Nancy Kangas

In this film, Samuel knows that the bumpiest thing is ten thousand hundred frogs on a trampoline. The ugliest? An ugly person in your face, and the loneliest -- crying in your house with no friends.

"Me" is a poem written and recited by Ja'Lantea, a four year old boy who feels a new day should come with his new name: J-Money. It's part of Preschool Poets, a series of eight short animated films based on poems composed by four and five year olds.

Preschool Poets is a series of eight short animated films based on poems composed by four and five year olds. In this film, Delanie imagines a world locked in routine. Parents work two jobs. They can’t come home because they work a double. Even the pleasure of a hot tub has a time limit.

One of eight poems written and spoken by preschoolers from impoverished Columbus in the United States. In "Bullets," Brayden, 4, asks for a quieter world, without the chaos of tornadoes, hungry wolves and bullet guns.

Preschool Poets is a series of eight short animated films based on poems composed by four and five year olds. In this film, Alexa’s grandmother anchors her life. So when her grandmother falls ill, everything comes apart, including Alexa’s idea of how to be a girl. She says, “I feel a big mommy-sister.”

One of a series of short animations based on the writing of a group of preschoolers, “Supergirl” is an exuberant and gleeful exploration of the yearnings and imaginings of one irrepressible four-year-old poet. With a visual style that perfectly matches the free-flowing musings of the text, this whimsical film captures the magic and effortless creativity of childhood.