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The Hungry Squid

In this animated short, Oscar® winner John Weldon spins a tall tale about young Dorothy and her myriad troubles: absentee parents, bad hair and a menagerie that devours her homework. But when her pet squid rampages through town and people finally realize that the homework-eating creatures aren't a figment of her imagination, Dorothy realizes that it's time to get the situation under control.
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In this animated short, Oscar® winner John Weldon spins a tall tale about young Dorothy and her myriad troubles: absentee parents, bad hair and a menagerie that devours her homework. But when her pet squid rampages through town and people finally realize that the homework-eating creatures aren't a figment of her imagination, Dorothy realizes that it's time to get the situation under control.

Children and Youth Education All subjects
Animation for Kids Make Me Laugh All channels
  • story
    John Weldon
  • direction
    John Weldon
  • animation
    John Weldon
  • puppet design
    Lilian Kruip
  • costume design
    Lilian Kruip
  • digital imaging specialist
    Pierre Plouffe
  • narration
    Derek McGrath
  • original music
    Chris Crilly
  • sound editing
    Chris Crilly
  • musician
    Chris Crilly
    Dave Gossage
    Robert Cohen
    Bill Gossage
    Alex Kehler
    Christian Laurence
  • music recording
    Geoffrey Mitchell
    Patrick Viegas
  • foley
    Andy Malcolm
    Goro Koyama
  • foley recording
    Ron Mellegers
    Don White
  • re-recording
    Serge Boivin
    Shelley Craig
  • concept inspiration
    Munro Ferguson
  • post-production coordination
    Richard Lesage
    Andrée Lachapelle
  • program administration
    Gisèle Guilbault
  • executive producer
    David Verrall
  • producer
    Marcy Page

Education

Ages 10 to 14

Study Guide

Guide 1

Notes

Ask students if they agree the animals represented Dorothy's feelings/thoughts. Each student should add another animal to represent another feeling. Have students contemplate the ending, if they could change the way Dorothy was noticed at the end, what would they have done?

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