StoryBots

StoryBots is a British children's educational media franchise best known for the Netflix series Ask the StoryBots. The StoryBots library includes educational TV series, books, videos, music, games and classroom activities designed to make foundational learning fun and encourage intellectual curiosity in children ages 3-to-8.[1] Subjects cover a wide range of themes and feature a cast of characters called the StoryBots, who are tiny, colorful robotic creatures who have eyes on top of their head, eyebrows, rectangular bodies, have expressional semi-circles for heads that move with every syllable, long lines for limbs, circles for feet and have pincer-like appendages for hands that are either depicted as magnet shaped, half a square with a hole going out to make two fingers, simple lines, crab pincers or 9 shaped that live within computers, tablets and phones and help humans answer questions.[2]

StoryBots
Created byDavid Lopez
Vincent Kind
Owned byNetflix
Films and television
Animated seriesAsk the StoryBots, StoryBots Super Songs
Television special(s)A StoryBots Christmas
Television short(s)StoryBots
Official website
www.storybots.com

After launching primarily online - and amassing more than 620 million views on YouTube[3] - StoryBots launched its first television series on the Netflix streaming service in 2016. Now in its third season, Ask the StoryBots has won multiple Daytime Emmy Awards and an Annie Award, along with recognition from the Peabody Awards and British Academy Children's Awards, while also spawning a companion show, StoryBots Super Songs, and a holiday special, A StoryBots Christmas.[4]

Originally created by the entertainment studio JibJab, the brand later became part of StoryBots, Inc., an independent production company, before being acquired by Netflix in May 2019 as part of an overall push by the streaming service into more educational and family-oriented content.[5][6]

ABC Jamboree
  1. Hooray for A
  2. B is for Boogie
  3. Crazy for C
  4. Dee Doodily Doo
  5. Everybody Has an E
  6. F is Fun
  7. Gimme G
  8. Say Hello to Your Good Friend H
  9. I Use I
  10. Jump for J
  11. K is Okay with Me
  12. The Lovely Letter L
  13. The Mighty M
  14. You Need an N
  15. Only O
  16. The Letter P
  17. Question for Q
  18. Are You Ready for R
  19. Say Yes to S
  20. Time for T
  21. Unstoppable U
  22. Very V
  23. Wonderful W
  24. Extraordinary X
  25. Try Y
  26. I'll Be with Z

Print books

In addition to its ebooks available on its website, StoryBots also offers a number of print books published by Random House Children's Books featuring the StoryBots characters.[27] Titles include:

  • The Amazing Planet Earth (Step Into Reading)[28]
  • Cars Are Cool[29]
  • The Moon's Time To Shine (Step Into Reading)[30]
  • StoryBots ABC Jamboree[31]
  • Trucks Are Terrific[32]
  • Tyrannosaurus Rex (Step Into Reading)[33]

Awards

Since its founding in 2012, StoryBots has won numerous awards for its digital content, including the Teachers' Choice Award from Learning Magazine, Parent's Choice Award, a Family Choice Award, Tech Edvocate Award, and an Editor's Choice Award from Children's Technology Review.[34]

For its television work including Ask the StoryBots and A StoryBots Christmas, StoryBots has won five Daytime Emmy Awards (with twelve additional nominations), an Annie Award, as well as recognition from the British Academy Children's Awards and Peabody Awards.

Year Award Category Recipient(s) Result
2019 Webby Award Video Series & Channels - Animation StoryBots on YouTube Nominated
Websites - Education StoryBots.com Nominated
Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Preschool Children's Animated Series Ask the StoryBots Nominated
Outstanding Writing for a Preschool Animated Program Ask the StoryBots Won
Outstanding Directing for a Preschool Animated Program Ask the StoryBots Won
Outstanding Interactive Media for a Daytime Program StoryBots.com Nominated
Outstanding Performer in a Children's, Family Viewing or Special Class Program Edward Norton in Ask the StoryBots Nominated
Annie Award Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children Ask the StoryBots Won
Directing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production Ask the StoryBots Nominated
2018 Webby Award Websites - Youth StoryBots.com Nominated
Common Sense Media Common Sense Seal A StoryBots Christmas Won
Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Special Class Animated Program A StoryBots Christmas Won
Outstanding Interactive Media - Enhancement to a Daytime Program or Series StoryBots.com Nominated
Outstanding Performer in a Children's/Preschool Children's or Educational or Informational Program Ed Asner in A StoryBots Christmas Nominated
Outstanding Writing in a Preschool Animated Program A StoryBots Christmas Nominated
Outstanding Directing in a Preschool Animated Program A StoryBots Christmas Won
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Preschool Animated Program A StoryBots Christmas Nominated
Teachers' Choice Awards Teachers' Choice Awards for the Family - Supplemental Materials StoryBots.com Won
Kidscreen Awards Best Learning App - Branded StoryBots App Nominated
2017 Tech Edvocate Awards Best Early Childhood Education App or Tool StoryBots Classroom Won
British Academy Children's Awards International Ask the StoryBots Nominated
Cynopsis Kids !magination Awards Educational Series/Special Ask the StoryBots Nominated
Webby Award Mobiles Sites & Apps - Family & Kids StoryBots App Nominated
Peabody Award Children's Programming Ask the StoryBots Nominated
Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Preschool Children's Animated Program Ask the StoryBots Nominated
Outstanding Interactive Media - Enhancement to a Daytime Program or Series StoryBots App and StoryBots Classroom Won
Outstanding Directing in a Preschool Animated Program Ask the StoryBots Nominated
Outstanding Main Title and Graphic Design Ask the StoryBots Nominated
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Preschool Animated Program Ask the StoryBots Nominated
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Preschool Animated Program Ask the StoryBots Nominated
Teachers' Choice Awards Teachers' Choice Awards for the Classroom - Supplemental Materials StoryBots Classroom Won
Annie Awards Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children Ask the StoryBots Nominated
2016 Common Sense Media Common Sense Seal Ask the StoryBots Won
Cynopsis Kids !magination Awards Mobile App (Educational) StoryBots App Won
2015 Parents' Choice Award Parents' Choice Award Fun Stuff StoryBots.com Won
2014 Kapi Awards Best App for Younger Children StoryBots Won
Parents' Choice Award Parents' Choice Award Recommended StoryBots.com Won
Family Choice Awards Family Choice Award StoryBots Starring You Videos Won
Interactive Media Awards Family StoryBots.com Won
2013 National Parenting Center Seal of Approval StoryBots.com Won
Parents' Choice Award Parents' Choice Award Recommended StoryBots Beep & Boop Won
Parents' Choice Award Parents' Choice Award Fun Stuff StoryBots Starring You Books Won
Parents' Choice Award Parents' Choice Award Recommended StoryBots.com Won
Parents' Choice Award Parents' Choice Award Silver Honor StoryBots Tap & Sing Won
Children's Technology Review Editors' Choice StoryBots Beep & Boop Won
Children's Technology Review Editors' Choice StoryBots Tap & Sing Won
Appy Awards Books StoryBots Starring You Books Won
Interactive Media Awards Kids StoryBots.com Won
Family Choice Awards Family Choice Award StoryBots Won
2012 Family Choice Awards Family Choice Award StoryBots Won
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  28. Emmons, Scott (2017). The Amazing Planet Earth. New York: Random House. ISBN 9781524718572. OCLC 970031545.
  29. Emmons, Scott. Cars are Cool!. New York: Random House. ISBN 9781524718237. OCLC 961155983.
  30. Emmons, Scott. The Moon's Time to Shine. New York: Random House. ISBN 9780525646112. OCLC 1065307487.
  31. Emmons, Scott. ABC Jamboree (1 ed.). New York: Random House. ISBN 9781524718695. OCLC 1018454665.
  32. Emmons, Scott. Trucks are Terrific!. New York: Random House. ISBN 9781524718251. OCLC 961155984.
  33. Emmons, Scott. Tyrannosaurus Rex. New York: Random House. ISBN 9781524718664. OCLC 970025611.
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