ANNE OF GREEN GABLES: THE ANIMATED SERIES
This new animated children’s series follows the adventures of the irrepressible Anne Shirley, whose independent spirit and impetuous nature makes Avonlea an exciting place to live. The well-loved characters of Avonlea are all on hand — Gilbert Blythe, Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, Diana Barry and Rachel Lynde — but so too are fairies, wood nymphs and goblins, all products of Anne’s fertile imagination. Children will be enchanted as Anne leads her friends into exciting escapades, including landing on the wrong side of a witch and letting her weekly allowance get out of hand — WAY out of hand. But the series does more than entertain. It also reinforces the importance of family, relationships and self-confidence. Website: www.annetoon.com/

ARTHUR 
This animated program is bases on the popular Arthur children’s book series by author/illustrator Marc Brown. It follows the adventures and misadventures of eight-year-old Arthur Read, his little sister, D.W., and his friends and family. Each Arthur episode consists of two independent stories that focuses on themes and events central to the characters’ lives. The animated stories are linked by a live action segment featuring elementary school children who create their own Arthur-related activities.  Website: www.pbs.org/wgbh/arthur/

BARNEY & FRIENDS
was developed to address the interests and needs of young children ages two to five years. The programs are designed to enhance the development of the whole child-the cognitive, social, emotional, and physical domains. Young children are provided opportunities for new learning experiences, reinforcing existing skills, and the modeling of appropriate behaviors. A strong emphasis is placed on positive pro-social skills such as making friends, sharing, cooperating, and using good manners. This is accomplished primarily through the use of children's imaginations to stimulate language development, social interaction, problem solving, musical play, and physical activity. 

Each episode is built around one theme, and each theme deals with an important childhood concept, like learning to count, identifying colors or shapes, or making friends. The concepts within each episode are repeated in various ways to reinforce understanding for young children. At the end of each episode of Barney & Friends, Barney concludes with a short talk directed to the viewer, known as "Barney Says." This closure technique reinforces and summarizes the episode's events, as well as the educational concepts presented.

The main character is Barney. Barney is an incredibly lovable, warm, and friendly six-foot purple dinosaur who comes to life from a plush toy by way of children's imaginations. Barney serves as a guide or facilitator for the children to use their imaginations to problem solve and to discover the world around them. Barney helps teach educational concepts through pretend play, singing songs, reciting rhymes, and playing games. Barney also demonstrates his love of books by reading good books and telling favorite children's stories. Barney is a friend to all children-they feel safe with Barney and look to him for reassurance and security.  
Website: www.pbs.org/barney/

BETWEEN THE LIONS, an award-winning PBS children's series, is named for a family of lions — Theo, Cleo, Lionel and Leona — who run a library like no other on earth. The doors "between the lions" swing open to reveal a magical place where characters pop off the pages of books, vowels sing, and words take on a life of their own. The series combines innovative puppetry, animation, live action, and music to achieve its educational mission of helping young children learn to read.   Website: www.pbs.org/wgbh/lions/
 

BOOKWORM BUNCH
This weekend series is a book-base program targeted to 2-7 year olds to bring children familiarity and comfort with the reading process, libraries and children’s literature. 
Website: www.pbs.org/bookwormbunch/

CAILLOU
Growing up is not so tough — especially with a friend like Caillou (pronounced KY-YOO), a lovable four-year-old who has a unique way of relating to the world. Based on a series of best-selling Canadian children’s books, CAILLOU® demonstrates how the first experiences of life, from going to the park to understanding one’s own family, can be perceived with wonder and a sense of discovery. Blending animation and live-action segments with humor, kid logic and imagination, Caillou helps preschoolers make sense of the world. The stories address real problems and conflicts typical to a young child’s development. Through it all, Caillou remains an irresistible little boy, in a very big world, with whom every young child and parent can identify. 
Website: www.pbs.org/caillou/

CLIFFORD
Based on the popular Scholastic Book series by Norman Bridwell about the lovable oversized canine with his head in the clouds but four paws planted firmly on the ground, Clifford presents a larger-than-life view of the world. With his loving human, Emily Elizabeth, and dog pals, Cleo and T-Bone, Clifford inhabits a colorful island community, inviting viewers on a fun-filled journey through childhood, navigating the dips and curves along the way. CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG emphasizes good citizenship and the importance of community. Each episode concludes with a component of "Clifford’s Big Ideas" — 10 different attributes children learn to embrace — which leaves them with something to think about and practice in their lives.   Website: www.pbs.org/clifford/

CYBERCHASE
Math rules in CYBERCHASE, a new animated adventure series. CYBERCHASE energizes kids (ages 8-11) with math power. Full of cyber-mysteries with eye-popping animation and a sly comic flair, the daily series features the voices of Christopher Lloyd and Gilbert Gottfried. CYBERCHASE sends the message that math is fun — math is about problem solving and, boy, does it come in handy. When the dastardly villain Hacker (Lloyd) launches a mad mission to conquer the virtual universe, Motherboard calls upon three Earth kids for help. They are Jackie, Matt and Inez — the culturally diverse heroes of CYBERCHASE — who, along with the wise-cracking cyber-bird Digit (Gottfried), travel from their real-world realm to the colorful virtual vistas of cyberspace where they vanquish the bad guys in an all-out battle of wits. Each episode takes the kids on a thrilling adventure driven by a different math concept — from tackling time in ancient Egyptian tombs, to cracking codes in creepy caves, or making sense of numbers in a fractured fairy tale world.  
Website: pbskids.org/cyberchase/

DRAGONFLY TV
This hip new children’s science series focuses on "real kids doing real science," investigating and sharing discoveries about the world. The program evolved from the popular Dragonfly magazine and Dragonfly Web site. In each episode, real kids tell how they pursued their own investigations, communicating the infectious excitement that comes with making their own discoveries. The kids appear side by side, with lively adult scientists, who, like the kids, are making discoveries every day. They share these discoveries and their love of science. Finally, the adult scientist stories include home movies and snapshots from when they were kids. The visual style for DRAGONFLY TV is fast-paced, full of the special effects and fast-cutting that kids love to watch. It’s packed with the real hit music popular with kids today, including such artists as Britney Spears, Lenny Kravitz, Brandy, Backstreet Boys, ‘NSYNC, and others.  
Website: pbskids.org/dragonflytv/

DRAGON TALES
This animated series for children chronicles the adventures of six-year-old Emmy and her four-year-old brother, Max, who discover a magic dragon scale in the playroom of their new home. When they hold the scale and chant a poem, they’re transported to Dragon Land, an enchanted land where they meet Ord, Cassie, Zak and Wheezie (a two-headed dragon) and Quetzal — fantastical dragons that possess very human qualities. Through its stories, the series demonstrates different strategies that children can use to explore the emotional, physical, cognitive and social challenges they face. Each episode features a situation that Emmy, Max and the dragons confront together. Each half-hour is divided into two 12-minute adventures linked by Dragon Tunes — a music video segment led by the dragons and designed to encourage audience participation.   Website: www.pbs.org/dragontales/