A few months back, PBS hired me and the No Mimes Media team to make three short, modern adaptations of fairy tales as a teaching tool for elementary school students.
PBS launched the videos this week on their Learning Media portal. I’m told they’ll be on their YouTube channel at some point.
Little Red Riding Hood
https://ca.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/red_grade3/#.WTbU4saZNo4
with Mary Kate Wiles as Red
and Joseph Hendrickson as The Wolf
Rumpelstiltskin
https://ca.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ela_characters_detail/fairy_tales/#.WTbWc8aZNo4
with Ashleigh Hairston as The Miller’s Daughter
The Emperor’s New Clothes
https://ca.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ela_compare_contrast_characters/fairy_tales/#.WTbWZcaZNo4
with Jason Lawrence Boggs as The Emperor
Julia Cho as The Tailor
and Antoine Perry as Mister Broccoli