Everything I Need to Know I Learned from The Letter People

When you mention "The Letter People" to a 50-year-old who experienced them as a child, their eyes widen with excitement. Here’s why...

Pre-dating "Sesame Street," teacher Elayne Reiss-Weimann devised a way for her severely struggling students to learn the basic elements of reading. The result, with aid from her co-teacher Rita Friedman, was The Letter People - a national phenomenon throughout the 1970s and 80s in Kindergarten & 1st Grade classrooms. Kids fell madly in love with the inflatable characters — The Huggables — whom they believed were alive. It invented techniques that are used by other reading programs to this day!

Watch this amazing story told by Elayne, original publisher Dr. Bernard Kauderer, and others who brought the program to life & turned it into a pop culture sensation.

BLU-RAY & DVD BONUS FEATURES:

• Original Trailer
• News Clips
• Special Moments with the kids
• Big “Kids” Still Love The Letter People Too!
• Jake & Leo: Uber Fans
• Photo Gallery
• Director Interview
• Director Tour of his 1978 Kindergarten Room
• Interview with Educator Jeanne Piper
• Additional Extended Interviews
• “Meet Me at the Market” Vintage film strip w/ audio
• Vintage 1970s Letter People documentary “My Gosh, We Got It!”
• Meet “The Number People”

FAST FACTS:
2025 • Color • 155 Mins. + Bonus Features • Documentary/Educational • 16:9 Widescreen • Not Rated • Region-Free • NTSC