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Muppet Kids is a sub-franchise of The Muppets created by Jim Henson, that ran throughout the 1989 to the 2000s. Like Muppet Babies, the series featured child/pre-teen versions of the Muppets consisting of: Kermit, Miss Piggy, Animal, Gonzo, Fozzie, Bean Bunny, Rolf, Janice, Skeeter and Scooter.

Books

Muppet Kids initially produced as a children's book series from 1989 to 1996, published by Golden Books and Muppet Press.

Film

In 2002, a direct-to-video feature film Kermit's Swamp Years featured the kid version of Kermit.

Muppet Kids Reading and Thinking Series

Video game series

Muppet Kids
Genre(s)	Edutainment
Developer(s)	Jim Henson Interactive
Publisher(s)	Brighter Child
Creator(s)	Voldi Way Louise Gikow Diane Mangan Bonita Ferraro Lauren Attinello
Artist(s)	Rob Buchanan Matt Bozon
Composer(s)	Mike Hooker Voldi Way Ed Neicikowski
Platform(s)	Windows, Macintosh
First release	Letters: Capital & Small 1997
Latest release	Sorting & Ordering 1997

Muppet Kids Reading and Thinking Series is a series of educational video games based on the Muppet Kids series. It was developed by Jim Henson Interactive, published by Brighter Child, and distributed on some CDs by Encore Software. The games were released in the US, the UK, and France. The games were reissued in 2004 and included video clips from The Muppet Show.

Games

Volume 1 - Letters: Capital & Small
Volume 2 - Beginning Sounds: Phonics
Volume 3 - Sound Patterns: Phonics
Volume 4 - Thinking Skills
Volume 5 - Same & Different
Volume 6 - Sorting & Ordering

Releases

In addition to the individual games on separate CDs, the games were also released as compilations of multiple games on single CDs.
- Muppets (Included in Fun to Learn CD-ROM Five Pack) - Volumes 1 & 2
- Muppet Kids Reading Skills 1 - Volumes 1 to 3
- Muppet Kids Reading Skills 2 - Volumes 4 to 6
- Muppet Kids Kindergarten Deluxe - Volumes 3, 4, & 6
- Jim Henson's Muppet Kids (Ages 3–5) - Volumes 2 to 5
- Muppets Reading Software Activity Kit - Volumes 1 to 6

Others

In 1989, McDonald's produced a series of toys for the Happy Meal line-up, which depicted the Muppet Kids riding on tricycles.

References

"Muppet Reading Software Activity Pack". CD-ROM Access. Archived from the original on 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2016-12-12.

The Muppets

Characters

Television

Series	Sam and Friends (1955–1961) The Muppet Show (1976–1981) (episodes) Muppet Babies (1984–1991) (episodes) Little Muppet Monsters (1985) The Jim Henson Hour (1989) Muppets Tonight (1996–1998) The Muppets (2015–2016) Muppet Babies (2018–2022) (episodes) Muppets Now (2020) The Muppets Mayhem (2023)
Segments	The Jimmy Dean Show ("Rowlf the Dog", 1963–1965) The Mike Douglas Show (1966–1979) The Ed Sullivan Show (including The Great Santa Claus Switch, 1966–1971) NBC's Saturday Night (The Land of Gorch, 1975–1976)
Specials	Hey, Cinderella! (1969) The Muppets on Puppets (1970) The Great Santa Claus Switch (1970) The Frog Prince (1971) The Muppet Musicians of Bremen (1972) The Muppets Valentine Show (1974) The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence (1975) John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together (1979) The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979) The Muppets Go to the Movies (1981) The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show (1982) Rocky Mountain Holiday (1983) The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986) A Muppet Family Christmas (1987) Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990) The Earth Day Special (1990) The Muppets at Walt Disney World (1990) The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (1990) Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree (1995) Studio DC: Almost Live (2008) A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa (2008) Lady Gaga and the Muppets Holiday Spectacular (2013) Muppets Haunted Mansion (2021)

Films

Theatrical	The Muppet Movie (1979) The Great Muppet Caper (1981) The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) Muppet Treasure Island (1996) Muppets from Space (1999) The Muppets (2011) Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
Television	Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977) The Tale of the Bunny Picnic (1986) The Christmas Toy (1986) It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002) The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005)
Direct-to- video	Muppet Classic Theater (1994) Kermit's Swamp Years (2002)

Music

Albums	The Muppet Show (1977) The Muppet Show 2 (1978) The Muppet Movie (1979) Ol' Brown Ears Is Back (1993) Muppet Beach Party (1993) Kermit Unpigged (1994) The Muppet Show: Music, Mayhem, and More (2002) A Green and Red Christmas (2006) The Green Album (2011) The Muppets (2011) Muppets Most Wanted (2014) The Electric Mayhem (2023)
Songs	"Rainbow Connection" "Bein' Green" "Mahna Mahna" "When the River Meets the Sea" "Bohemian Rhapsody" "Man or Muppet"

Web series

Statler and Waldorf: From the Balcony (2005–06)
The Muppets Kitchen with Cat Cora (2010)

Video games

Pigs in Space (1983)
Muppet Adventure: Chaos at the Carnival (1989)
Muppets Inside (1996)
Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
Muppet Kids (1997)
Jim Henson's Muppets (2000)
Muppet RaceMania (2000)
Muppet Monster Adventure (2000)
Muppet Pinball Mayhem (2002)
Spy Muppets: License to Croak (2003)
Muppets Party Cruise (2003)
The Muppets Movie Adventures (2014)
Disney Mirrorverse (2022)
Disney Magic Kingdoms (2023)
Disney Speedstorm (2024)

Other media

Muppet*Vision 3D (1991–present)
Muppet Mobile Lab (2007–2016)
The Muppets Present...Great Moments in American History (2016–2020)
Comics series
Before You Leap

Puppet Heap
The Jim Henson Company
- Creature Shop
- Fraggle Rock
  - characters
Sesame Workshop
- Sesame Street
  - Muppets
"Keep Fishin'"
Muppet Theory
Kermitops
Jim Henson Idea Man (2024)

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