Fearless Fairies is a new, animated children’s television, web and mobile series that will empower children – make them feel good about themselves, appreciate who they are and what they have and give them a true sense of being in a wonderful world…full of love, challenges, comfort, smiles and giggles. Fearless Fairies will be motivational, inspirational, educational, fun, musical, innovative and entertaining.
"Fearless Fairies is a wonderful way for kids to learn that many of the solutions to their problems are within them, and gives them tools for tapping into these resources. The characters are quite engaging…" Executive Producer Dennis Gelbaum adds.
Young children enter a rich imaginary world peopled with both heroes and villains, with both marvels and monsters. New fears are a necessary part of entering the world of possibilities. As the imagination blossoms, kids who never before had problems with the dark are now terrified. The neighbor's friendly dog is seen as a menacing danger. An ant on the sidewalk might as well be a powerful alien. Monsters!
Most children will develop one or more deep fears to work through. It might be people in masks, old people, or people with scars. It might be parents leaving or burglars coming. It might be imaginary creatures or wild animals. It might be bugs. It can be just about anything or anyone.
A natural response for parents who see their children cowering before an inchworm is to try to talk their children out of the fear. Kids respond, though, by cranking up the imagination -- the imagined possibilities become worse, not better. And the children feel disconnected from their parents. Ridiculing or threatening children for their fears is even more damaging.
Fearless Fairies acknowledge a child’s fear in a calm and assuring way offering them protection and support. Fearless Fairies takes a child’s concerns seriously, helping them feel closer to their parents and become more ready to work through their fears. Fearless Fairies will help parents and children learn how to confront their fears.
This poem is recited at the beginning of each episode. It’s an empowerment poem and sums up the essence of “Fearless Fairies”
Not too many people know
A secret borne from long ago
That in the world for many years
Live fairies for our frights and fears
They will take away your tears
They will take away your fears
Armed with fairy dust and light
They ’ll protect you every night
Help you do the things you fear
Help you each and every year
And every time you get a scare
Or think that there’s no one to care
And if something seems too rough
Don’t think you’re not good enough
Call them be it day or night
They will make it all right
Series Storylines
1.Fear/scared of the dark
2.Fear of the dentist/doctor
3.Fear of old people who live alone (ie old lady who walks with cane – a witch?)
4.Fear of dogs - and other animals
5.Fear of spiders and other crawling and flying insects
6.Fear of swimming/water
7.First day of school jitters
8.Fear of things in nature (ie thunder and lightning)
9.Fear of abandonment (ie parent, grand parent, pet dying)
10.Monster in the cupboard or under the bed, in the closet
11.Physical fears - too chubby, tall, short, wearing glasses,
12.Fear of burglars or being attacked at home
13.Fear of people in uniform
14.Fear of haircuts
15.Fear of people in make-up/masks (ie. Halloween/Santa, clowns)
16.Fear of trying new things - food, riding a bicycle, a horse
Created by Danielle Szwed, Sharyn Seidel-Kometz And Dennis Gelbaum
Written by Danielle Szwed, Sharyn Seidel-Kometz And Dennis Gelbaum
Original music composed and produced by Danny Weinkauf and Joshua Sitron.
Danny Weinkauf is a 2 time GRAMMY winning composer whose work in the field of television music includes writing and producing for shows such as "Malcolm in the Middle" (Fox), "Sex and the City" (HBO), "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" (Bravo), "Resident Life" (TLC), ABC Sports, CBS sports, History Channel, Jon and Kate + 8, Higgley Town Heroes, Mickey's playhouse (Disney), and others. In the field of commercial music composing, Danny has produced tracks for Mercedes Benz, Saturn, McDonald's, Burger King, Dunkin' Donuts, All detergent, Elmer's Glue, Kohl's, Barnes and Noble, and many others.
Joshua Sitron is a music composer / producer, multi-instrumentalist and sometimes filmmaker and shaman living in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY with his wife and daughter. He has written music for Nickelodeon, Disney, PBS, and Showtime, including the mega-hit show, Dora the Explorer for which he served as musical director and penned the theme song. In 2000, seeking to free himself from the creative constraints and corporate agendas of TV music, Josh left ‘Dora’, traveled, and began studying improv and kung fu, while making several short films.
