Between the Lions

The following information is provided by the ALSC:

The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association, continues a collaborative effort with Between the Lions ™, a PBS children's series that aims to help teach children how to read. The series of 30 half-hour programs is named for a family of lions who run a library like no other on earth. The doors "between the lions" swing open to reveal a magical place where characters from books can pop off their pages and into the library when you least expect it. The backbone of the series is a comprehensive literacy curriculum, geared to beginning readers ages four to seven. Co-produced by WGBH Boston and Sirius Thinking, Ltd., Between the Lions combines puppetry, animation, live-action, and music to transform the sometimes-confusing process of learning how to read into an entertaining adventure for young children and their families.

BETWEEN THE LIONS is funded in part by a Ready to Learn Television Cooperative Agreement from the US Department of Education through the Public Broadcasting Service. National corporate sponsorship is provided by Chick-fil-A, Inc.

BETWEEN THE LIONS is produced by WGBH Boston and Sirius Thinking, Ltd., in association with Mississippi Public Broadcasting. Both WGBH and Sirius Thinking have proven track records for marrying educational goals with laugh-out-loud television.

BETWEEN THE LIONS is a registered trademark of WGBH Educational Foundation.