Rabbit Ears Productions
# Title Year released Summary Narrator Illustrator Music Holiday
50 Santabear 's First Christmas 1986 A young bear cub is appointed by Santa Claus to deliver toys on Christmas Kelly McGillis Buck Lewis Michael Hedges Christmas
51 A Gingerbread Christmas 1991 The Prince and Princess of Gingerbread must save Christmas from being cancelled Susan Saint James John Spiers Van Dyke Parks Christmas
52 Squanto and The First Thanksgiving 1991 Tells the story of Squanto , and how he helped the Pilgrims Graham Greene Michael A. Donato Paul McCandless Thanksgiving
53 The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat 1991 A puppy and a kitten fall out of Santa 's bag and now must journey to their new home Amy Grant Laszlo Kubinyi Chet Atkins Christmas
54 The Night Before Christmas 1992 A retelling of the classic poem of the same name Meryl Streep William Cone , Greg Couch , Vivienne Flesher , Robert Van Nutt , Bill James , and Tom Christopher Mark O'Connor , The Edwin Hawkins Singers , The Christ Church Cathedral Choir , Van Dyke Parks , Sarah W. Neill and Meryl Streep Christmas
55 The Song of Sacajawea 1993 Tells the Story of how Sacajawea helped Louis and Clark Laura Dern Jack Molloy David Lindley Thanksgiving
56 The Lion and the Lamb 1994 A story based on European Legends Amy Grant and Christopher Reeve Bill Kroyer Lyle Mays Christmas
List of episodes -- Holiday Classics : 1986-1994
Rabbit Ears Productions is a production company best known for producing three TV series that feature individual episodes adapting popular pieces of children's literature, all of which aired from 1984-1995 on PBS. The series features actors such as Robin Williams, Raul Julia, Laura Dern, Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, John Hurt, Danny Glover, and others narrating children's books either well known in the United States or from around the world. The series made use of a limited animation technique whereby still images were moved throughout the scene, similar to modern motion comics. Rabbit Ears Productions has also won numerous awards, including Parents' Choice Awards and Grammy Awards.