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Five animated shows based on Dr. Seuss books are headed to Netflix.

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Constructing on a partnership began in 2019, Netflix and the Dr. Seuss property introduced Tuesday that they have been creating 5 new animated collection and specials for preschoolers primarily based on the work of the famed youngsters’s writer.

The exhibits embody “Horton Hears a Who!,” “The Sneetches,” “One Fish, Two Fish, Purple Fish, Blue Fish,” “Wacky Wednesday” and “Thidwick the Large-Hearted Moose.” The screenwriter and producer Dustin Ferrer (the creator of “Esme & Roy”) would be the showrunner for all of them.

“One Fish, Two Fish,” “Wacky Wednesday” and “Horton Hears a Who!” will likely be collection of assorted lengths. “The Sneetches” and “Thidwick” will each be 45-minute specials. The streaming service didn’t announce launch dates for the exhibits.

Netflix hopes the gathering of Dr. Seuss exhibits will function an anchor for the service because it expands extra aggressively into the preschool house. Netflix mentioned it has had sturdy viewership for different preschool content material, like “Cocomelon,” which started as a YouTube channel; “Gabby’s Dollhouse” from DreamWorks Animation; and “Sharkdog,” created by the Singaporean artist Jacinth Tan Yi Ting.

The primary collaboration between the Seuss property and Netflix got here in 2019, with the creation of the animated collection “Inexperienced Eggs and Ham.” The second season of that collection will grow to be obtainable on April 8.

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“We’re at all times on the lookout for new and interesting methods to share our tales, characters and messages with the subsequent era of followers, and Netflix has a singular potential to create unique, pleasant diversifications of our timeless classics with an emphasis on creativeness, enjoyable, and schooling,” Susan Brandt, the president and chief govt of Dr. Seuss Enterprises, mentioned in an announcement.

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