WordGirl

AT–A–GLANCE
What is it?

A critically acclaimed animated series produced by Scholastic Media that helps build vocabulary

Who’s it for?

Kids ages 6–8 who want to learn new and sophisticated words

VISIT THE SITES

scholastic.com/wordgirl
pbskids.org/wordgirl

More Information

Cathy Lasiewicz
clasiewicz@scholastic.com
(212) 343-6570

 

WATCH VIDEO

A Special Message to the Media...

from WordGirl

 

 

WordGirl’s interview with Jim Lehrer (YouTube)

WordGirl Shorts (MPEG2 video)

The Origin of Dr. Two-Brains

The Butcher at Ye Olde Fancy Schmancy Jewelry Store

WordGirl Versus Granny May

Flabbergasted




“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!)



Halloween Special Episode

View a 60-second clip from the episode airing October 23.



Election Day Special Episode

View a two-minute clip from the episode airing November 4.

Right click and save to download a hi-res version.

Press Releases

A Plethora of New Adventures This Holiday Season with Scholastic Media's Emmy Award-Winning Definition Dynamo WordGirl on PBS KIDS GO!

Award-Winning Writer-Producer Returns to Scholastic Media's Soup2Nuts Animation Studio

Scholastic Media Starts Production on 26 New Episodes of its Hit Animated Series WordGirl on PBS KIDS GO!

Emmy Award-Winning WordGirl Embarks on a Summer Road Trip on PBSKIDS GO!

WordGirl Back for a Second Season on PBS Kids Go!

WordGirl Wins an Emmy

WordGirl Moves to Five Days a Week

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.

Image Downloads

WordGirl Logo
2803 x 678 pixel JPG, 540 KB

Screenshots
3,000 x 2,025 pixel JPGs, about 500 KB each
Click low-res images below for full size

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WordGirl Halloween 09

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