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A co-production of Sesame Workshop and Cartoon Pizza, PINKY DINKY DOO is an animated preschool series from Jim Jinkins, award-winning creator of popular children's series Doug and Allegra's Window.

The heroine of her eponymous series is seven-year-old Pinky Dinky Doo, a girl who uses her imagination to solve everyday problems. Through Pinky's adventures, children will gain a better understanding of the basic elements that make up narrative, and they'll be inspired to create their own stories as well.

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PINKY DINKY DOO is designed to promote reading success by inviting children to participate in funny and fantastic stories, games, and songs that support critical early literacy skills.

Every episode:

Celebrates the Power of Inventing Stories
By showcasing the storytelling process, PINKY DINKY DOO encourages kids to use their imaginations, demonstrates that stories come from ideas, and shows kids that their imaginations can lead a story down any path they choose.

Introduces the Basic Elements of Narration
Pinky's stories familiarize young children with the basic components of story structure--characters, dialogue, main ideas, event sequences, and details--which is essential to reading success later in school.

Encourages Listening and Comprehension
Pinky and her brother model effective strategies that kids need to make sense of stories, such as taking another look at a story, asking questions, getting clarification on unfamiliar words and concepts, and predicting what will come next.

Expands Vocabulary
Listening to stories is an important source of vocabulary acquisition. All of Pinky's stories demonstrate a joy in playing with language, focus on the meaning of words and concepts within a story, offer helpful support through visuals and dialogue, and include fun songs, games, rhymes, and alliterations.