In “The Backyardigans,” she created a world for kids as wildly sophisticated as her own. By Sam Anderson For parents, cartoons are like weather. We can control plenty else in our children’s lives: ...

Janice Burgess, creator of Nickelodeon’s “The Backyardigans,” died on Saturday in hospice care in Manhattan, according to The New York Times. She was 72. “We are saddened to learn of the passing of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Janice Burgess, creator of the hit children’s series The Backyardigans, has died at the age of 72. No cause of death has been ...