{"id":20145,"date":"2021-02-16T10:00:13","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T15:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/gibbs-smith-develop-babylit-animated-series\/"},"modified":"2021-02-16T11:28:05","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T16:28:05","slug":"gibbs-smith-to-develop-babylit-animated-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/gibbs-smith-to-develop-babylit-animated-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Gibbs Smith to Develop BabyLit Animated Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gibbs Smith Publishing has joined forces with executive story editor and writer Katherine Sandford to develop its <em>BabyLit<\/em> and <em>Little Leonardo<\/em> book series into an animated series concept.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>BabyLit<\/em> brand includes board books and storybooks for kids aged 2 to 5 and spans several categories. Counting, colors, emotions and the weather are explored through novels; <em>The Little Poets<\/em> titles celebrate poetry; and <em>The Little Naturalists<\/em> highlight mini-biographies of nature advocates. The <em>Little Leonardo<\/em> series, meanwhile, introduces STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) concepts to kids ages 4 to 8.<\/p>\n<p>Sandford has most recently been an executive story editor for<em> Elinor Wonders Why<\/em> (PBS Kids) and <em>The Book Hungry Bears<\/em> (TVNZ\/TVO); and co-executive producer and executive story editor for <em>The Adventures of Napkin Man I-II-III<\/em> (CBC).<\/p>\n<p>The ThinkTank Emporium previously partnered with the Gibbs Smith to develop the\u00a0book series into an animated show, as well as pursue licensing opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Suzanne Gibbs Taylor, creator of the <em>BabyLit<\/em> brand and group publisher\/chief creative officer at Gibbs Smith, said: \u201cWe have had studio interest in our <em>BabyLit<\/em> brand, and we are thrilled to take the next steps with veteran writer Katherine Sandford to create a vision for what an animated series will look like. This series continues to garner attention and find new audiences as we strategically continue to craft fresh content.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ThinkTank Emporium\u2019s David Wollos said: \u201cWe are pleased to be working with Katherine to bring the wonderful world of <em>BabyLit<\/em> to a global audience via various media platforms and additional licensed product opportunities. The sheer potential in all these areas for BabyLit is a wonderful asset for Gibbs Smith and its strategic relationship with Katherine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sandford added: \u201cThe BabyLit brand is a very special property. Gorgeous, thoughtful and inspiring, they are beautifully designed and intelligently written. I am excited and honored to be working with Think Tank and Gibbs Smith as we explore the future of <em>BabyLit<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gibbs Smith Publishing has joined forces with executive story editor and writer Katherine Sandford to develop its BabyLit and Little Leonardo book series into an animated series concept.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":20146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[5207,5886,5209],"class_list":["post-20145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-babylit","tag-gibbs-smith-publishing","tag-little-leonardo","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gibbs Smith to Develop BabyLit Animated Series - 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\/gibbs-smith-to-develop-babylit-animated-series\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gibbs Smith to Develop BabyLit Animated Series - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gibbs Smith Publishing has joined forces with executive story editor and writer Katherine Sandford to develop its BabyLit and Little Leonardo book series into an animated series concept.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/gibbs-smith-to-develop-babylit-animated-series\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-02-16T15:00:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-02-16T16:28:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/07\/BabyLit-Brand-logo-art.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"420\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\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\/gibbs-smith-to-develop-babylit-animated-series\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/gibbs-smith-to-develop-babylit-animated-series\/\",\"name\":\"Gibbs Smith to Develop BabyLit Animated Series - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-16T15:00:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-02-16T16:28:05+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/gibbs-smith-to-develop-babylit-animated-series\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/gibbs-smith-to-develop-babylit-animated-series\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/gibbs-smith-to-develop-babylit-animated-series\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Gibbs Smith to Develop BabyLit Animated Series\"}]},{\"@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\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Regan\",\"description\":\"Chelsea Regan is the managing editor of World Screen. 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