Monster Entertainment’s The Day Henry Met…? Arrives in the U.S.

DUBLIN: Monster Entertainment has inked its first deal with global learning company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt as part of the newly launched interactive content service Curious World that will see the hit preschool show The Day Henry Met…? launching in the U.S.

Monster Entertainment's new animated series The Day Henry Met…?, which is produced by Ireland's Wiggleywoo, and the Canadian show Hippothesis, made by Yowza, will be available for kids to watch in the U.S. as part of Curious World's curated collection of games, videos and e-books. Curious World, offered as an app for iPads and iPhones, is a subscription-based experience for youngsters between the ages of 3 and 7. It features playful learning content chosen by early-childhood experts and focuses on eight key learning areas.

The Day Henry Met…? is currently the top-rated show for preschoolers in Australia, where it broadcasts on Nick Jr. The series also has been snapped up by RTÉ Junior in Ireland, Nick Jr. in the U.K., SVT in Sweden, YLE in Finland, TVO and Knowledge Network in Canada, ABC in Australia and Eesti in Estonia. The program follows the adventures of a curious little boy who meets new things in every episode, including a whale, the moon and a knight. It is meant to encourage little ones to discover the world around them. A second season is slated to begin production in January 2016.