Molly’s Epic Adventure
Why ‘Molly’s Epic Adventure’ Belongs on Every Family’s Watchlist This Native American Heritage Month
Parents Magazine - November 2025
The best kids’ shows don’t just celebrate lone heroes—they build communities. In Molly of Denali’s new five-episode miniseries, Molly’s Epic Adventure, (which began airing on PBS Kids on November 3), that means learning with (and from) elders, cousins, friends, and new mentors as Molly and her Grandpa Nat travel from Alaska to New Jersey, Idaho, Oregon, New Mexico, and Hawaiʻi.
It's the kind of storytelling Native American Heritage Month was made for—a show that highlights Indigenous communities not as historical footnotes, but as living cultures with something to teach all of us.
What makes Molly work isn't just that it centers an Alaska Native girl—it's that viewers are immersed in her whole world. Through her family and community, kids learn by listening to stories and Indigenous wisdom, and by seeing how the tribes themselves honor the history and legacy of their people.