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Can you solve the sorting hat riddle? - Dan Katz and Alex Rosenthal

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It’s your first day at Magnificent Marigold’s Magical Macademy. But before you can learn your first spell you must get through the sorting ceremony. And the sorting hat has chosen you for a special challenge. The Macademy had 8 founders who established four houses, and there was once a mysterious fifth house. Can you figure out who founded what? Dan Katz and Alex Rosenthal show how.

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Meet The Creators

Educator
Alex Rosenthal, Dan Katz
Director
Igor Coric
Narrator
Addison Anderson
Art Director
Igor Coric
Storyboard Artist
Igor Coric
Animator
Igor Coric
Compositor
Igor Coric
Director of Production
Gerta Xhelo
Editorial Director
Alex Rosenthal
Producer
Bethany Cutmore-Scott
Fact-Checker
Eden Girma
Special Thanks
Will Gourley

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