Series synopsis
WordWorld is an American animation family kids television series that premiered on PBS on September 3, 2007. It ended on January 17, 2011. It stars Veronica Taylor, Marc Thompson, Tyler Bunch and Lenore Zann.
WordWorld is an Emmy Award-winning children's television series partially funded by the United States 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 in the United States. The television series, created by Don Moody and Jacqueline Moody, stars Dog and his WordFriends. In each episode, Dog and/or one of his friends embarks on a series of adventures where the only way to save the day ...
Premise
WordWorld is an Emmy Award-winning children's television series partially funded by the United States 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 in the United States. The television series, created by Don Moody and Jacqueline Moody, stars Dog and his WordFriends. In each episode, Dog and/or one of his friends embarks on a series of adventures where the only way to save the day is to build or un-build words. 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. WordWorld has been translated into popular mobile applications, Internet-based games, magnetic plush and other toys.
WordWorld currently airs in 90 countries and 10 languages. It premiered September 3, 2007 on PBS Kids and is currently in its third season, with 84 11-minute episodes. WordWorld currently broadcasts on PBS Kids it is produced for WTTW Chicago.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
Episodes
This series spans 4 seasons with 102 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 18 | September 12, 2012 | |
| Season 1 | 52 | September 3, 2007 | December 25, 2008 |
| Season 2 | 22 | February 16, 2009 | December 28, 2009 |
| Season 3 | 10 | October 4, 2010 | January 17, 2011 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | An Intro to WordWorld | |
| 2 | Behind the Scenes | |
| 3 | PIG's Perfect Pizza |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Runaway O 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 |
September 3, 2007 |
| 2 |
Happy Birthday Dog! 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 |
September 3, 2007 |
| 3 |
There's an Ant in Every Giant 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 |
September 4, 2007 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Love, Bug 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. |
February 16, 2009 |
| 2 |
My Fuzzy Valentine 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. |
February 16, 2009 |
| 3 |
Duck Saves Spider's Web 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. |
March 31, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A String is the Thing | October 4, 2010 |
| 2 | J-J-Jelly | October 4, 2010 |
| 3 | Kite Flight | October 5, 2010 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | PBS |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 3, 2007 |
| Last aired | January 17, 2011 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Status | Ended |