
Using live-action wildlife films from the National Geographic and the BBC archives, this animated PBS series tells the warmhearted story of an elephant named Mama Mirabelle, who travels the world filming wildlife movies that she shares with her family and friends back home in the African savanna, including her son Max, Bo the cheetah, a zebra named Karla and three monkey brothers -- Kip, Flip, and Chip.
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Air Date: 2007-09-08
Join Mama and Max as they discover the steps to independence! Join the Savannah Six as they jam to their music, inspi...
Air Date: 2007-09-22
Mama is about to receive a special gift from her friends, if they can work together. Mama helps a hesitant Karla get ...
Air Date: 2007-10-06
Get ready for a game of hide-and-go-seek with Mama Mirabelle and friends! Max discovers how to sound for danger, but ...
Air Date: 2007-10-20
Keisha is a total night owl, how will Karla sleep and play with her visiting friend? Mama shows the kids some of her ...
Air Date: 2007-11-03
Max, Bo, and Karla find lost bird brothers, watch as the friends get the brothers home safely. When Max gets a cold a...
Air Date: 2007-11-17
Mama shows Bo, Karla, and Max how important their favorite games really are. Mama and the kids go on the case in sear...
Air Date: 2007-12-01
Mama shows Karla that eating properly can be exciting, as well as showing her the vast range of things that animals e...
Air Date: 2007-12-15
Bo, Max, and Karla play a game of "I Spy" and find out how to slow down and see a whole new world. With the help of a...
Air Date: 2008-01-12
Mama shows the kids that there are lots of different tails in the animal kingdom and that everyone is unique and spec...
Air Date: 2008-02-26
Karla makes a new friend, Winnie the wildebeest, and is sad to discover that she and her mother will be leaving. Mama...
Air Date: 2008-02-09
Max's friend Benny the bird is sleeping over with him, Bo and Karla. They are excited, until unfamiliar sounds start ...
Air Date: 2007-12-29
When Max gets sad that he can't trumpet like Mama, she explains that we all develop at different times and it's impor...
Air Date: 2008-02-23
Everyone on the savannah comes to Mama's big Kwanzaa celebration, which leads to a discussion about the seemingly end...
Air Date: 2008-03-08
Mama explains how change is something that happens to everyone in the animal kingdom. Max learns why all adults have ...
Air Date: 2008-03-22
Karla discovers that she has an American Counterpart named Garla, which Bo gets them confused. Mama Mirabelle takes t...
Air Date: 2008-04-05
Karla and her friend, a peregrine falcon named Perry, are playing, and Karla begins to envy Perry's impressive flight...
Air Date: 2008-04-12
Playing on the savannah, Bo and Max stumble over a new friend, a tortoise named Tallulah. When they come on a little ...
Air Date: 2008-05-03
When Bo, Max and Karla spy what looks like a couple of slow-moving rock monsters, they panic and tell Mama. She's ple...
Air Date: 2008-05-17
The kids can't get to sleep, and Mama shows them that the most important thing about bedtime is having a routine - an...
Air Date: 2008-05-31
After hearing a story about a magician, Max is determined to find a magic wand of his own. He tries to make a ripe ma...
Air Date: 2008-06-14
When the kids decide to put on a show, Mama shows them a movie of other animals at play. Karla and Bo disagree over a...
Air Date: 2008-06-28
A rainy day on the savannah produces long faces, until Mama helps pass the time by introducing the gang to a place th...
Air Date: 2008-07-12
After a long hike to watch a wildebeest migration, Bo believes the group must be lost on the way home. Mama shows Bo,...
Air Date: 2008-07-26
When an accident forces Mama and the kids to scrap their film festival, they turn their misfortune into an opportunit...
Air Date: 2008-08-09
When the rainy season arrives, Mama shows the kids the fun, and the value, of a good mud bath. A game of "do you see ...
Air Date: 2008-08-23
The story about a new kid on the savannah is spreading, but everyone's account is a bit different. With Mama's help, ...