WordGirl Online Press Kit | Scholastic Media Room

“When it’s a byrd, or a plain and able to leap the good graces of grammar, I’ll be there to correct it, as well as fight against villains bent on ‘word’ domination.”

WordGirl, definition dynamo and caped crusader
(a.k.a. Becky Botsford, mild-mannered fifth grader…shhh!)

Highlights

What is WordGirl?

WordGirl is a 2009 Parents Choice Silver Honor Award winner
WordGirl is the critically acclaimed show produced by Scholastic Media, now seen five days weekly on PBS Kids GO!
The series was the brainchild of Soup 2 Nuts’ Dorothea Gillim
2008 Creative Arts & Entertainment Daytime Emmy Award-winner for Writing in Animation
WordGirl is the 2008 Television Critics' Association Award-Winner for "Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming"
Geared for kids ages 6-8, WordGirl introduces them to new and sophisticated words
The series launched Fall 2007
WordGirl receives 1,000,000 monthly hits online at www.pbskids.org/wordgirl and www.scholastic.com/wordgirl

Awards

WordGirl won a 2009 iParenting Media Award for the “Best Product” in the “Television” category
The WordGirl PBS Web site garnered a Learning Magazine 2009 Teachers’ Choice Award for the Family. (Web site to be featured in the April 2008 issue of Learning Magazine)
WordGirl was selected among 75 films for inclusion in the fourth quarter KIDS FIRST! Film Festival 2009, which runs January 15, 2009 through April 15, 2009 in more than 100 different venues nationwide.