PBS International Sends Elinor Wonders Why Around the World

PBS International has secured a raft of new international sales for the preschool series Elinor Wonders Why.

The series has been licensed to Knowledge Network (Canada), Discovery Latin America, YLE (Finland), Hop! (Israel), SVT (Sweden) and e-junior (UAS). Elinor Wonders Why is created by Jorge Cham and Daniel Whiteson and produced in partnership with Pipeline Studios. It was developed as part of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and the PBS Ready To Learn Initiative with funding from the U.S. Department of Education and additional support from CPB.

Elinor Wonders Why inspires kids to follow their curiosity, ask questions, figure out the answers and learn about the natural world around them. The stories in the series center around Elinor and her friends as she models the foundational practices of science inquiry and engineering design, using her powers of observation and willingness to ask questions and investigate.

Linda Simensky, head of content for PBS KIDS, said: “Kids love to ask questions about how the world works. That’s what makes Elinor Wonders Why such a perfect show for preschoolers. Kids will recognize themselves in Elinor’s boundless curiosity as she pursues the questions she wonders about—making observations and reveling in nature’s amazing answers.”

Joe Barrett, PBS International’s head of sales, said: “We are proud to bring Elinor Wonders Why, the newest in a long line of successful PBS KIDS series, to the global marketplace and we are excited to continue growing our catalog with the amazing stories PBS KIDS creates for children around the world.”