Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies — Season 1, Episode 20: Out Of Reach; Family Style

Episode synopsis

After hearing a story about a magician, Max is determined to find a magic wand of his own. He tries to make a ripe marula fruit drop out of a nearby tree. When it doesn't happen, Mama shows him that while wishing is a good place to start, getting something done requires action. Max, Karla and Bo are discussing their families when they realize that Max's friend Benny's family is different from their own. Mama shows the kids that there are many kinds of families in the animal kingdom, but that all families care for each other.

About Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies

Using live-action wildlife films from the National Geographic and the BBC archives, this animated PBS series tells the warmhearted story of an elephant named Mama Mirabelle, who travels the world filming wildlife movies that she shares with her family and friends back home in the African savanna, including her son Max, Bo the cheetah, a zebra named Karla and three monkey brothers -- Kip, Flip, and Chip.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Elephant Walk; Sounds of the Savannah
• E2A Little Help from My Friends; Baby of a Different Stripe
• E3Hide and Seek; Tell Me About It
• E4To Sleep with Wombats; All Creatures Great and Small
• E5Anybody Home?; Healthy Habits
• E6The Play's the Thing; Sam Spades of the Savannah
• E7Gourmet Grazing; Kings & Queens of the Savannah
• E8I Spy; Eyes, Ears, Nose & Trunks
• E9What's in a Tail?; Footprints In The Sand
• E10Here Today, Gone Tomorrow; Nobody's Perfect
• E11Things That Go Yip, Howl And Screech In The Night; Cracking The Code
• E12The Boy Can Blow; I Don't Like Spiders and Snakes