007
- PBS
Bear and Sheep want to play princess, but they only have one crown. Although Sheep promises to take turns wearing the crown and being princess, she gets royally carried away playing her role. It is only after she hurts Bear’s feelings that Sheep learns that a true princess isn’t selfish, but kind and generous instead.
Build A Word: CROWN -
S01E25
Radio Read-a-Thon
- February 15, 2008
- PBS
Duck asks Frog to read his favorite book on Ant’s radio station because he can’t read it himself. But when Frog’s tongue gets tangled in knots, Duck realizes that he doesn’t need to know how to read to be able to look at pictures and tell a great story.
Build A Word: BOOK -
S01E26
Robots to the Rescue!
- February 15, 2008
- PBS
When Frog discovers that you can make a word «more than one» by adding the letter S to the end of it, he becomes a mad scientist of sorts, making more and more of everything! Frog learns that while having a lot of stuff might seem like a good idea, too much of anything soon leads to chaos. Frog fortunately has a robot who likes to clean up!
Build A Word: ROBOT -
S01E27
Pl-Pl-Plane!
- March 27, 2008
- PBS
Frog and the Bug Band are headed to have some fun on the beach, but not everything goes as Frog had planned. Frog loses the letters “PL” from his plane and must search through the jungle to find them. After some crazy jungle adventures (including a run-in with a giant Frog-kissing plant), Frog realizes that fun doesn’t always have to be planned!
Build A Word: PLANE -
S01E28
Mail Mix Up
- March 27, 2008
- PBS
Duck offers to help Kangaroo deliver letters to his WordFriends, but he forgets Kangaroo’s instructions and delivers the wrong letters to everyone. Duck discovers that there sure are a lot of words that end with the sound «ail»—such as NAIL, PAIL and SAIL—and that they sure can’t be used interchangeably!
Build A Word: NAIL, SAIL, PAIL -
S01E29
Pig’s Present
- March 21, 2008
- PBS
It’s Pig’s birthday and his nephews, the Three Little Pigs, are making him a secret present. Although Pig promises not to peek, his curiosity about his present gets the better of him and wreaks havoc all over WordWorld. Will Pig ever learn to be patient? Build A Word: JET
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S01E30
Tick Tock Space Clock
- March 21, 2008
- PBS
When a mysterious rocket lands in Word World, Duck pledges to help a robot track down a very important clock. He searches all over Word World, listening for the special sound that will lead the robot to the clock that will save his home planet.
Build A Word: CLOCK -
S01E31
Castles in the Sea
- April 7, 2008
- PBS
While playing in the sand on the beach, Duck and Shark discover the perfect home for Shark: a sand castle! But why, oh why, does it disappear every night while Shark is sleeping? When the WordFriends try to hunt down the castle thief, they learn about tides and waves…from a singing Crab.
Build A Word: CASTLE -
S01E32
Get Your Coat
- April 7, 2008
- PBS
Duck thinks Frog doesn’t want to play in the rain because Duck accidentally broke Frog’s boat. But the real reason is that Frog doesn’t like the rain. Duck learns all about words that end with «oat» before finally coming across a word that will allow Frog to play outside in the rain: a coat!
Build A Word: COAT -
S01E33
Superhero Sheep
- April 8, 2008
- PBS
Sheep becomes Word World’s first superhero, saving the day with the letter «S»! Duck is eager to be her trusty sidekick, but Sheep repeatedly points out that «superheroes don’t need help.» But Sheep learns that everyone needs help sometimes when she gets stuck on top of Pig’s barn and it’s up to Duck to save her.
Build A Word: SLIDE -
S01E34
Pirate Ship
- April 8, 2008
- PBS
While playing on the beach, Sheep, Duck and Shark find a message in a bottle. It’s one of several rhyming clues that will lead them to a special treasure! Like hearty pirates, the trio follows the clues and rhyme their way across the sea—if only they had a ship!
Build A Word: SHIP -
S01E35
Playing Spies
- May 5, 2008
- PBS
When Sheep and Duck think that Dog has a secret, they decide to play «spy» to figure out the mystery. As they secretly watch Dog, they discover he wants to build a word with the «oo» sound. But will they be caught before they can guess Dog’s secret?
Build A Word: POOL -
S01E36
Wee Little Whale
- May 5, 2008
- PBS
Sheep rescues a tiny whale who is stuck in some seaweed and brings her home to her haystack. They quickly become best of friends. But as Whale gets bigger and bigger, outgrowing Sheep’s tea cups, bathtubs and pools, Sheep realizes she must return her WordFriend to the sea. Although Whale may be big, her friendship with Sheep proves to be bigger, and the two discover a way to continue to play together: They just have to build a word!
Build A Word: SUB -
S01E37
The Race to Mystery Island
- May 6, 2008
- PBS
Pig and Frog are trying to out-do each other. Their competition results in a big race to Mystery Island. While each WordFriend builds himself several words to thwart his competitor along the way, Pig and Frog both finally come to realize that the only way they’ll succeed is to work together.
Build A Word: BOAT -
S01E38
A Star Is Born
- May 6, 2008
- PBS
Duck gets a case of stage fright while singing «Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star» for all his WordFriends. Instead of singing the word «star,» Duck freezes and blurts out the first thing he sees. With a little word building, Sheep and Ant solve Duck’s problem, and soon a «star» is born.
Build A Word: STAR -
S01E39
Back On Track
- May 23, 2008
- PBS
While looking through his telescope, Frog notices that Kangaroo’s mail train is headed straight for a broken track! He has to rely on BEAR and her tiny new tricycle to get him there to fix the track on time. And if the tricycle isn’t tiny enough, Dog, Duck, and Ant and all his cousins climb on board to lend a hand. Will they make it in time?
Build a Word: Track -
S01E40
The Rainbow Birthday Cake
- May 23, 2008
- PBS
It is Frog’s birthday, and Duck wants to make him a big, beautiful birthday cake frosted in the colors of the rainbow. Such a cake requires lots of cans of frosting, and Duck learns he can’t just throw cans anywhere—they must be recycled. In WordWorld, recycling means using the letters in a discarded word to make other words, such as can-dle—which is just what Duck needs for Frog’s cake!
Build a Word: Candle -
S01E41
Bit By Bit
- June 23, 2008
- PBS
It is Monkey’s birthday, and a sick Frog entrusts Duck and Bug to take his present—a banana—to Monkey’s birthday party for him. In their enthusiasm to get to the party, Duck and Bug accidentally break the banana into letters…and they don’t know how to rebuild it! It’s just too big a word. Fortunately Elephant knows a thing or two about big words, and teaches them to build the banana back, bit by bit, based on the three syllables in the word.
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S01E42
Ride ’em Cowbear
- June 23, 2008
- PBS
Pig, Dog and Duck are playing cowboys. Bear wants to join them, but gets frustrated when she learns she’s not very good at rope tricks. Dog went let her sulk, though, and after much practice Bear is a rootin’-tootin’ CowBear! And just in time—Pig and Duck have herded Cow into the mud!
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S01E43
Play Ball
- June 24, 2008
- PBS
The WordFriends play an exciting game of baseball, but Robot has never played before. With some practice, and a lot of encouragement from his WordFriends, Robot learns the game and turns into a slugging machine!
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S01E44
M is for Map
- June 24, 2008
- PBS
After a fun day of adventuring through the jungle, Sheep and Bear discover they are lost—and it’s almost dark! In their haste to get home before sunset, the WordFriends lose the letters to their map. They have to sound out and hunt down the letters in «map»—but with Adventure Sheep leading the way, nothing is ever easy!
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S01E45
Flying Ant
- July 11, 2008
- PBS
Duck encourages Shark, who is a great underwater dancer, to dance in his show. When Shark comes up on land to practice, he flops all over the stage like a…well, a fish out of water. But the show must go on! Duck must find a way to put on his show and include Shark.
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S01E46
The Dancing Duck Bonanza
- July 11, 2008
- PBS
Duck encourages Shark, who is a great underwater dancer, to dance in his show. When Shark comes up on land to practice, he flops all over the stage like a…well, a fish out of water. But the show must go on! Duck must find a way to put on his show and include Shark.
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S01E47
Lost Letter L
- August 11, 2008
- PBS
When Duck accidentally breaks the L off Frog’s lamp, he decides not to tell Frog. Instead, he’ll just fix it himself. Although Bug and Dog try to help, things spiral out of control, and soon Duck has broken a lamp, a lever and even Frog’s log! Duck learns that everyone makes mistakes and admitting them sooner rather than later can make a big difference.
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S01E48
Catch That C
- August 11, 2008
- PBS
While Pig and Ant are making cookies, their bag of letter Cs gets away from them, sending the WordFriends on a wild goose chase all over WordWorld to catch that C! The bad news is that the letter C is in big demand that day. But the good news is that Pig and Ant have a lot of WordFriends who want to help them out!
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S01E49
A Kooky Spooky Halloween
- October 31, 2008
- PBS
The WordFriends get their share of scares the night before Halloween, when Pig sleepwalks and everyone thinks he’s a ghost!
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S01E50
Sheep’s Halloween Costume
- October 31, 2008
- PBS
It’s Halloween—Sheep’s favorite day of the year. Sheep likes nothing more than to dress up, so she always goes out of her way to make herself a special costume. But what will she do when her WordFriends need pieces of her costume for their own costumes?
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S01E51
The Christmas Star
- December 25, 2008
- PBS
It’s the night before Christmas and Frog needs a star to hang on his Christmas tree. Duck thinks this will be the perfect present for Frog, and tries to lasso one out of the sky for him. Try as he might, Duck is unable to catch a star for Frog, and cries himself to sleep. But while he sleeps, someone leaves him a wonderful present: the letters S-T-A-R…
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S01E52
A Christmas Present for Dog
- December 25, 2008
- PBS
It’s Christmas morning, and all the WordFriends are excited by the presents Santa has brought for them! Pig has a sled, Bear has a doll, and Ant has a cookie. But not all the letters for Dog’s present came down his chimney. All he has is a B-A-L. Bear gets filled with the Christmas spirit and makes a sacrifice to ensure Dog’s Christmas will be merry!
Season 2
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S02E01
My Fuzzy Valentine
- February 16, 2009
- PBS
When Sheep decides she wants to make a special Valentine song for her pal Bear, she has runs into trouble finding just the right rhyme to finish her song. With the help of Fly, she discovers the perfect rhyme and makes Bear a Valentine song with real heart.
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S02E02
Love, Bug
- February 16, 2009
- PBS
Bug wants to sign a valentine for his favorite WordFriend, but he doesn’t know how to write his name. With lots of encouragement from Frog he learns that with a little practice he can write his name and give his valentine.
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S02E03
Duck Saves Spider’s Web
- March 31, 2009
- PBS
When Duck accidentally crashes into Spider’s web and breaks it apart into letters, he has to go about finding the letters to fix it. But he doesn’t know what letters are in the word ‘web’! With Elephant’s help, he learns that sometimes if you can sound out a word, you can figure out what letters you need to build it.
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S02E04
Caterpillar Gets a Home
- March 31, 2009
- PBS
On a rainy, windy day in WordWorld, Duck helps his new friend, Caterpillar, build a home to keep her safe from the weather. But not just any word will keep an itty bitty Caterpillar from getting wet or blown away…
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S02E05
Bugs to the Rescue!
- April 13, 2009
- PBS
Ant builds Bear a hot-air balloon for her birthday, but Dog accidentally floats away in it! Ant elicits the help of his insect WordFriends Bug, Bee and Fly to rescue Dog and save the day.
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S02E06
Sheep’s First Bike Ride
- April 13, 2009
- PBS
Bear and Sheep both learn to build the word «bike,» and Sheep learns how to ride one for the first time in her life. In both cases, it just takes some perseverance.
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S02E07
Achoo!
- May 13, 2009
- PBS
Pig is allergic to peaches! Too bad Sheep doesn’t know that! When she brings Pig a big bag of peaches to make pies, Pig starts sneezing so much that he can’t even tell Sheep what he really needs is a…a…apples. Sheep tries to guess what Pig needs, imagining a silly array of a-sounding words!
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S02E08
Duck’s Hiccups
- May 13, 2009
- PBS
When Duck drinks down a glass of water too quickly, he gets the hiccups for the first time ever! His WordFriends try every trick in the book to help him, but which cure will work?
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S02E09
Mmm-Mmm Milk
- May 14, 2009
- PBS
When Ant comes over to Pig’s house to eat cookies, Pig tries to get him to drink some milk. But Ant doesn’t like milk! Or so he thinks…
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S02E10
Get Well Soon Soup
- May 14, 2009
- PBS
When Ant gets sick, Pig tries to take care of him by making his special Get-Well-Soon Soup. It has all the letters in the alphabet in it, so Pig can build any word that Ant needs to feel better. Pig just has to figure out what that word is!
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S02E11
Duck Plays the Piano
- June 15, 2009
- PBS
When Bug, Bee and Fly keep interrupting Duck’s piano lesson, Duck learns that some things are worth waiting for. He also learns that when a word has lots of sounds in it, you can build it sound by sound.
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S02E12
Get Set for ET
- June 15, 2009
- PBS
While sky-writing in his jet, Duck accidentally makes a cloud DRAGON! Thinking it’s a real dragon, Duck and the bugs set out to “catch” the dragon and “save” WordWorld. But how do you catch something made from clouds?
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S02E13
Shark’s First Day of School
- July 13, 2009
- PBS
It’s the first day of school for the youngest WordFriends, but Shark is afraid to go. With the help of his good buddy Duck, and some gentle encouragement from their teacher Cat, Shark’s fear turns to confidence, and by day’s end he’s at the head of the class.
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S02E14
Shark’s First Loose Tooth
- July 13, 2009
- PBS
When Shark loses his first baby tooth at a sleepover party with Duck, he’s got to get to sleep fast so the tooth fairy can come and leave him a present. But there’s just one problem—he can’t fall asleep! With the help of his good friend Duck and the letter P, Shark finally finds just the word he needs to help him fall asleep.
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S02E15
Duck at Bat
- July 14, 2009
- PBS
Duck loses the letter B to his baseball bat just before the big game is supposed to start. He tries to build other words to hit the ball—MAT, HAT—but soon learns that you need the right letter with the right sound to build the right word…and hit a homer!
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S02E16
You Can Never Have Too Many OO’s
- July 14, 2009
- PBS
When the two letter O’s in Monkey’s roof blow away in the wind, it’s up to Duck to hunt down the /oo/ sound and fix the roof before it rains. With Kangaroo’s help, Duck saves the day…and learns you can never have too many «oo»s.
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S02E17
The Best Nest
- September 7, 2009
- PBS
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S02E18
Bed Bugs
- September 8, 2009
- PBS
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S02E19
Totally Terrific Duck
- October 12, 2009
- PBS
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S02E20
Dog’s Having a Party
- November 9, 2009
- PBS
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S02E21
Welcome Home, Duck
- November 10, 2009
- PBS
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S02E22
Bear’s Bed Sled
- December 28, 2009
- PBS
Season 3
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S03E01
A String is the Thing
- October 4, 2010
- PBS
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S03E02
J-J-Jelly
- October 4, 2010
- PBS
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S03E03
Hide and Seek
- October 5, 2010
- PBS
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S03E04
Kite Flight
- October 5, 2010
- PBS
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S03E05
The Really Red Ruby
- November 1, 2010
- PBS
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S03E06
Fire Fighters to the Rescue
- November 1, 2010
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S03E07
Think in the Rink
- November 2, 2010
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S03E08
X Marks the Spot
- November 2, 2010
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S03E09
Race to the Spaceship
- January 17, 2011
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S03E10
Sandbox Surprise
- January 17, 2011
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Additional Specials
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SPECIAL 0x1
An Intro to WordWorld
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SPECIAL 0x2
Behind the Scenes
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SPECIAL 0x3
PIG’s Perfect Pizza
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SPECIAL 0x4
Elephant’s Radio
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SPECIAL 0x5
Frog’s Letter M
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SPECIAL 0x6
Jam Session
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SPECIAL 0x7
Pig’s Rhyming Square Dance
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SPECIAL 0x8
Play in the Playground
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SPECIAL 0x9
Sheep’s ‘ST’ Song
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SPECIAL 0x10
Snack Time
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SPECIAL 0x11
Get Up and Move
- September 10, 2012
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SPECIAL 0x12
Fruit Cha Cha
- September 11, 2012
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SPECIAL 0x13
Pigs Perfect Pizza
- September 11, 2012
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SPECIAL 0x14
Dancing Dog
- September 11, 2012
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SPECIAL 0x15
Time to Rhyme
- September 11, 2012
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SPECIAL 0x16
Ride the Slide
- September 12, 2011
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SPECIAL 0x17
Monster Maker
- September 12, 2012
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SPECIAL 0x18
Circus Train
- September 12, 2012
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Take the Stage
- September 12, 2012
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| Genre | Educational children’s television series |
| Created by | Don Moody Jacqueline Moody Peter Schneider Gary Friedman |
| Directed by | Olexa Hewryk |
| Composer(s) | Billy Straus |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 45 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Don Moody Jacqueline Moody Olexa Hewryk Sue Hollenberg |
| Producer(s) | Sue Hollenberg Alia Nakashima |
| Running time | 28 minutes |
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| Original network | PBS Kids, TVOKids |
| Original release | September 3, 2007 – January 17, 2011 |
WordWorld is an Canadian-American CGI animated television series that debuted on PBS Kids and was created by Don Moody, Jacqueline Moody, Peter Schneider and Gary Friedman, that was based on the books and the wooden puzzles of the same name. WordWorld was produced by The Learning Box and WTTW Chicago. The series premiered on September 3, 2007 and ended on January 17, 2011 with 45 episodes and 3 seasons.
Contents
- Premise
- Cast
- Episodes
- Series overview
- Season 1 (2007–08)
- Season 2 (2009)
- Season 3 (2010–11)
Premise
As a part of ABC Monsters, the series shows the adventures of a group of animals whose bodies resemble the name of their species, for example, «Dog» has a ‘D’ for its head and an ‘O’ and ‘G’ for its body. Most objects and place are also made of words as well, which include ‘Barn’, ‘Log’, ‘Drum’, ‘House’, ‘Jungle’, ‘Sub’, ‘Boots’, and ‘Pie’. Sometimes an ‘S’ gets next to a word, and the object starts to multiply, an example includes in ‘Pies, Pies, Pies’, Dog tries to tell Pig, about plural ‘S’. Pig thinking there’s no ‘S’ in ‘Pie’, tries to get rid of it until it collides with the word ‘Spoon’, and spoons start to multiply. Other objects including clouds, water from a distance, and miscellaneous objects, such as envelopes, and buckets, are not made with letters.
Cast
- H.D. Quinn as The Narrator, Dog, Fly, Duck and Ant
- Lenore Zann as Kangaroo, Owl, and Tiger
- George Bailey as Bug, Monkey, and Pig
- Daryl Ekroth as Frog, Monster, and Fox
- Mirm Krigel as Bear and Elephant
- Veronica Taylor as Sheep, Cow, Cat, and Bird
- Marc Thompson as Robot, Bee, Shark, and Turtle
- Meredith Zeitlin as Fish and Whale
Episodes
Series overview
Season 1 (2007–08)
Season 2 (2009)
Season 3 (2010–11)
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| Genre | Educational children’s television series |
| Created by | Don Moody Jacqueline Moody Peter Schneider Gary Friedman |
| Directed by | Olexa Hewryk |
| Narrated by | H.D. Quinn |
| Theme music composer | Billy Straus |
| Opening theme | WordWorld Song |
| Composers | Nick Balaban Nathaniel Reichman |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 45 (84 segments) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Don Moody Jacqueline Moody Olexa Hewyrk Sue Hollenberg |
| Producers | Sue Hollenberg Alia Nakashima |
| Running time | 28 minutes |
| Production companies |
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| Distributor | PBS (US) |
| Release | |
| Original network | PBS Kids |
| Picture format | HDTV 720p |
| Original release | September 3, 2007 – January 17, 2011 |
WordWorld (also sometimes referred to as Word World) is an American children’s CGI animated television series that is based on the books and the wooden puzzles of the same name. WordWorld debuted on PBS Kids and was created by Don Moody, Jacqueline Moody, Peter Schneider and Gary Friedman. WordWorld is produced by The Learning Box and WTTW Chicago. The series premiered on September 3, 2007, and concluded on January 17, 2011 after airing three seasons and 45 episodes.
Premise
In the series, when letters are combined to spell words, they morph into the shape of the corresponding object. The animal characters and many objects are made of letters, and are respectively called WordFriends and WordThings. The main setting is a planet named WordWorld; despite its name, WordFriends and WordThings also exist in outer space. In each episode, the characters have a cartoonish adventure, and ultimately must «build a word» using synthetic phonics. Some episodes focus on concepts such as rhymes, compound words, and plural formation with -s.
Cast
- H.D. Quinn as the Narrator, Dog, Fly, Duck and Ant
- Lenore Zann as Kangaroo, Zebra, Owl, and Tiger
- George Bailey as Bug, Monkey, and Pig
- Daryl Ekroth as Frog, Monster, Snail, and Fox
- Mirm Krigel as Bear and Elephant
- Veronica Taylor as Sheep, Cow, Cat, and Bird
- Marc Thompson as Robot, Bee, Worm, Shark, and Turtle
- Meredith Zeitlin as Fish and Whale
Episodes
Series overview
Season 1 (2007–2008)
Season 2 (2009)
Season 3 (2010–2011)
Reception
Critical
Emily Ashby of Common Sense Media gave the series 5 out of 5 stars; saying that, “This show is perfectly suited for preschoolers’ learning level, and it will entertain them as it reinforces their knowledge of letters, sounds, and simple words. With its imaginative design and with the various font styles used to create the letter-based objects, the WordWorld package is delightful enough to draw in parents almost as readily as kids.”
Awards
2009 Emmy Award Winner
Outstanding Children’s Animated Program
Outstanding Writing in Animation
2008 Emmy Award Winner
Outstanding Achievement in Main Title
Three 2007 Parents’ Choice Awards: Gold
Welcome to WordWorld DVD
Rocket to the Moon/The Birds DVD
WordWorld Television Series
Creative Child Magazine – Creative Toys Awards
2008 Preferred Choice Award: Barn Bucket Set
2008 Seal of Excellence Award: Pull-Apart Plush
2004 Preferred Choice Award: Pull Apart Plush
2008 Toy Wishes Magazine All-Star Award
WordPuzzle with Sound: Duck’s Beach Party
Interactive Media Awards
2007 Best in Class: PBS Kids WordWorld Website
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| Жанр | Образовательный детский телесериал |
| Создано | Дон Муди. Жаклин Муди. Питер Шнайдер. Гэри Фридман |
| Режиссер | Олекса Хьюрик |
| Композитор (ы) | Билли Страус |
| Страна происхождения | США |
| Язык (и) оригинала | Английский |
| № сезонов | 3 |
| № серий | 45 |
| Производство | |
| Исполнительный продюсер (и) | Дон Муди. Жаклин Муди. Олекса Хьюрик. Сью Холленберг |
| Продюсер (ы) | Сью Холленберг. Алия Накашима |
| Продолжительность | 28 минут |
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| Исходная сеть | PBS Kids |
| Оригинальный выпуск | 3 сентября 2007 г. (2007-09-03) -. 24 января 2011 г. (2011-01-24) |
| Внешние ссылки | |
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WordWorld — американец CGI мультсериал, дебютировал на PBS Kids и был создан Дон Муди, Жаклин Муди, Питер Шнайдер и Гэри Фридман, основанный на одноименных книгах и деревянных головоломках. WordWorld был разработан The Learning Box и WTTW Chicago. Премьера сериала состоялась 3 сентября 2007 г. и завершилась 17 января 2011 г. 45 эпизодами и 3 сезона.
Содержание
- 1 эпизод
- 2 Актеры
- 3 эпизода
- 3.1 Обзор серии
- 3.2 Сезон 1 (2007–08)
- 3.3 Сезон 2 (2009)
- 3.4 Сезон 3 (2010–11)
- 4 Прием
- 4.1 Критическое
- 4.2 Награды
- 5 Ссылки
- 6 Внешние ссылки
шаблон
Сериал показывает приключения группы животных, чьи тела напоминают название их вида, например, «Собака» имеет букву «D» вместо головы и букву «O». ‘и’ G ‘для его тела. Большинство предметов и мест также состоят из слов, в том числе «Сарай», «Бревно», «Барабан», «Дом», «Джунгли», «Суб», «Ботинки» и «Пирог». Иногда рядом со словом стоит буква «S», и объект начинает размножаться, например, в «Pie, Pie, Pie» пытается сказать Pig о множественном числе «S». Свинья думает, что в «Пироге» нет буквы «S», пытается избавиться от нее, пока она не сталкивается со словом «Ложка», и ложки начинают размножаться. Другие объекты, включая облака, воду на расстоянии и другие объекты, такие как конверты и ведра, не состоят из букв.
В ролях
- H.D. Куинн в роли Рассказчика, Муха, Утка и Муравей
- Ленор Занн в роли Кенгуру
- Джордж Бейли в роли Бага, Обезьяны и Свиньи
- Дэрил Экрот в роли Лягушки, Монстра и Фокс
- Мирм Кригель в роли Медведя
- Вероника Тейлор в роли Овцы, Коровы и Птицы
- Марк Томпсон в роли Робота, Пчелы, Акулы и Черепахи
- Мередит Зейтлин в роли Fish and Whale
Эпизоды
Обзор сериала
Сезон 1 (2007-08)
Сезон 2 (2009)
Сезон 3 (2010– 11)
Прием
Критический
Эмили Эшби из Common Sense Media дала серия 4 из 5 звезд; сказав: «Шоу идеально подходит для дошкольников, и оно развлечет их, так как укрепит их знания букв, звуков и простых слов. Благодаря оригинальному дизайну и использованию различных стилей шрифтов, используемых для создания буквенных объектов, пакет WordWorld достаточно восхитителен, чтобы привлечь внимание родителей почти так же легко, как и детей ».
Награды
2009 Обладатель премии «Эмми» за выдающуюся детскую анимационную программу «Отличное сочинение в анимации»
Обладатель премии «Эмми» (2008 г.) за выдающееся достижение в в основном звании
Три награды «Выбор родителей за 2008 г.»: Добро пожаловать в WordWorld DVD «Ракета на луну» DVD WordWorld Телесериал
Журнал Creative Child — Награда Creative Toys Awards 2008: предпочтительный выбор: набор Barn Bucket, 2008 Награда за качество: Pull-Apart Plush
Приз за предпочтительный выбор 2004 года: Pull Apart Plush
Премия All-Star по версии журнала Toy Wishes, 2008 г. WordPuzzle со звуком: Вечеринка на пляже у утки
Премия Interactive Media Awards 2007 г. Лучшие в своем классе: PBS Kids Веб-сайт WordWorld
Ссылки
Внешние ссылки
- Официальный сайт
- WordWorld на IMDb