VeggieTales co-creator Phil Vischer has signed on with Tyndale House Publishers to produce a new DVD series for children and families.

The 13-part "What's in the Bible?" set is due to launch in March 2010 with the release of the first two volumes, tentatively titled In the Beginning and Let My People Go!.

Characters in the new series will be from Jelly Telly, the faith-based Internet program Vischer created through his Jellyfish Labs, in partnership with Focus on the Family, though the DVD content will be exclusive.

"We're excited to team up," said Katara Patton, Tyndale's acquisitions director for children and youth. "Tyndale's foundation is built on making the Word of God applicable and understandable to children. This new DVD series is a wonderful way to bring the Bible to life and to help kids know God and His Word."

Vischer said it was an honor to partner with Tyndale, who had pioneered the Christian children's video market almost 20 years with projects like the "McGee and Me" series. They "inspired me to use home video for my own talking vegetable productions a few years later. There is still new ground to be broken in ministering to kids, and Tyndale is a great partner is the effort."

Vischer-no longer part of VeggieTales' owner Big Idea, but still involved with VeggieTales projects-said that the new series would aim to "teach the Bible and Christianity itself with the same sense of whimsy and fun as VeggieTales."