Wishbone
Curriculum Areas: Language Arts, Literature, Reading
Grades: Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade
Show Length: 48 30-minute programs
Usage Rights: One year off-air recording rights each broadcast
Production Date: 1995-2001
Distributor: Big Feats Entertainment http://www.wwwishbone.com
Availability: Broadcast - through December 31, 2009 only!
WVIZ/PBS Broadcast: M-W 1- 1:30 p.m. (M-F during the weeks that NewsDepth does not air)
Internet Site(s): http://www.wwwishbone.com/
Teacher Guide: Materials on website or Educational Services.
CLOSED CAPTIONED: YES
Wishbone broadcasts will end on December 31, 2009! This series will no longer be available to PBS stations. Teachers may record the programs and use them for one year from the last broadcast date.
Wishbone, the friendly Jack-Russell Terrier, leaps into exciting adventures with his human owner, Joe Talbot, bringing books to life for kids and their families. Originally broadcast from 1995 to 2001 and targeted to children ages 5 to 12, Wishbone’s everyday experiences trigger his imagination and he finds himself in scenes from classic works of literature. Wishbone invites audiences to go along as he defeats the sheriff of Nottingham, journeys to the center of the earth, discovers Rome, and confronts the Headless Horseman. Wishbone helps children make creative connections between their lives and classic works of literature, and in the process, demonstrates how much fun reading can be. NO duplication rights. One-year off-air recording rights each broadcast for schools.
Four-page guides for episodes 1 through 20 are available upon request from WVIZ's Educational Services Department. Call 216-916-6352 to request individual episodes of this guide.
#101 “A Tail in Twain” Part 1 Adventures of Tom Sawyer (10/20/09)
#102 “A Tail in Twain” Part 2 Adventures of Tom Sawyer (10/21/09)
#103 “Twisted Tail” Oliver Twist (10/26/09)
#104 “Rosie, Oh, Rosie, Oh!”, Romeo and Juliet (10/27/09)
#105 “Homer, Sweet Homer” The Odyssey (10/28/09)
#106 “Bark That Bark” African-American Folk Tales (11/2/09)
#107 “Cyranose” Cyrano de Bergerac (11/3/09)
#108 “The Slobbery Hound” The Hound of the Baskervilles (11/4/09)
#109 “Digging Up the Past” Rip Van Winkle (11/9/09)
#110 “Bone of Arc” Joan of Arc (11/10/09)
#111 “The Impawssible Dream” Don Quixote (11/11/09)
#112 “Fleabitten Bargain” Faust (11/16/09)
#113 “Sniffing the Gauntlet” Ivanhoe (11/17/09)
#114 “The Hunchdog of Notre Dame” Hunchback of Notre Dame (11/18/09)
#115 “Golden Retrieved” Silas Marner (11/23/09)
#116 “A Tale of Two Sitters” A Tale of Two Cities (11/24/09)
#117 “Frankenbone” Frankenstein (11/25/09)
#118 “Hot Diggety Dawg” Journey to the Center of the Earth (11/27/09)
#119 “One Thousand and One Tails” Thousand and One Arabian Nights (11/30/09)
#120 “Mixed Breeds” Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (12/1/09)
#121 not available
#122 “The Pawloined Paper” The Purloined Letter (12/2/09)
#123 “Bark to the Future” The Time Machine (12/7/09)
#124 “Paw Prints of Thieves” Robin Hood (12/8/09)
#125 “Furst Impressions” Pride and Prejudice (9/1/09) (12/9/09)
#126 “The Prince and the Pooch” The Prince and the Pauper (9/2/09) (12/14/09)
#127 “The Count’s Account” The Count of Monte Cristo (9/3/09) (12/15/09)
#128 “Salty Dog” Treasure Island (9/4/09) (12/16/09)
#129 “Little Big Dog” David and Goliath (9/7/09) (12/21/09)
#130 “A Dogged Expose” A Scandal in Bohemia (9/8/09) (12/22/09)
#131 “Terrified Terrier” The Red Badge of Courage (not available)
#132 “Shakespaw” The Tempest (9/9/09) (12/23/09)
#133 “Muttketeer!” The Three Musketeers (9/10/09) (12/24/09)
#134 “Hercules Unleashed” Hercules and the Golden Apples (9/11/09) (12/25/09)
#135 “Viva Wishbone!” Our Lady of Guadalupe (9/14/09) (12/28/09)
#136 “The Entrepawneur” Metamorphoses (9/15/09) (12/29/09)
#137 “Pantin’ at the Opera” The Phantom of the Opera (9/16/09) (12/30/09)
#138 “Dances with Dogs” Native-American Tale (9/21/09) (12/31/09)
#139 “Rushin’ to the Bone” The Inspector General (9/22/09)
#140 “Picks of the Litter” Compilation of several programs (9/23/09)
#201 “Halloween Hound: The Legend of the Creepy Collars" The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” Part 1 (9/28/09)
#202 "Halloween Hound" Part 2 (9/29/09)
#203 “The Prince of Wags” Henry IV, Part One (9/30/09)
#204 “Groomed for Greatness” Great Expectations (10/5/09)
#205 “A Bone of Contention” “The Courtship of Miles Standish” (10/6/09)
#206 “War of the Noses” The Black Arrow (10/7/09)
#207 “Moonbone” The Moonstone (10/12/09)
#208 “Barking at Buddha” Monkey (10/13/09)
#209 “Pup Fiction” Northanger Abbey (10/14/09)
#210 “The Roamin’ Nose” The Aeneid (10/19/09)
