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Readalong




''Readalong'' was an educational, Canadian Television program for young children, first produced in 1975 for TVOntario . The program taught fundamentals of reading with the help of live child actors and puppets, including a comically dressed grandmother figure named '''Granny''' and anthropomorphic footwear: a brown, male boot and pink, female shoe named, appropriately, '''Boot''' and '''Pretty'''. Other characters were Mister Bones, the Explorer, House, and the Thing.

The Granny, Boot, and Pretty puppets are now housed at the Canadian Museum Of Civilization . Noreen Young, who designed the puppets, also created puppets for other programs, including Under The Umbrella Tree .


CREDITS


Children: Reena Schellenberg, Moira Knott, Bobby Prochaska, Eric Braslis, Adrian Rajaram
Puppeteers: Noreen Young , Bob Dermer, Nina Keogh
Voices: Max Ferguson, Jack Duffy, Julie Amato
Music: Eric Robertson
Animation: Bill Reed, Patricia Crudden, John Leach, Bill Borg
Writer: Ken Sobol
Educational Supervisors: Ruth Vernon, Jennifer Harvey
Production Assistant: Jeannie Mougeot, Janice Newland, Frances Revell
Producer/Director: Peter McLean, Chris Homer


EXTERNAL LINKS

  • http://www.rickstv.com/tvo/readalong.html

  • http://www.civilization.ca/arts/ssf/ssf1_78e.html

  • http://noreenyoungproductions.com

  • http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/ietv/

  • tv.com

  • TVO theme songs