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Have you watched some Animalia episodes with kids? If so, you already know that the show is adventurous, fast-paced, and funny – and that it carries positive social messages and highlights key character traits like cooperation, persistence and creativity.

But what you may not have noticed (and this is intentional on our part) is that the show is all about literacy. Under its entertaining surface, each episode depicts key elements of skillful language use -- reading, writing, speaking, listening, critical thinking, and investigating. In fact, the whole series takes its inspiration from America’s national literacy standards, as enunciated by the National Council of Teachers of English and the International Reading Association. (More ....)