Boston, MA — GBH, the leading multiplatform creator for public media in America and the producer of the PBS KIDS series Work It Out Wombats! announced licensing agreements in partnership with Moxie & Company in the toy and publishing space.

In the first issue of its new magazine, Topix Media is featuring games, puzzles, storytelling, and fun from Work It Out Wombats! The magazine will be available on newsstands, supermarkets and all over the U.S. where magazines are sold starting May 30, 2025.

The collaboration with tonies®, the original screen-free audio entertainment system for young children, will feature a Work It Out Wombats! Tonie launching in 2026, which will immerse young listeners with adventurous stories and catchy songs. Whether at home or on the go, kids will experience screen-free fun and educational and engaging entertainment while sparking their imagination and creativity with the Treeborhood community!

Also in 2026, Candlewick Press, one of the leading independent children’s publishers in the U.S., will launch a robust publishing program of new Work It Out Wombats! picture books and STEM educational books through their MIT Kids Press imprint.

“We are excited to expand the Work It Out Wombats! universe with innovative products that will further educate, entertain, and inspire kids and their families,” said Marcy Gunther and Marisa Wolsky, executive producers of Work It Out Wombats!.

“Millions of kids have fallen in love with Malik, Zadie and Zeke while learning computational thinking from the series. Now, they’ll have new and more ways to engage with the Wombats!,” said Arlene Scanlan, President of Moxie & Company.

Produced by GBH Kids and Pipeline Studios, Work It Out Wombats! takes place in the Treeborhood, the biggest treehouse in existence—with secret passageways, gondolas, and rope swings. The residents of the Treeborhood—wombats, snakes, moose, kangaroos, iguanas, fish, tarsiers, and eagles—bring varied skills and abilities, assorted ways of thinking, and different family structures and traditions to this vibrant community of neighbors, a place where even the adults join in the play. In each story, the Wombats demonstrate computational thinking for preschoolers, learning as they go. Their aspirations will sometimes exceed their proficiency. But eventually they’ll stop, take a breath, put their heads together and figure out a fix—using the design process, sequencing, debugging, and other key elements of computational thinking.

Work It Out Wombats! is a multi-platform project which includes the television series and digital games on PBS KIDS, the ”Work It Out Wombats Podcast,” and the “Work It Out Wombats Family App,” available for free download for both IOS and Android.

ABOUT GBH KIDS
GBH Kids is one of the top producers for public media, creating educational content for kids, parents, caregivers and teachers, including iconic PBS KIDS programs such as the award-winning Arthur and Molly of Denali, digital series such as Scribbles and Ink, games, apps and podcasts. GBH Kids, based in Boston, also works closely with PBS LearningMedia, providing digital curricula for more than 2 million teachers across all 50 states. GBH Kids is committed to accessible educational media and the healthy development of all children. Find more information at gbh.org/kids.

ABOUT MOXIE & COMPANY
Moxie & Co. is a global brand & franchise management, promotions and licensing agency. Moxie represents a diverse portfolio of brands including GBH, Lauren Roberts: Powerless Series, Simon & Schuster: Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, Raggedy Ann & Andy, Hamilton Beach Brands, Eloise, Ivory Ella and more. Moxie develops and manages strategic licensing programs across a wide array of product categories at all levels of retail around the globe. For more information, visit www.moxieco.com.

ABOUT TOPIX
Topix Media Lab is a branded book and magazine publisher. Its unique strategy focuses on developing official branded publications that resonate with consumers. These publications include well-known properties such as John Wayne, Wild Kratts, Hasbro, Smithsonian, and many others.

ABOUT TONIES
tonies® is the world’s largest interactive audio platform for children with more than 5.7 million Tonieboxes and over 100 million Tonies sold worldwide. The intuitive and award-winning audio system has changed the way young children play and learn independently with its child-safe, wireless, and screen-free approach. Tonieboxes have been activated in over 100 countries and the content portfolio includes more than 770 Tonies figurines. Today, tonies® is the fastest growing toy company in Europe and a rising star in the United States. Among its many achievements, tonies® was named among Fast Company’s prestigious World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2021, top ranked in Education. For more information, visit us.tonies.com.

ABOUT CANDLEWICK PRESS
For more than thirty years, Candlewick has published outstanding children’s books for readers of all ages, including books by award-winning authors and illustrators such as National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Mac Barnett and ambassadors emerita Kate DiCamillo and Meg Medina, Caldecott Medalist Jon Klassen, Christina Soontornvat, M. T. Anderson, Patrick Ness, and Carole Boston Weatherford; the widely acclaimed Judy Moody, Mercy Watson, Princess in Black and ’Ology series; and favorites such as Guess How Much I Love You, Maisy, and Where’s Waldo? by Martin Handford. Candlewick is part of the vibrant international Walker Books Group. Visit Candlewick online at www.candlewick.com.

ABOUT MIT KIDS PRESS
Expertly vetted wide ranging books on cutting edge STEAM topics, creatively presented with broad appeal, to encourage exploration, creativity, and advancement.