On-air and online children’s programming service qubo has licensed the animated Scholastic property Sammy’s Story Shop, an anthology series produced by Scholastic’s Weston Woods Studio. qubo has acquired 26 episodes of the series, which offers toon adapation of various classic children’s books, and plans to begin airing them on the qubo channel in second quarter of 2008.
Sammy’s Story Shop brings to life such best-selling and award-winning children’s books as Snowy Day, Make Way For Ducklings, Harold and the Purple Crayon, Tikki Tikki Tembo and The Napping House, among many others. Each episode opens with an animated introduction by Sammy, the Story-Chef extraordinaire, who uses his magic pan and spoon to cook up animated tales for his best friends Wiggly and Sharlene.
‘We are delighted to present this wonderful Weston Woods series and hope it will inspire parents to introduce their favorite childhood books to their children,’ says qubo president and general manager Rick Rodriguez. ‘Sammy’s Story Shop hits the bull’s eye in qubo’s mission to promote literacy and entertain children while nurturing a love of reading.’
Formed in 2006 by Scholastic, ION Media Networks, NBC Universal, Corus Ent. and Entertainment Rights Group companies (Entertainment Rights, Classic Media and Big Idea), qubo’s multi-platform offerings can be found on NBC on Saturday mornings, ION TV network Fridays afternoons and Telemundo weekend mornings, as well as on qubo’s 24/7 digital broadcast channel and website, www.qubo.com. The qubo Channel is broadcast in both English and Spanish, and is available in all markets served by an ION Television station, as well as via Verizon’s FIOS TV, AT&T’s U-Verse, Mediacom and Comcast.
