Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum | |
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Genre | Children's television series |
Based on | Ordinary People Change the World by Brad Meltzer |
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Directed by | Cory Bobiak |
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Opening theme | "Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum Theme" |
Ending theme | "Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum Theme" (instrumental) |
Composer | Meiro Stamm |
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Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 52 |
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Producer | Jennifer Bradley |
Editors | Meghan Read Tom Hastings |
Running time | 22 minutes (11 minutes) |
Production companies | 9 Story Media Group Brown Bag Films |
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Network | PBS Kids (U.S.) TVOKids (Canada) |
Release | November 11, 2019 – present |
Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum is an animated children's television series that premiered on November 11, 2019, on PBS Kids. [1] The series is produced by 9 Story Media Group. It is based on the children's book series written by Brad Meltzer and Chris Eliopoulos, named Ordinary People Change the World. [2] The series involves Xavier Riddle with his sister Yadina, and their friends Brad and Berby, at the Secret Museum, and help from historical heroes, who are depicted in the series as children. [3]
The series involves a Peruvian-American boy named Xavier Riddle, his sister Yadina Riddle (alongside her stuffed turtle Dr. Zoom) and their best friend Brad. In each episode, a problem or difficulty is encountered. They go to the Secret Museum to time travel to the past to observe, interact, and learn from the historical heroes. They then return to the present and use their experience to solve the problem. [2] [4]
Brad Meltzer wrote the book Ordinary People Change the World and began a series based on the book named the Ordinary People series in 2014 with I Am Abraham Lincoln, I Am Amelia Earhart, I Am Rosa Parks, and I Am Albert Einstein. [5]
The series is produced by 9 Story Media Group's animation division, Brown Bag Films. 9 Story's Chief Creative Officer Angela Santomero states that Xavier Riddle lets kids know they have "the curiosity and adventurous spirit to change the world". Meltzer added to that statement: "When my own kids watch this series, I get to see them realize that there’s extraordinary within the ordinary." [6]
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 37 | November 11, 2019 | January 31, 2022 | |
2 | 17 | January 15, 2024 | TBA |
Each episode of Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum runs for half an hour. They consist of two 11-minute stories based on famous historical heroes around the world in the past. [7] However, airings on streaming services such as Globoplay in Brazil split the episodes into segments, with each 11-minute story isolated. There may be an interstitial segment between the two main stories, in which Berby, and either Xavier, Yadina, Brad, or Dr. Zoom, are shown doing something fun together.
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code [lower-alpha 1] |
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1 | 1 | "I Am Johann Sebastian Bach / I Am Marie Curie" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Jennifer Daley Storyboarded by : Cory Bobiak Written by : Amy Brown Storyboarded by : Firas Momani | November 11, 2019 | 101 |
2 | 2 | "I Am Mary Shelley / I Am Harry Houdini" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Meghan Read Storyboarded by : Craig Taillefer Written by : Desmond Sargeant Storyboarded by : Hong Qi | November 12, 2019 | 118 |
3 | 3 | "I Am George Washington / I Am Susan B. Anthony" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Jennifer Daley Storyboarded by : Cory Bobiak Written by : Jennifer Daley Storyboarded by : Firas Momani | November 13, 2019 | 116 |
4 | 4 | "I Am Isaac Newton / I Am Golda Meir" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Amy Brown Storyboarded by : Alex Greychuck Written by : Amy Brown Storyboarded by : Lisa Kathofer | November 18, 2019 | 103 |
5 | 5 | "I Am Winston Churchill / I Am Cleopatra" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Jiro C. Okada Storyboarded by : Alex Greychuck Written by : Lakna Edilima Storyboarded by : Firas Momani | November 19, 2019 | 107 |
6 | 6 | "I Am Catherine the Great / I Am Tomioka Tessai" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Jiro C. Okada Storyboarded by : Sean Janisse Written by : Meghan Read Storyboarded by : Stephanie Ramone | November 20, 2019 | 108 |
7 | 7 | "We Are the Wright Brothers / We Are the Brontë Sisters" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Desmond Sargeant Storyboarded by : Lisa Kathofer Written by : Jennifer Daley Storyboarded by : Sean Janisse | November 27, 2019 | 111 |
8 | 8 | "I Am Mark Twain / I Am Abigail Adams" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Charles Johnston Storyboarded by : Stephanie Ramone Written by : Charles Johnston Storyboarded by : Tom Cho | November 27, 2019 | 112 |
9 | 9 | "I Am Julia Child / I Am Neil Armstrong" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Jennifer Daley Storyboarded by : Lisa Kathofer Written by : Jiro C. Okada Storyboarded by : Sean Janisse | November 27, 2019 | 113 |
10 | 10 | "I Am Helen Keller / I Am Alexander Graham Bell" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Meghan Read Storyboarded by : Alex Greychuck Written by : Lakna Edilima Storyboarded by : Firas Momani | December 2, 2019 | 103 |
11 | 11 | "I Am Florence Nightingale / I Am George Washington Carver" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Charles Johnston Storyboarded by : Sean Janisse Written by : Jiro C. Okada Storyboarded by : Craig Taillefer | December 9, 2019 | 102 |
12 | 12 | "I Am Leonardo da Vinci / I Am Amelia Earhart" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Charles Johnston Storyboarded by : Alex Greychuck Written by : Jennifer Daley Storyboarded by : Firas Momani | December 16, 2019 | 105 |
13 | 13 | "I Am Zora Neale Hurston / I Am Charles Dickens" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Charles Johnston Storyboarded by : Sean Janisse Written by : Jennifer Daley Storyboarded by : Stephanie Ramone | December 23, 2019 | 116 |
14 | 14 | "I Am Jackie Robinson / I Am Anna Pavlova" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Desmond Sargeant Written by : Amy Brown | January 20, 2020 | 114 |
15 | 15 | "I Am Mary Leakey / I Am Alexander Hamilton" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Lakna Edilima Written by : Lakna Edilima | January 21, 2020 | 115 |
16 | 16 | "I Am Theodore Roosevelt / I Am Eleanor Roosevelt" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Amy Brown Written by : Jennifer Daley | January 22, 2020 | 116 |
17 | 17 | "I Am Lou Gehrig / I Am Marie Owens" | Cory Bobiak | Written By : Lakna Edilima Written By : Jennifer Daley | January 23, 2020 | 117 |
18 | 18 | "I Am Nikola Tesla / I Am Nellie Bly" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Meghan Read | August 3, 2020 | 119 |
19 | 19 | "I Am Maya Angelou / I Am Frederick Douglass" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Desmond Sargeant Written by : Lakna Edilima | August 4, 2020 | 120 |
20 | 20 | "I Am Louis Pasteur / I Am Rachel Carson" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Charles Johnston Written by : Amy Brown | August 5, 2020 | 121 |
21 | 21 | "I Am Kate Warne / I Am Sir Arthur Conan Doyle" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Meghan Read + Jen Daley Written by : Jen Daley | August 6, 2020 | 122 |
22 | 22 | "I Am Cesar Chavez / I Am Dolores Huerta [8] " | Cory Bobiak | Written by : M.R Horhager Lakna Edilima Storyboarded by : Meghan Read | October 5, 2020 | 121 |
23 | 23 | "I Am Confucius / I Am Sacagawea" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Charles Johnston Lakna Edilima | October 6, 2020 | 125 |
24 | 24 | "I Am Mary Anning / I Am Charlie Chaplin" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Amy Brown Written by : Charles Johnston | October 7, 2020 | 124 |
25 | 25 | "I Am Billie Jean King / I Am Arthur Ashe" | Logan McNeil | Written by : Jennifer Daley Written by : Deamond Sargeant | October 8, 2020 | 128 |
26 | 26 | "I Am Rosa Parks / I Am Thurgood Marshall" | Cory Bobiak | Written by : Desmond Sargeant Written By : Charles Johnston | October 9, 2020 | 126 |
27 | 27 | "I Am Harriet Tubman" | Cory Bobiak | Written By : Meghan Read and Desmond Sargeant | October 12, 2020 | 127 |
28 | 28 | "I Am Wilma Rudolph / I Am Jonas Salk" | Cory Bobiak | Written By : Amy Brown Written By : Meghan Read | February 1, 2021 | 124 |
29 | 29 | "I Am Jesse Owens / I Am Ella Fitzgerald" | Logan McNeil | Written By : Desmond Sargeant Written By : Charles Johnston | February 2, 2021 | 135 |
30 | 30 | "I Am James Naismith / I Am Temple Grandin" | Logan McNeil | Written By : Desmond Sargeant Written By : Charles Johnston | April 5, 2021 | 129 |
31 | 31 | "I Am Albert Einstein / I Am Carol Burnett" | Logan McNeil | Written By : Meghan Read Written By : Jennifer Daley | April 6, 2021 | 130 |
32 | 32 | "I Am Abraham Lincoln / I Am Jane Jacobs" | Logan McNeil | Written By : Meghan Read Written By : Amy Brown | April 7, 2021 | 131 |
33 | 33 | "I Am Sir Edmund Hillary / I Am Celia Cruz" | Logan McNeil | Written By : Charles Johnston Written By : Lakna Edilima | April 8, 2021 | 132 |
34 | 34 | "I Am Jigonsaseh / I Am Sacagawea" | Logan McNeil | Written By : Millie Knapp Written By : Lakna Edilima | November 1, 2021 | 136 |
35 | 35 | "I Am Ibn Battuta / I Am Beulah Louise Henry" | Logan McNeil | Written By : Gillian Muller Written By : Amy Brown | November 2, 2021 | 134 |
36 | 36 | "I Am Rukmini Devi / I Am Bob Ross" | Logan McNeil | Written By : Lakna Edilima Written By : Meghan Read | January 14, 2022 | 133 |
37 | 37 | "I Am Fred Rogers" | Logan McNeil | Written By : Meghan Read | January 31, 2022 | 137 |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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38 | 1 | "I Am Michelangelo / I Am Dorothy Levitt" | Logan McNeil | Unknown | January 15, 2024 | 201 |
39 | 2 | "I Am Bessie Coleman / I Am King Sejong the Great" | Logan McNeil | Unknown | January 16, 2024 | 202 |
40 | 3 | "I Am Eugenie Clark / I Am Benjamin Banneker" | Logan McNeil | Unknown | January 17, 2024 | 203 |
41 | 4 | "I Am Ruth Bader Ginsburg" | Logan McNeil | Unknown | January 18, 2024 | 204 |
42 | 5 | "I Am Grandmaster Flash / I Am Mary Seacole" | Logan McNeil | Unknown | January 19, 2024 | 205 |
43 | 6 | "I Am Hedy Lamarr / I Am Archimedes" | Logan McNeil | Unknown | January 22, 2024 | 206 |
44 | 7 | "I Am James Braidwood / I Am Queen Liliʻuokalani" | Logan McNeil | Unknown | January 23, 2024 | 207 |
45 | 8 | "I Am Alvin Ailey / I Am Lucy Maud Montgomery" | Logan McNeil | Unknown | January 24, 2024 | 208 |
46 | 9 | "I Am Zelia Nuttall / I Am Jules Léotard" | Logan McNeil | Unknown | January 25, 2024 | 209 |
47 | 10 | "I Am Louis Braille / I Am Zaha Hadid" | Logan McNeil | Unknown | January 26, 2024 | 210 |
48 | 11 | "I Am Jim Thorpe / I Am Norval Morrisseau" | Unknown | Unknown | July 15, 2024 | 211 |
49 | 12 | "I Am Roberto Clemente / I Am Kristi Yamaguchi" | Unknown | Unknown | July 16, 2024 | 212 |
50 | 13 | "I Am Madam C.J. Walker / I Am Edwin Binney" | Unknown | Unknown | July 17, 2024 | 213 |
51 | 14 | "I Am William Shakespeare / I Am Katherine Johnson" | TBA | TBA | September 9, 2024 | 214 |
52 | 15 | "I Am Bruce Lee / I Am Sonia Manzano" | TBA | TBA | September 10, 2024 | 215 |
53 | 16 | "We Are Siegel and Shuster / I Am Edmonia Lewis" | TBA | TBA | October 14, 2024 | 216 |
54 | 17 | "I Am David Suzuki / I Am Esther Martinez" | TBA | TBA | October 15, 2024 | 218 |
No. | Title | Written by | Original release date | |
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1 | "Puzzled" | Unknown | July 11, 2022 | |
Brad revisits Marie Curie. Virtue: Perseverance | ||||
2 | "Happy Birthday" | Unknown | July 11, 2022 | |
Yadina revisits Confucius. Virtue: Compassion | ||||
3 | "Fair and Square" | Unknown | July 11, 2022 | |
Xavier revisits Abraham Lincoln. Virtue: Honesty | ||||
4 | "Stand Up" | Unknown | July 11, 2022 | |
Yadina and Brad revisit Harriet Tubman. Virtue: Courage | ||||
5 | "Shell Shocked" | Unknown | July 11, 2022 | |
Xavier revisits George Washington Carver. Virtue: Responsibility | ||||
6 | "The Duet" | Unknown | July 11, 2022 | |
Yadina revisits Abigail Adams. Virtue: Gratitude | ||||
7 | "Dreidel" | Unknown | July 11, 2022 | |
Xavier and Yadina revisit Frederick Douglass. Virtue: Curiosity | ||||
8 | "Play Ball" | Unknown | July 11, 2022 | |
Xavier, Yadina, and Brad revisit Sacagawea. Virtue: Creativity |
A TV special titled Xavier Riddle and the Secret Movie: I Am Madam President aired on March 16, 2020. [9] [10] In the special, Yadina, who dreams of becoming president one day, realizes all the presidents were men. [9] She questions if she can still be president, even though it is something no girl has done yet. The trio visit the Secret Museum, where a five-part star is shown to them. They travel to different periods in time, where they meet women who are attempting to do something that has never been done before. Yadina learns from them on what is needed to do something that has never been done before, as she attempts to complete the star. She meets Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Amelia Earhart, Junko Tabei, Sally Ride and herself as an adult. [11] Amelia Earhart is the only historical figure to be featured in both the movie and an episode.
The series premiered on PBS Kids in United States on November 12, 2019. It premiered on TVOKids in Canada on December 10, 2019. [12] It airs on Super3, a Catalan-language children's channel in Spain. [13] Season 2 released on January 15, 2024.
Joyce Slaton of Common Sense Media gave Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum a mixed review. She stated that "the show makes many historical inaccuracies, which makes it odd for a TV show that wants to make history come back alive for kids." She also stated that "the show's tendency to play too fast and loose with the historical facts is confusing, and that 'Go for it!' is an unlikely motto for Amelia Earhart, who disappeared in 1937 and didn't complete her solo Atlantic flight as a grade school student, as Xavier depicts." George Washington Carver did have a secret garden as a child, in which he learned important lessons that impacted his career in botany. But, as Slaton states, "it's a real stretch to imagine him having to defend plants from renegade soccer players in 19th century Missouri," and that "the show seems to overlook his importance as an activist for ex-slaves and champion of sustainable agriculture, instead boiling his messages down to 'take care of plants and you'll take care of the earth.'" [14]
Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result | Ref. |
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2020 | Annie Awards | Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production for Preschool Children | Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum | Nominated | [15] |
2020 | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Directing for a Preschool Animated Program | Cory Bobiak, Steven Boeckler and Susan Hart | Nominated | [16] [17] |
2020 | TCA Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Youth Programming | Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum | Nominated | [18] |
2021 | Annie Awards | Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production for Preschool Children | Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum | Nominated | [19] |
2021 | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Special Class Daytime Animated Program | Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum: I Am Madam President | Nominated | [20] |
2021 | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Directing Team for a Preschool Animated Program | Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum | Nominated | |
2021 | TCA Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Youth Programming | Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum | Nominated | [21] |
2022 | Annie Awards | Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production for Preschool Children | Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum | Nominated | |
2022 | Children's and Family Emmy Awards | Outstanding Preschool Animated Series | Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum | Nominated |
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