Mother Goose tells her three goslings the stories behind well-known nursery rhymes and fairy tales. The show featured child actors and elaborate puppets created by Jim Henson's Creature Shop. Mother Goose Stories had three production seasons spawning thirty-nine eight-minute episodes. The first release of the series came in 1988 through a home video release. The series was originally conceived as a co-production for British television and was first broadcast on Children's ITV in the UK.