Peep and the Big Wide World

The Emmy-Award winning preschool science and math series PEEP AND THE BIG WIDE WORLD returns for a new season on January 3, 2011 with 25 episodes never before seen on public television (check local listings). Narrated by comedian Joan Cusack, and produced by WGBH and 9 Story Entertainment in association with TVOntario and Discovery Kids, the series tracks the adventures of Peep, a newly hatched chick, Chirp, a smart and sassy robin, and Quack, an irascible, endearing duck.

The season kicks off with the arrival of a new duck in the episodes “Quack Quack” and “One Duck too Many.” Best known for her work on the NBC hit series Will and Grace, Megan Mullally lends her voice as an obnoxious duck who takes all she can from Quack, including his lunch, his pond, and even his name! Exiled from his home and forced to crash with Beaver Boy, Quack enlists the help of Peep and Chirp in a quest to get his life back.

In, “Big Bird/Chirp Flies the Coop,” Chirp has met a real, live, capital “R” Robin—Oscar winner guest star Holly Hunter—who can sing, build nests, take baths, and fly! Should Chirp go south with Robin, or stay and face another dreary winter?

Peep, Chirp, and Quack’s adventures continue across the 25 episodes as they explore the big wide world. In “Peep’s Moon Mission/The Many Moons of Quack the Duck,” they argue over whether the moon is perfectly round or more like a half-eaten peach. (Quack insists that there are, in fact, many moons of different shapes.) In “Dry Duck Part 1 and 2,” something fishy is going on when Beaver Boy moves away and, strangely enough, Quack’s pond dries up. In “The Tooth, the Whole Tooth” and “Nothing but the Tooth/The Winter of Quack’s Discontent,” Beaver Boy has lost a tooth (can you still be a Beaver with only one tooth?), and Quack struggles with the winter blahs. (His pond is covered with ice, Beaver Boy won’t play, and the fish...hey where did his fish friends go?)

“We’re excited to bring 25 more episodes of PEEP AND THE BIG WIDE WORLD to public television,” says Executive Producer Kate Taylor. “More children will be able to enjoy the adventures of these wonderful characters, and learn about science and math in their own world.”

The series follows the adventures of Peep, Chirp, and Quack as they explore everyday science in a large urban park. Each half-hour episode contains two animated stories highlighting specific science or math concepts, plus two live-action segments of real kids exploring science and math in everyday places. Additionally, all PEEP episodes are packaged with 7-minute POCOYO shorts. The perfect companion for PEEP and its audience, the BAFTA Award-winning animated POCOYO tells the charming story of a curious young boy and his animal friends, and encourages preschoolers to learn through laughter and play.

And for Spanish-speaking preschoolers, PEEP AND THE BIG WIDE WORLD brings its animated stories, science, and the wonders of the natural world every weekday morning on V-me and 24/7 on PEEP’s website, www.peepandthebigwideworld.com.


Visit Peep, Quack and Chirp online at www.peepandthebigwideworld.com
The PEEP AND THE BIG WIDE WORLD website features 15 interactive games that explore science and math concepts appropriate for pre-schoolers, in an environment easily navigated by this young audience. Each video is cross-referenced with a hands-on Anywhere Science activity that kids and parents can do at home, in the backyard, or at a local park.

Spanish-speaking families can access numerous animated PEEP stories and their related live-action videos in Spanish, featuring real kids playing at home and outdoors. Additional online resources in Spanish provide Latino parents and caregivers with ideas for fun, educational hands-on activities that extend their child’s science learning beyond the show.

Additionally, the PEEP AND THE BIG WIDE WORLD website also includes 6 Explorer’s Guides that feature multi-week investigations into a child’s “big wide world.” Each Explorer’s Guide is available in English and Spanish and includes archived webinar training. The site also features an event guide for hosting science events for preschoolers and recommended books for use with each episode.

The PEEP website is the proud recipient of a 2007 National Parenting Publications Gold Award.


ABOUT PEEP AND THE BIG WIDE WORLD
PEEP AND THE BIG WIDE WORLD is an Emmy Award-winning science and math series for preschoolers, funded in part by the National Science Foundation. Peep features a chicken (Peep), a robin (Chirp) and an irascible, endearing duck (Quack)—along with an extended family of friends and (occasional) foes. The show takes place in and around a large urban park. Comedian Joan Cusack narrates the series and its theme song is performed by blues legend Taj Mahal.

PEEP AND THE BIG WIDE WORLD is produced by WGBH Boston and 9 Story Entertainment in association with TVOntario. Major funding for PEEP AND THE BIG WIDE WORLD is provided by the National Science Foundation. PEEP is closed-captioned for deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers by The Media Access Group at WGBH. PEEP is distributed in the U.S. by American Public Television.

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