Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

Popular animated series about a young aardvark, his family and friends.

Four-year-old Daniel Tiger and his pals learn skills and strategies needed for growing up in this extension of the Neighborhood of Make Believe from 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.'

First aired in 2000, Between the Lions is a delightful PBS kid's program designed to encourage independent reading and practice literary skills. The show takes place in a grand library run by the highly literate lion family: mom Cleo, dad Theo, brother Lionel, and sister Leona. The family gets help from technology guru Click the Mouse and reference-section dinosaur Heath the Thesaurus. Phonics instruction is provided by the Motown-style girl group Martha Reader and the Vowelles, while the recurring saga of adventure hero Cliff Hanger helps to build fluency. Meanwhile, the crusty old bust of founder Barnaby B. Busterfield III sits atop the library's dome complaining to the adorable old city bird couple Walter and Clay Pigeon. Between the Lions is recommended for kids aged four to seven.

This animated series from Sony Pictures Entertainment and the creators of Sesame Street sees two children go on a series of adventures with their dragon friends.

Timeless children's fun with puppets Hush Puppy, Charlie Horse and, most famously, Lamb Chop, from the wonderful ventriloquist Shari Lewis. Produced by Lewis's daughter, Mallory, who not only won an Emmy for the show, which brought the charming characters into the lives of a new generation of children, but also, after her mother's 1998 death, brought sock puppet Lamb Chop back for public appearances and DVD releases.

Children's writer Norman Bridwell's huge crimson canine and his human and animal friends come to animated life on happily diverse Birdwell Island, where good times and good friendships are always the order of the day (as are lessons in life for children ages 3 to 7).