Willa's Wild Life

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Willa's Wild Life
GenreFantasy
Nature
Supernatural
Created by Dan Yaccarino
Developed bySteven Sullivan
Written bySteven Sullivan
Dan Yaccarino
Directed byGary Hurst (Canada)
Catharine Méziat (France)
Voices of Jordan Todosey
Danny Wells
Samantha Reynolds
Dwayne Hill
Darren Frost
Sunday Muse
Lisa Norton
Peter Keleghan
Katie Bergin
Jay T. Schramek
ComposersGeoff Bennett
Andre Hirz
Ben Johannesen
Country of originCanada
France
Original languagesEnglish
French
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26
Production
Executive producersDan Yaccarino
Philippe Delarue
Scott Dyer
Doug Murphy
Paul Robertson
Running time25 minutes
Production companies Futurikon
Nelvana Limited
Original release
Network YTV (Canada)
TF1/Piwi+ (France)
Qubo (United States)
ReleaseOctober 6, 2008 (2008-10-06) 
January 31, 2009 (2009-01-31)

Willa's Wild Life is a preschool animated television series based on Dan Yaccarino's book An Octopus Followed Me Home. The series originally aired on Qubo in the United States (and has been put back on Qubo's schedule from 2019 to 2020), [1] YTV in Canada and TF1 and Piwi+ in France. The series is Flash-animated with Toon Boom Harmony. 26 episodes were produced.

Contents

Overview

The series is about a girl named Willa who has a giraffe, a camel, two elephants, an alligator, and many more zoo animals as pets, all of whom she can speak to, though it's a secret only she and the animals know. Simply put, she has something of a backyard zoo.

Characters

Humans

Animals

Episodes

No.TitleOriginal air date
1"Happy Willa's Dad's Day / Willa's Wild Pony Tale"6 October 2008 (2008-10-06)
2"Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Vet? / Lone Gone to Hong Kong"7 October 2008 (2008-10-07)
3"Willa's Wild Walk / Willa's Top Dogs"9 October 2008 (2008-10-09)
4"Willa Sets the Stage / Willa in the Wilderness"10 October 2008 (2008-10-10)
5"Willa Willa Everywhere / Party Animals!"11 October 2008 (2008-10-11)
6"Unbearable Bear / Willa's Fun Raiser"12 October 2008 (2008-10-12)
7"An Alligator Ate My Homework / Hammering Away"15 October 2008 (2008-10-15)
8"Hidden Treasure / Up, Up and Away"16 October 2008 (2008-10-16)
9"Disappearing Act / Great Eggspectations"19 October 2008 (2008-10-19)
10"It Came from the Attic / Over the Fence"20 October 2008 (2008-10-20)
11"Willa's Bedtime Story / The Jenny Bus Fuss"14 January 2009 (2009-01-14)
12"Baby It's You / Willa's Bad Hare Day"15 January 2009 (2009-01-15)
13"Willa's Wild News / Willa's Journal"16 January 2009 (2009-01-16)
14"Spider Girl / Willa On Ice"17 January 2009 (2009-01-17)
15"Pas de Dooley / Perfect Partners"18 January 2009 (2009-01-18)
16"Don't Let Go / Vet for a Day"21 January 2009 (2009-01-21)
17"Willa's Not So Peaceable Kingdom / Go to Sleep Bert"22 January 2009 (2009-01-22)
18"Nurse Willa / Willa and Dooley Sitting in a Tree"23 January 2009 (2009-01-23)
19"Company's Coming / Growing Pains"24 January 2009 (2009-01-24)
20"Willa Awards / To Ski or Not to Ski"25 January 2009 (2009-01-25)
21"Dad's Big News / Little Miss Fitness"26 January 2009 (2009-01-26)
22"Walk a Mile in Alligator Shoes / A Tall Walrus Tale"27 January 2009 (2009-01-27)
23"The Girl Who Cried Ouch / When Dad's Away"28 January 2009 (2009-01-28)
24"Feathered Friends / Forgetting Sara"29 January 2009 (2009-01-29)
25"Willa's Sleepover / High Flying Willa"30 January 2009 (2009-01-30)
26"Willa's Wonderful Life / Big Brother Gus"31 January 2009 (2009-01-31)

Awards

In 2010, Art Director Adrian Thatcher received a Daytime Creative Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for his work on Willa's Wild Life. [5]

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