ACTORS:
Nora Achrati
Shiyanbade Animashaun
Evan Casey
Feodor Chin
Kevin Corbett
Kenny Curtis
Ryan Dalusung
Paul Dateh
G.M. Hakim
Zaki Hamid
Joe Hernandez
Helen Hong
James Konicek
Kiran Kumar
Susannah Mars
Kym Miller
Kyle Omori
Erika Rose
Mike Smith
Dawn Ursula
LIONS AND LEGENDS LOGO:
Sabina Hahn
EPISODE ILLUSTRATIONS:
NOTE: Episode illustrations are chosen for their educational value in expanding on each story’s culture, themes, and lessons. You can learn more by researching the subjects of these images, or by reading about the artists.
Two Sides of the Coin
Horse Coin on Chinese Pattern
Adobe Stock elements with design by Eric Shimelonis
The Dog With the Spark and No Bark:
Basenji with Fire Background
Adobe Stock elements with design by Eric Shimelonis
Grunt Work:
Woodcutter
by Kazimir Malevich (1879-1935)
The Infinite Appetite:
Ganesha
1890 lithograph published by P.C. Biswas in Calcutta
photo by Eric Shimelonis
How the Honey Bees Got Their Sting:
Greek Ephesus Bee Coin Illustration
Shutterstock elements with design by Eric Shimelonis
The King of Beasts and the Queen of Brains:
Kalulu and the Lion
by Zambian artist Gabriel Ellison (1930-2017)
Skuba and the Dragon:
The Legend of Kraków and the Wawel Dragon
by Polish artist Maciej Jędrysik
The Flash and the Crash:
Khmer Guardian Lion Statue With Angkor Wat Temple
Adobe Stock elements with design by Eric Shimelonis
…and a big ROAR of thanks to the family, friends, and fans who helped Lions and Legends leap off the ground:
Deirdre Aaron
Jeffrey Ackerman
Mark Ackerman
Matthew Alford
Justine Anderson
Anonymous (80)
Yair Antman
Senthivel Arulselvan
James Asendio
Ben Austin
Matthew Baer
Deborah Balmuth
Aymal Bari
Bryan Barletta
Matthew Barnard
Helen Barrington
Pilar Bartlett
Erika Beam
Brynn Bellingham
Cassandra Berman
Jennifer Berman
Itzel Damaris Berrio
David Birie
Sarah Blaugrund
Michael Bobbitt
Kylie Braithwaite
Jessica Branstetter
Amy Brentano
Michael Brewer
Sarah Bromma
Iruka Brown
Kerry Bryant
Alexandra Bursak
Oscar Campos
James Campbell
Kimberly Canter
Cassidy Cantin
Gregg Carlo
Kirsten Carpenter
Christina Cherneff
Polina Chernyak
Matthew Chester
John Chiedo
Agnes Chu
Madoka Clark
Xuan Lise Coulombe-Quach
Molly Cooper
Jessica Cox
Ben Creswell
Ece Demir-Lira
Margaret Dewar
Anita Dey
Dru McClaron Donovan
Carmen Dowell
Elizabeth Drummond
Yen Duong
Aurelien Durant-de-Saint-Andre
Jessica Durkee-Shock
Kathy Edelman
Lynn Edelman
Doug Eichelberger
Alisha Elliott
Sara Elliott
Rachel C Epstein
James Erickson
Cyrus Farivar
Kari Feingold
Andrew Feliciano
Christopher Ferguson
Evie and Harvey Freeman
Rachel Freeman-Hicks
Kyle Frennea
Rena Fried
Denise Furman
Kira Garcia
Andrea Garrett
Elyse Greenwald
David Gilmore
Rebecca Gitter
Diana Glanternik
Grant Gravagna
Katie Groark
Jordan Haas
Danielle Hall
Amy Harbison
Thais Harris
Amy Hayes
Becky Hietpas
Hrishikesh Hirway
Priya Hirway
Brian Holt
Rachel Hosseini
Christopher Hudgens
Alexis Hyder
Alanna Iacobbo
DJ Jacobs
Susie Jeong
Josanda Jinnette
Joshua Johnson
Digant Kasundra
Priscilla Kauff
Rebecca Kaufman
Corinne Keel
Carlin Kelly
Aaron Kemper
Josslyn Kennedy
Daniel Key
Caitlin Kindervatter-Clark
Veronika McDonald King
Karen Klemetsrud
Deborah Kniffin
Carly Kratzer
Leah Kruger
Elly N Fams Kugler
Carol Kuller
Kiran Kumar
Eric LaMotte
Christopher Larson
Joayne Larson
Molly Lawrence
Jennifer Lee
Lyndsey Lefebvre
Keeley L’Esperance
Walker Lindley
Greg Lines
Sarah Lips
Ting Liu
Emily E LoDolce
Johnathan Loh
Alison Lotto
Clarissa T Lyons
Joey Ma
Jeremy Magid
Marina Marcus
Diane Mauro
Joline Macfarlan
Lynn McNeill
Morgan Ann McSenn
Allison Meisner
Matt Mezvinsky
Kristina Moon
Margaret Morgan-Hubbard
John Morin
Geoff Morrison
Kinny Mu
Abby Mulkeen
Rekha Murthy
Anjani N
Mazlina Navarre
Leslie Nelson-Abell
Jillian Nickerson
Elizabeth Norian
Lara Oldenburg
Melissa Osborne
Lauren Paddington
Maureen Palacios
SuShien Pang
Dave Parker
Zhuan Pei
Patricia Peter
Marcy Petroccione
Kelsey Petzinger
Gamalia Pharms
Lindsay Pian
Mozhi Qin
Karden Rabin
Sarah Randow
Jessica Rankin
Sarah Read
Ben Redwine
Kate Reimann
Claire Reuning
Spencer Rosen
Kate Rosenberg
Nishant Roy
Abigail Rydbeck
Candice H Ryu
Faith Salie
Katarina Samora
John Sanders
Norman and Kimberly Sandridge
Michelle Sartori
Alexa Shaeffer-Foley
Suzanne Shahnavaz
Robert G Schaller
Kathleen Schardin
Alice Sheehan
Lara Setrakian
Laura Shimelonis
Catherine Shoichet
Michael Simon
Tamar Solomon
Kristianna Smith
Kristoffer Smith
Esmond Snell
Amanda Snow
Molly Sowiak
Parker Stanley
Melanie Stinnett
Lori D Stockton
Levi Stovall
Katy Swalwell
John Swift
Nathaniel Taft
Diane Tank
Heather Taylor
Lee Tracy
Isabelle Trepiccione
Sarah Trudgeon
Remi and Keira Tubbs
Timothy Turner
Hannah Tweel
Rohan Vaidya
Anastasia Vaidyanatha
Sherissa Vamosy
Bethany Van Delft
Harry Vorhoff
Megan Wachspress
Lucy Nicole Wall
Brooke Walters
Matt Walters
Kourtney Ward
Hardin Warren
Will Waterhouse
Samantha Watson
Shay Weiner
Talya Weinman
Christopher Wendel
Sam Whitridge
Cheryl Wilkolaski
Emily Williams
Danielle Woodring
Wei Yip Wong
Megan Wykhuis
Eleanor Yoon
Irwin & Anne Zeplowitz
Yi Zhang
Yinan Zhang
Ethan Zimany