How are parenting and launching a kids’ TV show similar? “Anyone can do it, so long as you’re willing to sacrifice sleeping and eating and run up huge amounts of debt.” Jacqueline Moody, co-creator and headwriter of WordWorld on PBS Kids, talks about her work and how her 3-year-old son inspires her.

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In honor of Read Across America, we asked some of your kids’ fave TV characters to give us their reading suggestions. Take a look at their picks below and plan some reading time with your little characters today!

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
by Dr. Seuss

“I just love this book! It reads like a song with all the patterns and silly rhymes. It’s super-duper swell!”

—Jack from Jack’s Big Music Show

Curious George Takes a Trip
by H.A. and Margret Rey

“I’m curious about my own book… Curious George Takes A Trip. I recently took a trip on an airplane and had unexpected surprises along the way. Read about my travel adventure.”

—Curious George, Curious George

The Great Cape Rescue (The Society of Super Secret Heroes, Book 1)
by Phyllis Shalant

“I love this book because Finch and his three friends are regular kids who turn into super heroes and solve big problems, just like me and my friends! And guess what? They solve their problems with thinking instead of fighting! Smart Super Heroes…like the Super Readers!”

—Whyatt (Super Why) from Super WHY!

The Picture History of Great Inventors
by Gillian Clements

“I love to read about the history of inventions and the people who invented them. It inspires me to come up with great ideas of my own. I also like How Things Work, by Claire Llywellyn. There’s nothing more important than knowing how something works, if you’re going to try to fix it, and this book is filled with great information I can use on the job.”

—Manny from Handy Manny

Dark is Rising (series)
by Susan Cooper

“I love the five books in this series. You’ll get caught up in a thrilling, magical adventure which takes you throughout England and Wales in a coming-of-age tale filled with spellbinding old-world lore. Fans of muggles, hobbits, and rodents of unusual size owe it to themselves to check out these books.”

—Matt Wilson, who portrays Harry in the “For Real” segments of Cyberchase

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