It’s a Big, Big, World – Investigate Your World

Product Description Created by Emmy Award winner Mitchell Kriegman, Its a Big Big World is an innovative series that uses engaging characters, music and humor to introduce preschoolers to science and geography. Its a Big Big World is produced with an innovative technique, developed by Kriegman, called “Shadowmation” which combines computer generated sets and an ancient form of Japanese puppetry called “bun raku” to produce a unique look. Investigate Your World, teaches scientific ideas geared to a preschool audience. Amazon.com Young children are naturally curious about animals and the natural world. It’s a Big, Big World presents a cast of lovable bun rako animal puppets who explore a CGI animated natural world by combining curiosity with scientific investigation in a way that thoroughly delights audiences ages 2 to 7. Created by Emmy Award winner Mitchell Kriegman of Bear in the Big Blue House fame, this PBS program features a laid-back sloth named Snook who lives in the world tree and helps everyone from the marmosets Smooch and Winslow to Ick the fish and Bob the anteater understand things like weather, ant behavior, flower movement, and even the metamorphosis of a tadpole into a frog. Far from a dry lesson in the scientific method, Snook sings, explores, and consults a wise turtle named Madge to gain an understanding of the creatures and natural processes around him. Just as appealing as Bear in the Big Blue House, the puppetry is fabulous, the characters endearing, and the world-inspired music both catchy and effective. Each episode is followed by a brief “Did You Know” segment highlighting key facts about animals featured in the shows and a songs bonus feature allows young viewers to replay their favorite “music videos” from the episodes. This is a high quality nature program that’s very appealing to young children. –Tami Horiuchi