I Am Mary Shelley/I Am Harry Houdini
xavier riddle and the secret museum

I am Mary Shelley Xavier and the gang are excited for a Nature Troop campout, where Xavier has volunteered to tell the first campfire story. There's just one problem: everyone is expecting a spooky story, but Xavier only knows how to tell silly stories. What's he going to do? He doesn't want to disappoint everyone. To the Secret Museum! Our heroes are sent back in time to meet an expert spooky storyteller: Mary Shelley. Mary takes our trio on an imaginative playdate where she spins the leaves and wind into a very spooky tale, which Xavier can't help but turn funny. Is all hope lost?? Mary helps Xavier see that he can tell a story that's both spooky AND silly. The most important thing is to tell stories your own way. Curriculum: "Tell stories you own way." I am Harry Houdini The time has come from Brad to spend his very first night in the museum, and he couldn't be more excited. Except, when the lights go out, Brad realizes it's kind of... gulp... scary there at night. Too afraid to stay put in his sleeping bag, there's only one thing left to do... to the Secret Museum! Our heroes travel back in time to meet someone who knew how to face a scary situation: Harry Houdini. Harry wants nothing more than to be a brave performer, just like his hero, tightrope walker Fearless Jean. But, it turns out tightrope walking is scarier than he thought! Good thing Harry has a trick to help himself, and Brad, make it through to the end: when you're scared, take a deep breath to calm down and feel better. Curriculum: "When you're scared, you can take a deep breath to calm down and feel better."

Episode Duration: 28 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 102

About Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum:

Inspired by the best-selling kids book series, Ordinary People Change the World, by New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer and illustrator Christopher Eliopoulos, XAVIER RIDDLE AND THE SECRET MUSEUM follows the adventures of Xavier, Yadina and Brad as they tackle everyday problems by doing something extraordinary: traveling back in time to learn from real-life inspirational figures like Marie Curie, Harriet Tubman and Jackie Robinson when they were kids.

Each adventure will help young viewers make the connection between the skills that made these historical figures heroes and those same qualities within themselves, helping them discover that they, too, can change the world.


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Tue, Feb 18 10:30 P.M. I Am Jackie Robinson     NH Kids (11.5)
Wed, Feb 19 2:30 P.M. I Am Wilma Rudolph/I Am Jonas Salk     NH Kids (11.5)
Wed, Feb 19 10:30 P.M. I Am Wilma Rudolph/I Am Jonas Salk     NH Kids (11.5)
Thu, Feb 20 2:30 P.M. I Am Willard Wigan/I Am Maria Sibylla Merian     NH Kids (11.5)
Thu, Feb 20 10:30 P.M. I Am Willard Wigan/I Am Maria Sibylla Merian     NH Kids (11.5)
Fri, Feb 21 2:30 P.M. I Am Gwen Ifill/I Am Matthew Henson     NH Kids (11.5)
Fri, Feb 21 10:30 P.M. I Am Gwen Ifill/I Am Matthew Henson     NH Kids (11.5)
Sat, Feb 22 2:30 P.M. I Am Willard Wigan/I Am Maria Sibylla Merian     NH Kids (11.5)
Sat, Feb 22 10:30 P.M. I Am Willard Wigan/I Am Maria Sibylla Merian     NH Kids (11.5)
Sun, Feb 23 2:30 P.M. I Am Wilma Rudolph/I Am Jonas Salk     NH Kids (11.5)
Sun, Feb 23 10:30 P.M. I Am Wilma Rudolph/I Am Jonas Salk     NH Kids (11.5)
Mon, Feb 24 2:30 P.M. I Am Jackie Robinson     NH Kids (11.5)
Mon, Feb 24 10:30 P.M. I Am Jackie Robinson     NH Kids (11.5)
Tue, Feb 25 2:30 P.M. I Am Jesse Owens/I Am Ella Fitzgerald     NH Kids (11.5)
Tue, Feb 25 10:30 P.M. I Am Jesse Owens/I Am Ella Fitzgerald     NH Kids (11.5)
Wed, Feb 26 2:30 P.M. I Am Jackie Robinson     NH Kids (11.5)


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