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* '''[[Frog]]''' - is a very intelligent and clever WordFriend (voiced by [[Jim Cummings]]). He is hydrophobic due to the water's slimy texture on his skin, and tends to say "Water, yuck." He is also the least courageous of all the other his WordFriends and living in a [[Wooden log|LOG]].
* '''[[Frog]]''' - is a very intelligent and clever WordFriend (voiced by [[Jim Cummings]]). He is hydrophobic due to the water's slimy texture on his skin, and tends to say "Water, yuck." He is also the least courageous of all the other his WordFriends and living in a [[Wooden log|LOG]].
* '''[[Pig]]''' - is a WordFriend who is sometimes selfish when it comes to food, and he tends to eat the food he creates in his television show, "Cooking With Chef Pig," from his home in the [[Barn|BARN]]. In the episode, "Ah-choo" it is revealed that Pig is allergic to peaches. He is voiced by [[Jeff Bennett]].
* '''[[Pig]]''' - is a WordFriend who is sometimes selfish when it comes to food, and he tends to eat the food he creates in his television show, "Cooking With Chef Pig," from his home in the [[Barn|BARN]]. In the episode, "Ah-choo" it is revealed that Pig is allergic to peaches. He is voiced by [[Jeff Bennett]].
* '''[[Duck]]''' - is a WordFriend who is very playful and energetic. He loves to make friends with everyone. He also can't pronounce words well like in the episode "Sh-Sh-Shark" where he called Shark "Sahark." The aquatic fowl lives in a [[Nest|NEST]]. In the beginning of "Superhero Sheep", he accidentally crashes on it causing the letters to split. Duck's personality and way of speaking are in the vein of [[Peter Jacobsen]].
* '''[[Duck]]''' - is a WordFriend who is very playful and energetic. He loves to make friends with everyone. He also can't pronounce words well like in the episode "Sh-Sh-Shark" where he called Shark "Sahark." The aquatic fowl lives in a [[Nest|NEST]]. In the beginning of "Superhero Sheep", he accidentally crashes on it causing the letters to split. Duck's voice is played by [[Peter Jacobsen]].
* '''[[Bear]]''' - is a WordFriend who is kind and clever. In the episode "Nightlight," it was revealed that Bear was afraid of the dark. She also appears to be a good artist, and lives in a [[Cave|CAVE]]. She also wears a purple bow on her head.
* '''[[Bear]]''' - is a WordFriend who is kind and clever. In the episodehttp://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100822183361/lego/images/0/04/Duplowoody.jpg "Nightlight," it was revealed that Bear was afraid of the dark. She also appears to be a good artist, and lives in a [[Cave|CAVE]]. She also wears a purple bow on her head.
* '''[[Ant]]''' - is the best friend of Pig. He also advises Pig not to eat the food Pig creates in his show "Cooking With Chef Pig". He has a lot of cousins that he usually calls for backup when there is a big situation. He also has a role as a cameraman in Pig's show. Ant lives in Pig's [[Barn|BARN]] or the [[anthill]] where he works as a radio announcer.
* '''[[Ant]]''' - is the best friend of Pig. He also advises Pig not to eat the food Pig creates in his show "Cooking With Chef Pig". He has a lot of cousins that he usually calls for backup when there is a big situation. He also has a role as a cameraman in Pig's show. Ant lives in Pig's [[Barn|BARN]] or the [[anthill]] where he works as a radio announcer.
* '''[[Shark]]''' - is a friendly and gentle WordFriend who loves to make friends. He appears to be clever and smart. During his first appearance, other WordFriends are frightened and scared of him, due to his scary and menacing appearance. Shark lives in a sand [[Castle|CASTLE]] in the sea.
* '''[[Shark]]''' - is a friendly and gentle WordFriend who loves to make friends. He appears to be clever and smart. During his first appearance, other WordFriends are frightened and scared of him, due to his scary and menacing appearance. Shark lives in a sand [[Castle|CASTLE]] in the sea.

Revision as of 05:15, 29 July 2011

WordWorld
GenreChildren's television series
Animated cartoon
Comedy
Created byDon Moody
Jacqueline Moody
Peter Schnelder
Gary Friedman
Directed byOlexa Hewryk
Country of origin United States
Original languagesEnglish
French
Cantonese
Korean
Taiwanese
Malaysian
Japanese
Spanish
Portuguese
Hindi
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes45
Production
Executive producersDon Moody
Jacqueline Moody
Olexa Hewryk
Sue Hollenberg
ProducersSue Hollenberg
Alia Nakashima
Running time28 minutes
Production companiesWordWorld
WTTW National Productions
Original release
NetworkPBS
TVO
qubo
ReleaseSeptember 3, 2007 (September 2011 for Qubo) –
January 17, 2011 (present for Qubo)

WordWorld is a three-time Emmy Award-winning children's television series [1] partially funded by the U.S. Department of Education as part of the Ready To Learn literacy initiative targeted to 3- to 7-year olds. The show airs in 10 languages and 90 countries, including Public Broadcasting Service PBS Kids and qubo in the United States. The television series, created by Don and Jacqueline Moody, stars Duck and his WordFriends. In each WordWorld television episode, Duck embarks on a series of adventures where the only way to save the day is to "build a word". The show’s novelty is that when a word is built correctly, it morphs into the thing it represents, which gives instant meaning to the word. The WordWorld television series has been translated into popular mobile applications, Internet-based games, magnetic plush and other toys.

WordWorld delivers a holistic curriculum that helps children develop the core literacy skills required to read. Third-party testing demonstrates that WordWorld improves children’s literacy skills.

Television Series

The WordWorld television series currently airs in 90 countries and 10 languages. It premiered September 3, 2007 on PBS Kids and TV Ontario and is currently in its third season, with 84 x 11-minute episodes. It is usually ranked as one of the top five children’s shows on all broadcasters globally.

WordWorld currently broadcasts on PBS Kids, TV Ontario, Knowledge Networks, EBS in Korea, TVB Pearl in Hong Kong, Playhouse Disney Asia in 19 countries, Playhouse Disney Japan, Playhouse Disney India, Playhouse Disney Australia, France 5, Discovery Kids Latin America, Panda and Singapore 12.

Educational Content

The main focus of the educational television show is literacy, with the shows curriculum being based on the National Reading Panel's 2000 Teaching Children to Read report with input from other groups and experts. The show aims to focus on print awareness, Phonics sensitivity and letter knowledge, Reading comprehension (including vocabulary development) and socio-emotional skills.[2]

Wordworld was developed for television by Executive Producer David Lipson, Emmy award winner Olexa Hewryk, and Don Moody. Moody was originally inspired by a study which found that children are likely to pay less attention to words if there is a character on screen at the same time so he founded WordWorld, LLC.[3] According to Moody, WordWorld's use of characters that physically resemble the letters that make up their names may cause children to pay more attention to words. “If children want to look at the character, then the words have to be the character,” he said.[3]

Episode List

Series # Episode # Title Airdate
1 101 Runaway O / Happy Birthday, Dog! (pilot episode) September 3, 2007
2 102 There's an Ant in Every Giant / Chef Sheep September 4, 2007
3 103 Rocket to the Moon / The Birds September 5, 2007
4 104 The Mystery of the Disappearing Pie / Duck's Family Reunion September 6, 2007
5 105 Sh-Sh-Shark! / Dog Wants to Play Ball September 13, 2007
6 106 Pies, Pies, Pies! / Waterlogged! September 14, 2007
7 107 Dog's Camping Trip / V is for Vacation September 17, 2007
8 108 Snug as a Bug / Nightlight September 18, 2007
9 109 Duck's First Sleepover Party / One Hat Fits All September 19, 2007
10 110 Dancing Dog / Pig's Big Moonlight Feast September 20, 2007
11 111 Boppin' with the Bug Band / Shuffleword September 21, 2007
12 112 W Drought / Princess Sheep September 24, 2007
13 113 Radio Read-A-Thon / Robots to the Rescue! February 15, 2008
14 114 Pl-Pl-Plane! / Mail Mix-Up March 3, 2008
15 115 Pig's Present / Tick Tock Space Clock March 21, 2008
16 116 Castles in the Sea / Get Your Coat April 7, 2008
17 117 Superhero Sheep / Pirate Ship April 8, 2008
18 118 Playing Spies / Wee Little Whale May 5, 2008
19 119 The Race to the Mystery Island / A Star is Born May 6, 2008
20 120 Back on Track / The Rainbow Birthday Cake May 23, 2008
21 121 Bit By Bit / Ride 'em, Cowbear! June 23, 2008
22 122 Play Ball! / M is for Map June 24, 2008
23 123 Flying Ant / The Dancing Duck Bonanza July 7, 2008
24 124 The Lost Letter L / Catch That C! August 18, 2008
25 125 A Kooky Spooky Halloween / Sheep's Halloween Costume October 6, 2008
26 126 The Christmas Star / A Christmas Present for Dog December 1, 2008
27 201 My Fuzzy Valentine / Love, Bug February 13, 2009
28 202 Duck Saves Spider's Web / Caterpillar Gets a Home March 31, 2009
29 203 Bugs to the Rescue! / Sheep's First Bike Ride April 13, 2009
30 204 Duck's Hiccups / Achoo! May 11, 2009
31 205 Get Well Soon Soup / Mmm-Mmm-Milk May 12, 2009
32 206 Get Set for 'ET' / Duck Plays the Piano June 15, 2009
33 207 Shark's First Day of School / Shark's First Loose Tooth July 13, 2009
34 208 Duck At Bat / You Can Never Have Too Many OO's July 14, 2009
35 209 The Best Nest / Duck's Family Reunion September 7, 2009
36 210 Bed Bugs / Snug as a Bug September 8, 2009
37 211 Totally Terrific Duck / A Star is Born October 12, 2009
38 212 Dog's Having a Party / Dog Wants to Play Ball November 9, 2009
39 213 Welcome Home, Duck / The Lost Letter L November 10, 2009
40 214 Bear's Bed Sled / Sh-Sh-Shark! December 28, 2009
41 301 A String's the Thing / J-J-Jelly October 4, 2010
42 302 Hide and Seek / Kite Flight October 5, 2010
43 303 The Really Red Ruby / Firefighters to the Rescue November 1, 2010
44 304 Think in the Rink / X Marks the Spot November 2, 2010
45 305 Race to the Spaceship / Sandbox Surprise January 17, 2011

Main characters

  • Dog - is a fun-loving dog who always likes to play with his WordFriends. He is the bravest among his WordFriends, as he was able to communicate with a monster in the episode "Dog's Camping Trip," and follow a ghost — which was actually Pig sleepwalking in a blanket in the episode "A Kooky Spooky Halloween." He is also the only WordFriend who cannot talk, and lives in a HOUSE. Vocal effects for Dog by Frank Welker.
  • Sheep - is a WordFriend (voiced by Veronica Taylor, best known as the original voice of Ash Ketchum, and May in the Pokémon anime metaseries) who is kindhearted, fashionable and intelligent. However, she can sometimes be a little selfish, but helps her friends out by dressing up as characters as diverse as a princess and a superheroine. Sheep lives in a stack of HAY. When she puts on different hats, she speaks with different accents.
  • Frog - is a very intelligent and clever WordFriend (voiced by Jim Cummings). He is hydrophobic due to the water's slimy texture on his skin, and tends to say "Water, yuck." He is also the least courageous of all the other his WordFriends and living in a LOG.
  • Pig - is a WordFriend who is sometimes selfish when it comes to food, and he tends to eat the food he creates in his television show, "Cooking With Chef Pig," from his home in the BARN. In the episode, "Ah-choo" it is revealed that Pig is allergic to peaches. He is voiced by Jeff Bennett.
  • Duck - is a WordFriend who is very playful and energetic. He loves to make friends with everyone. He also can't pronounce words well like in the episode "Sh-Sh-Shark" where he called Shark "Sahark." The aquatic fowl lives in a NEST. In the beginning of "Superhero Sheep", he accidentally crashes on it causing the letters to split. Duck's voice is played by Peter Jacobsen.
  • Bear - is a WordFriend who is kind and clever. In the episodehttp://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100822183361/lego/images/0/04/Duplowoody.jpg "Nightlight," it was revealed that Bear was afraid of the dark. She also appears to be a good artist, and lives in a CAVE. She also wears a purple bow on her head.
  • Ant - is the best friend of Pig. He also advises Pig not to eat the food Pig creates in his show "Cooking With Chef Pig". He has a lot of cousins that he usually calls for backup when there is a big situation. He also has a role as a cameraman in Pig's show. Ant lives in Pig's BARN or the anthill where he works as a radio announcer.
  • Shark - is a friendly and gentle WordFriend who loves to make friends. He appears to be clever and smart. During his first appearance, other WordFriends are frightened and scared of him, due to his scary and menacing appearance. Shark lives in a sand CASTLE in the sea.
  • The Bugs are Fly, Bug and Bee who are fun-loving-WordFriends. They also have a band of their own, and all live in Frog's mailbox. Bug in the entire series has a green body with a hornlike nose and insect wings.

Minor characters

Animals

  • The Three Piggies - are the nephews of Pig. They usually land into mischief, but they sometimes make up a helpful team. In one of the episodes, they build a rocket out of red lowercase letters.
  • Cat - is the owner of the WordWorld junkyard when capital and turquoise. But she's lowercase and purple for the first time in "Get Well Soon Soup". She serves as the teacher (lowercase cat) at the SCHOOL for the first time in "Shark's First Day Of School". She is voiced by Nika Futterman.
  • Monkey - is an energetic WordFriend who always like to have fun. His habitat is the JUNGLE. He appeared in the episodes "V is for Vacation," "Bit By Bit," "My Fuzzy Valentine," "You Can Never Have Too Many OOs," and the M song which Frog created using his machine.
  • Goat - is a fun-loving WordFriend in WordWorld who has an Irish accent. He builds in this episode, "Get Your Coat" as he tried to rebuild the boat and to build a coat. He is also an -oat word expert.
  • Kangaroo - is a hardworking WordFriend. She works as the WordWorld mail carrier as well as the engineer of the TRAIN. Voiced by Lenore Zann, she has a light Australian accent and appeared in the episodes "Runaway O," "Mail Mix-up," "Waterlogged," "Pies, Pies, Pies!," "You Can Never Have Too Many OOs," "Dancing Dog," and "Kite Flight."
  • Crab - is a WordFriend who mostly appears underwater. He is the best friend of Shark. He is also a singer and also uses his hands as castanets. He appeared in the episodes, "Castles in the Sand" and "The Dancing Duck Bonanza". Crab is voiced by Miguel Dalemandro with a Trinidadian accent.
  • Elephant - is a WordFriend with a blue body who helps WordFriends; she appears in episodes including "Bit by Bit" and makes a cameo in "Pies, Pies, Pies!" and other episodes as one of the WordFriends in an audience. Her habitat is the JUNGLE and she is one of the WordFriends that stand on four legs. Elephant is voiced by Kelly Metzger.
  • Cow - is another WordFriend who stands on four legs. She is always found eating grass. She makes cameos in several episodes. She says nothing but Moo.
  • Spider - Lives in a WEB in a TREE near Duck's NEST and is voiced by Jane Lynch.
  • Tiger - Appeared in the episode "M is for Map," "Pies, Pies, Pies!", and other episodes as well. She lives in the JUNGLE and is voiced by Mona Marshall.
  • Hippopotamus - Seen in audiences in "The Dancing Duck Bonanza" and "A Star Is Born". He is voiced by John Ratzenberger.
  • Bird - A tiny little blue bird who lives in a NEST on the branch of a TREE. She appears in some episodes and is voiced by Russi Taylor.
  • Turtle - Lives in Frog's lake. First appears in the episode "Castles in the Sea," and other episodes like "The Best Nest". He talks in a deep voice and is voiced by Peter Cullen.
  • Caterpillar - Lives on a swan plant. She first appears in "Caterpillar Gets a Home" with all her letters descending from the rain and is befriended by Duck. Voiced by Wendee Lee.
  • Mouse - Appears on a chalkboard in the episode "Bopping with the Bug Band".
  • Fox - Appears on a chalkboard just like Mouse in the episode "Bopping with the Bug Band". Also appeared in the episode "X Marks the Spot". He talks with a Northern Irish accent.
  • Fish - Belongs to Sheep.
  • Lion - The King of WordWorld who lives in the jungle.
  • Whale - Sheep's best friend who lives in the ocean. She makes her first appearance in the episode "Wee Little Whale" where she begins as a "baby" whale. Water makes her grow bigger and her voice mature a little. She is voiced by Grey DeLisle.
  • Owl - Appears in a couple of episodes and only hoots.
  • Cricket - Only appears in "Dog's Camping Adventure" and "A Star is Born."
  • Ant's Cousins - Related to Ant. Two of these cousins are built in the episode called "Achoo!" and also appear in the episode "Pies, Pies, Pies!"
  • Zebra-Will soon be in a episode and will soon have a voice actor

Non-Animals

  • Monster - is a friendly red WordFriend who appears to be sentient and clever. He is very helpful in the episode "Dog's Camping Trip" as he helped Dog find the letters for their tent. He is created from Frog's MACHINE.
  • Robot - This WordFriend hails from outer space and travels in a ROCKET. He is blue in more episodes. In the episode called "Play Ball", he is colored purple. Another ROBOT appears as having been assembled by Frog. Robot is voiced by Fred Newman.

References

  1. ^ l "WordWorld Takes an Emmy". License! Global Weekly E-news. Advanstar Communications. 2008-06-24. Retrieved 2008-07-01. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  2. ^ "WordWorld's Research and Curriculum". About the Program / Parents & Teachers. PBSKids. Retrieved 2007-10-25.
  3. ^ a b Jensen, Elizabeth (2007-09-02). "A New Heroine's Fighting Words". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-06-23. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
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