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  2. Captain Kangaroo - Wikipedia

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    December 8, 1984. ( 1984-12-08) Captain Kangaroo is an American children's television series that aired weekday mornings on the American television network CBS for 29 years, from 1955 to 1984, making it the longest-running nationally broadcast children's television program of its day. [ 2][ 3] In 1986, the American Program Service (now American ...

  3. Bob Keeshan - Wikipedia

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    Robert James Keeshan (June 27, 1927 – January 23, 2004) was an American television producer and actor. He created and played the title role in the children's television program Captain Kangaroo, which ran from 1955 to 1984, the longest-running nationally broadcast children's television program of its day.

  4. Sweet Pickles - Wikipedia

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    The Sweet Pickles books were read in various episodes of the CBS television series Captain Kangaroo. In 2012, the brand celebrated its 35th anniversary and the books were re-released as digitally enhanced E-Books, adding sound effects, narration and character voices performed by voice actors.

  5. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel - Wikipedia

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    The book was occasionally read by host Captain Kangaroo (Bob Keeshan) on his children's television show of the same name. [3] In Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary, the title character starts kindergarten with an inexperienced teacher, Miss Binney, who reads Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel to the class.

  6. Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings - Wikipedia

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    5 October 1974. ( 1974-10-05) –. 1976. ( 1976) Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings is a British-Canadian children's animated series about the adventures of a young boy named Simon, who has a magic blackboard. [ 1] Things that Simon draws on the chalkboard become real in the Land of Chalk Drawings, which Simon can enter by climbing over a ...

  7. The Little Engine That Could - Wikipedia

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    The Little Engine That Could is an American folktale (existing in the form of several illustrated children's books and films) that became widely known in the United States after publication in 1930 by Platt & Munk. The story is used to teach children the value of optimism and hard work. Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education ...

  8. Harold and the Purple Crayon - Wikipedia

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    MLCS 2006/43120 (P) Harold and the Purple Crayon is a 1955 children's picture book written and illustrated by Crockett Johnson. Published by HarperCollins Publishers, it is Johnson's most popular book, and has led to a series of other related books, as well as many adaptations. The story is written in third-person point-of-view, and follows a ...

  9. Morton Schindel - Wikipedia

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    Educator. Years active. 1953-2016. Spouse. Cari Best. Morton Schindel (April 23, 1918 – August 20, 2016) was an American educator, producer, and founder of Weston Woods Studios, which specializes in adapting children's books into animated films. He named the company after the wooded area outside his home in Weston, Connecticut.