Amazon Studios Launches Original Kids
Holiday Specials on November 25 on Prime Video in the US and UK
- If
You Give a Mouse a Christmas Cookie
If You
Give a Mouse a Christmas Cookie is an animated holiday special based on
the classic If You Give a Mouse a Cookie book series written by Laura
Numeroff and illustrated by Felicia Bond. In this special, it's holiday time
and in Mouse's house that means Christmas cookies (including a special one for
Santa, of course), caroling with friends...and one nearly-destroyed holiday
pageant. Can Mouse and his animal friends save the show, without getting
utterly distracted along the way? It's a wild ride as Mouse and his friends
work together to solve a problem in a fun and creative way. The special is
written and produced by Ken
Scarborough (Doug, Curious George, Martha Speaks, Arthur, and
Saturday
Night Live); stars Mason
Mahay (voice of Oliver), Roger
Craig Smith (Avengers Assemble and Wreck-It Ralph), Jessica
DiCiccio (Over the Hedge), Jeff
Bennett (Futurama), and Lara
Jill Miller (The Loud House, Henry Hugglemonster, and Doc
McStuffins). The special also features an original song "Christmas
Cookie Song" by Lisa Loeb, available exclusively on Amazon Music to
download and stream November 25. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie was part
of Amazon's 2015 fall pilot season rated 4.7 stars by customers with 82% 5-star
reviews; season one will premiere on Amazon Prime Video next year.
- Ezra
Jack Keats' The Snowy Day
The
Snowy Day
is an animated holiday special based on the award-winning book by Ezra
Jack Keats. The book is well-known as one of the first picture books to
feature an African-American protagonist, has won many awards, including the
Caldecott medal--one of the highest honors in children's literature, and was
included in the Library of Congress' list of "Books that Shaped
America." The special follows Peter, a young boy in a red snowsuit, as his
mother sends him on an adventure to Nana's house to retrieve their traditional
Christmas mac and cheese dinner. Enjoying the snowy day along the way, Peter
encounters friends from the neighborhood, including storekeepers and bakers to
the older boys he admires--and a group of a capella singers voiced by Boyz II
Men. After arriving at Nana's and retrieving the mac and cheese--and his most
coveted gift, a brand-new red sled--Nana helps Peter team up with the older
boys for an epic snowball fight, resulting in the destruction of the special
holiday dinner and his sled. When the neighborhood comes together to celebrate
new traditions with Peter and his family, Peter realizes that the true meaning
of the holiday is who you spend it with. Narrated by Laurence
Fishburne (Black-ish, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and
The Matrix) and featuring voice talent by Regina
King (American Crime and The Leftovers), Jamie-Lynn
Sigler (The Sopranos), and Angela
Bassett (American Horror Story and BoJack Horseman), The
Snowy Day features an original song "Snowy Day" by Boyz II Men,
available exclusively on Amazon Music to download and stream November 25.
Executive produced by Laurence
Fishburne and Helen
Sugland (Akeelah and the Bee) as well as Ann
Austen, Irene
Sherman, and Deborah
Pope (Ezra
Jack Keats Foundation).
- An
American Girl Story--Maryellen 1955: Extraordinary Christmas
An
American Girl Story--Maryellen 1955: Extraordinary Christmas is the second
collaboration between American Girl and Amazon and is based on American Girl's
previously launched BeForever character Maryellen Larkin. The special is set
during Christmas in 1955 in Daytona Beach, Florida, where middle child
Maryellen (Alyvia
Alyn Lind) longs to stand
out amidst the hustle and bustle of her big, busy family. A boisterous and
artistic girl, Maryellen's adventurous spirit is sometimes at odds with the era
she's living in: when conformity was valued above individuality. When Benji (Samuel
Faraci), a family friend afflicted with polio comes to stay with them and
visit Daytona Beach's hospital for care, Maryellen is inspired to help the
polio patients have the best Christmas ever. But her first attempts fall flat,
followed by a fight with her best friend Davy (Maxwell
Acee Donovan). With guidance and advice from Maryellen's wise and
sympathetic mother (Mary
McCormack), Maryellen learns the key to helping others is through
listening. Through her gift of drawing, Maryellen helps give the children an
extraordinary Christmas they'll never forget. Executive produced by Jane
Startz (Ella Enchanted). An American Girl Story--Maryellen 1955:
Extraordinary Christmas features an original song "Christmas and
Everyday" by Best Coast, available exclusively on Amazon Music to download
and stream November
25.
These
specials are part of Prime Video's growing line-up of award-winning and
critically acclaimed Originals for kids and families--to see more originals
available exclusively for Prime members visit www.amazon.com/originals.
-- Source Amazon Media
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