The Great Book of Nature (Italian: Il Grande Libro della Natura) is an animated children's television series produced by Mondo TV and SEK Studio in 1999. It is composed of non-sequential episodes hosted by a bear, this series features various kind of creatures, such as fish, insects and birds, while depicting their different habitats - whether sea, land or sky. At the end of each episode, the audience is treated to instructive sets of questions and answers that teach young viewers about a given creature's various kind of behaviours.[1] There are 54 different episode of it of different stories.[2] Before being compiled into a television series, the animated shorts were likely used as theatrical propaganda cartoons in North Korea.
The Great Book of Nature | |
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Genre | Adventure Drama Fantasy Anthology Educational Children's television series |
Created by | Orlando Corradi |
Music by | John Sposito |
Country of origin | Italy North Korea |
Original languages | English Italian |
No. of episodes | 54 |
Production | |
Producer | Orlando Corradi |
Running time | 26 minutes |
Production company | Mondo TV |
Original release | |
Network | Rai 2 |
Release | June 7, 1999 August 25, 2000 | –
This show was telecast in India in Just Kids! on Sahara TV, and in Arab world on Spacetoon, and in Poland on TVP3 to summer-autumn (July–October) 2000 and winter-spring (January–April) 2001 and also in Russia on TRC Petersburg (St-Petersburg, 3ch VHF1) to winter-spring (or February–March for Sure) 2004 and Moscow channel "Stolica" (VHF3) to winter (December–January) 2004-2005.
This show was shown in various countries in different languages after Mondo TV went public.[3]
Episodes
edit- The Hedgehog
- The Raccoon
- The Monkey
- The Bear
- The Rabbit
- The Wolf
- The Turtle
- The Red Fox
- The Grizzly Bear
- The Squirrel
- The Brown Bear
- The Rat
- The Wild Cat
- The Hare
- The Butterfly
- The Bee
- The Dragonfly
- The Red Ant
- The Hornet
- The Fly
- The Ladybird
- The Duck
- The Magpie
- The Swan
- The Woodpecker
- The Crow
- The Sparrow
- The Goldfinch
- The Robin
- The Stork
- The Frog
- The Sea Turtle
- The Goat
- The Pig
- The Rooster
- The Bull
- The Domestic Goat
- The Chicken
- The Horse
- The Cuttle Fish
- The Octopus
- The Crab
- The Fighting Fish
- The Golden Fish
- The Killer Whale
- The Dolphin
- The Dragon
- The Winged Horse
- The Cat
- The Dog
- The Bulldog
- The Greyhound
- The Poodle
- The Cocker Spaniel
References
edit- ^ "Mondo TV S.P.A - Library The Great Book Of Nature". Mondo TV Italy 1999. Archived from the original on 2017-12-07. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
- ^ "The Great Book Of Nature". Mondo TV Youtube.
- ^ "Italy's Mondo TV Goes Public". AWN News. 16 June 2000. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2015.