Production Notes

The Land of I Awarded Six Emmys

The Land of I is an Emmy award-winning, fun, educational, parent friendly, animated television series for young children, ages 1 – 7. Its unique characters captivate a diverse audience for children of all classes and cultures. The Land of I action series highlights family morals and values, and its programming content fulfills all governmental and parental concerns for good quality programming. (FCC friendly) Nurturing and fostering the littlest of emerging minds is paramount, with age friendly lessons, entertainment and humor.

Strong Programming and Licensing

The Land of I series fills a programming void in children’s television and the worldwide licensing arena. The show has highly merchandisable products and characters with strong appeal to a broad range of children, families, advertisers and media representatives. Licensing lines planned for the Land of I include books, coloring books, dolls, figurines, T-shirts, cups, plates, plaques, posters, backpacks, card lines, baby bibs, rattles, bedding, nightlights, wallpaper, videos, and musical CDs etc. Licensing inroads have already been made.

Twenty-Six Episodes Planned

Twenty-six, 15-minute animated episodes are planned. Each episode will contain at least eight, 2D animated characters, original music, and CGI effects where applicable, as well as introduce two to three guest characters in upcoming episodes.

Timeless Classics

The Land of I series is based upon original, highly developed, endearing characters and storybooks by Jaye Bartlett. They include Chad the Caterpillar-- a dreamy young caterpillar who yearns to fly; Grampa C-- a wise grandfather caterpillar who takes care of his over imaginative grandson, Chad, and who offers sage advice to all the forest dwellers (whether they want to hear it or not); Freddy the Elephant-- a shy, awkward elephant who tries too hard; Gabriel & Abigail, Little Angels for Little People-- angel twins who protect the Land of I; Jotasha-- a tweenager who crash-lands on earth from an advanced neighboring planet along with her loyal robot friend, Cyclic.

Jotasha adopts a homeless earth cat she names Kitzy Kat. Kitzy Kat is jealous of Cyclic and causes him all kinds of robotic problems with his long hair. He’s a bit rough around the edges and must learn to share with others, care about his world, and in general learn how to trust others in the forest.

To further enhance the Land of I excitement, little stowaway Glorps from Jotasha’s planet find themselves in their new forest home. The Glorps quickly fall in love with their new world and its inhabitants. They cause all kinds of mischief to the spacecraft, trying to disable it so Jotasha and Cyclic can’t return home. The Glorps multiply weekly and aren’t overly bright, but are loveable and friendly to children. Only the kids in the television audience get to see the mysterious Glorps. Interaction takes place between the children and the Glorps in every episode.

The Land of I - Character Arc

The Land of I represents a world based upon the idealism as seen through the eyes of the characters. The Land of I is located in a caring family forest community where each individual is important and dreams are nurtured and encouraged-- where diverse characters work harmoniously toward fulfilling one another’s dreams for a better world. The Land of I inhabitants are a diverse group. However, throughout the series there is an ever present attempt to promote among the viewing children a recognition and understanding of their underlying similarities.

Each character is distinct, with their individual strengths and weaknesses. While each has their own special talents and learning capabilities, a team effort of care, love and acceptance is fostered within the Land of I forest community.

Everyone is expected to be considerate of one another, to share and participate in the efforts of the Land of I forest community. If one person deliberately hurts another community member, all are affected. This collective community awareness may be as simple as remembering and celebrating a friend's birthday, or it may be a little more complex, such as going out of their way to encourage one of the friends who may feel bad about something they perceived as a negative action which has intruded upon the well-being of an individual or the Land of I community and its environment.