{"id":11259,"date":"2016-11-07T10:22:45","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T15:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/amazon-sets-holiday-specials\/"},"modified":"2016-11-07T12:47:51","modified_gmt":"2016-11-07T17:47:51","slug":"amazon-sets-holiday-specials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/amazon-sets-holiday-specials\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Sets Holiday Specials for U.S. &amp; U.K."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SEATTLE: Amazon Studios has slated original kids\u2019 holiday programming to premiere on November 25 on Prime Video in the U.S. and U.K., including the specials\u00a0<em>If You Give a Mouse a Christmas Cookie<\/em> and <em>Ezra Jack Keats\u2019<\/em> <em>The Snowy Day<\/em>, narrated by Laurence Fishburne.<\/p>\n<p>The animated special\u00a0<em>If You Give a Mouse a Christmas Cookie\u00a0<\/em>is based on the classic book series written by Laura Numeroff and illustrated by Felicia Bond. Amazon Prime Video has also lined up <em>Ezra Jack Keats\u2019<\/em> <em>The Snowy Day<\/em> and <em>An American Girl Story\u2014Maryellen 1955: Extraordinary Christmas<\/em>, as well as existing holiday episodes of <em>Creative Galaxy<\/em> and <em>Tumble Leaf<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>If You Give a Mouse a Christmas Cookie<\/em> sees Mouse and his animal friends celebrating the holidays with caroling, cookies and a nearly destroyed holiday pageant. The special features an original song, \u201cChristmas Cookie Song,\u201d by Lisa Loeb, available exclusively on Amazon Music for download and streaming on November 25.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ezra Jack Keats\u2019<\/em> <em>The Snowy Day<\/em> is based on the award-winning book. The animated holiday special follows Peter, a young boy in a red snowsuit, whose mother sends him on an adventure to Nana\u2019s house to retrieve their traditional Christmas mac and cheese dinner. It is narrated by Fishburne and showcases\u00a0the voices of Regina King, Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Angela Bassett. The program also features\u00a0\u201cSnowy Day,\u201d an original song by Boyz II Men, available exclusively on Amazon Music for download and streaming on November 25.<\/p>\n<p><em>An American Girl Story\u2014Maryellen 1955: Extraordinary Christmas<\/em>, meanwhile, is the second collaboration between American Girl and Amazon. It is based on American Girl\u2019s previously launched BeForever character Maryellen Larkin. The special is set during Christmas 1955 in Daytona Beach, Florida, where middle child Maryellen dreams of standing out in her big, busy family. It\u00a0features an original song titled \u201cChristmas and Everyday\u201d by Best Coast, which will be available exclusively on Amazon Music for download and streaming on November 25.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are so excited to bring our customers our first-ever holiday lineup of specials this season, with <em>If You Give a Mouse a Christmas Cookie <\/em>and <em>The Snowy Day<\/em> based on beloved children\u2019s books that highlight strong bonds between friends and families,\u201d said Tara Sorensen, the head of kids\u2019 programming at Amazon Studios. \u201cIt\u2019s what the holidays are all about. The American Girl <em>Maryellen<\/em> special is an inspiring feel-good story that will surely become a holiday family favorite for our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEATTLE: Amazon Studios has slated original kids\u2019 holiday programming to premiere on November 25 on Prime Video in the U.S. and U.K., including the specials If You Give a Mouse a Christmas Cookie and Ezra Jack Keats\u2019 The Snowy Day, narrated by Laurence Fishburne.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":11260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[129,134],"class_list":["post-11259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-amazon-prime-video","tag-amazon-studios","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Amazon Sets Holiday Specials for U.S. &amp; U.K. - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/amazon-sets-holiday-specials\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Amazon Sets Holiday Specials for U.S. &amp; U.K. - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SEATTLE: Amazon Studios has slated original kids\u2019 holiday programming to premiere on November 25 on Prime Video in the U.S. and U.K., including the specials If You Give a Mouse a Christmas Cookie and Ezra Jack Keats\u2019 The Snowy Day, narrated by Laurence Fishburne.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/amazon-sets-holiday-specials\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-11-07T15:22:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-11-07T17:47:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/09\/MouseCookie-Amazon-1116.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/amazon-sets-holiday-specials\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/amazon-sets-holiday-specials\/\",\"name\":\"Amazon Sets Holiday Specials for U.S. &amp; U.K. - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-11-07T15:22:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-11-07T17:47:51+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/amazon-sets-holiday-specials\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/amazon-sets-holiday-specials\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/amazon-sets-holiday-specials\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Amazon Sets Holiday Specials for U.S. &amp; U.K.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\",\"name\":\"TVKIDS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\",\"name\":\"Sara Alessi\",\"description\":\"Sara Alessi is the associate editor of World Screen. 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