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Article: Kids Get Wild About Reading with Pizza and Lions; Pizza Hut(R) Features Characters from the PBS Children's Series 'Between the Lions'(TM) in its 2002 BOOK IT! Beginners(R) Program for Preschoolers Enrollment for Program is Now Underway.
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- PR Newswire
- Article date:
- December 10, 2001
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WICHITA, Kan. -- A special family of lions, with a ferocious appetite for books, will bring their love of reading and a colorful cast of characters to BOOK IT! Beginners(R), the Pizza Hut read-aloud program for preschoolers.
The family of feline librarians, Theo and Cleo, and their two cubs, Lionel and Leona, run a magical library where characters pop off the pages of books, vowels sing, and words take on a life of their own in the award-winning PBS series Between the Lions(TM). The show helps children learn to read in a fun- filled, variety-show format that delights both kids and grown-ups.
Pizza Hut created the BOOK IT! Beginners Program to encourage ...