From Christmas Eve through to New Year’s Day, there’s a feast of Puffin book adaptations on television this Christmas. To help you plan your viewing time, we’ve trawled through the television guide and put together the ultimate list of the best TV programmes to enjoy together this Christmas. Now you can watch all your favourite new and classic Puffin stories from the comfort of your sofa.
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Puffin Podcast episode 12: Adventures in Wonderland
Follow that white rabbit! To celebrate the 150th unbirthday of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, BAFTA winning actress Sheridan Smith exclusively shares how she came up with the voices for the new audiobook. What’s more, host Ally McCrae will be exploring modern-wonderlands inspired by Lewis Carrol’s classic, like Cathy Cassidy’s intriguing Looking Glass Girl read by Helen Baxendale and the soon-to-be Hollywood blockbuster The Fifth Wave.
For the especially curious amongst you, there’s a curious cast of characters:
ANSWERS TO CHARACTER QUIZ at the end of the episode… No cheating please!
Could you name all the curious characters at the end of the episode? Here are the answers . . .
- The Cheshire Cat
- Frog Footman
- The Duchess
- The Dormouse
- The Mad Hatter
- The March Hare
- The Caterpillar
- The Queen
So that just leaves one question, why is a raven like a writing desk?
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Children’s Books: Give a gift of wonder
We’ve gathered a list of beautiful books guaranteed to inspire wonder in every reader. From Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to creative colouring books, adding any of these treasures to your Christmas list will make for one beautiful book shelf.
Puffin Virtually Live: Cathy Cassidy celebrates 150 years of Alice!
Alice in Wonderland is celebrating its 150th (un)birthday this year – so we thought we’d throw a bit of a party.
On Tuesday 19th May at 2pm, join us for a fun filled, action packed show to explore the history of this classic story with the amazing Cathy Cassidy, author of over 25 books, including Looking-Glass Girl.
Don’t miss Cathy LIVE on stage with the cast of Adventures in Wonderland – the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter and the rest of the gang – who’ll be bringing the story to life in new, exciting and curious ways.
Register to watch the show for free now at www.puffinvirtuallylive.co.uk. You can even download a fantastic party pack and linked lesson plans!
So pull up a chair and grab a jam tart – it’s going to be brilliant.
Who’s your Puffin Prime Minister?
The time is almost upon us, puffins – the time we ask the single most important question of all: just who will be our Puffin Prime Minister?
There are five candidates desperate for your vote, and they’re all very different. Their policies are interesting to say the least and cover all the big issues – from transport and education to housing and the environment. They’ve been campaigning for your hearts all this week over on PopJam and now’s the time to make your choice.
This is bound to be the most important decision you make this year, so make sure you use your vote wisely…
Candidate 1: Dennis
- I will scrap science lessons in schools and introduce pea-shooter lessons instead
- Homework will be abolished
- Poppin’ Jammy Sour Candy Toaster Tarts will be served in school canteens every lunchtime
Illustrations Copyright Quentin Blake
Candidate 2: Mr Twit
- No washing, not even on Sundays
- All children and Muggle-Wumps to be taught upside-down
- All trees to painted with HugTight Sticky Glue
Candidate 3: Alice
- All food to be clearly labelled with nutritional information and effects of consumption
- All books to be illustrated
- Daily daydreaming compulsory
Candidate 4: Greg Heffley
- The Cheese Touch is banned (unless Fregley has it – that’s okay)
- Only comic books should be read in class – no boring ‘EDUCATIONAL’ books allowed
- Kids should be allowed to play computer games whenever they want – even if it’s the middle of the night and mom is trying to sleep
Candidate 5: Docter Noel
- Dangerology lessons for everyone. Taught by me, Docter Noel Zone, the greatest dangerologist in the world, ever.
- All stairs to be removed from houses so you can’t fall down. All shelves to be removed from houses so they can’t fall on to you.
- Cycling is on the list of things that nobody is allowed to do EVER. The bicycle will be renamed the Wheel of Terror. Bicycles don’t make any sense and are far too dangerous.
Who gets your vote? #VotePuffin now!
Return of the Puffin Classics – March 2015!
Huckleberry Finn
Through the Looking Glass
Anne of Green Gables
Black Beauty
Peter Pan
The Wizard of Oz
The Call of the Wild
Heidi
The Jungle Book
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. Age 8+. On an ordinary summer’s afternoon, Alice tumbles down a hole and an extraordinary adventure begins. She meets a rabbit with a pocket watch, joins a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, and plays croquet with the Queen! Alice finds herself growing more and more curious by the minute… Download free teaching resources at http://bit.ly/1F8rnyh
Treasure Island
A Little Princess
Tales of the Greek Heroes
King Arthur
Tom Sawyer
Little Women
The Odyssey
Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairytales. Age 7+. A collection of classic fairytale stories including Thumbelina, a little girl no more than a thumb-joint high & The Emperor’s New Clothes, the tale of a man who cares only for his appearance.
The Secret Garden by Francis Hodgson Burnett. Age 8+. After losing her parents, young Mary Lennox is sent to live in her uncle’s gloomy mansion on the wild English moors. She is lonely and has no one to play with, but one day she learns of a secret garden somewhere in the grounds that no one is allowed to enter…Download free teaching resources at http://bit.ly/1B4Feyq
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.” Alice in Wonderland. From the wonders of Neverland to the Nonsense of Never Land, the Puffin Classics can take you anywhere!
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52 Puffins – #19The Horn Bird (Alice in Wonderland)
What is 52 Puffins – Waiting in the wings? Well, although we love our main characters, in 2013 we think it's time to celebrate the supporting cast: the extras with the witty one-liners, the dastardly villains and the best friend every hero would be lost without. Who's your favourite?
Download 52 Puffins – Questions – Download me! and send your answers to puffinblog@uk.penguingroup.com
One of our super work experience team has chosen this week's sidekick. A big thank you to Paroma who's just finished studying four years of Fine Art and History of Art at Reading and is off to do an MA in publishing in September (so hopefully we'll see her again soon). If you love her painting of the Horn Bird then why not explore her rather fine tumblr to see where she gets her inspiration!
Your character’s name and the book they star in . . . The Horn Bird, Alice
in Wonderland
Famous
Friends Alice
Hero
or villain? Hero
Why
you love him?
The horn bird is a
loveable, often overlooked creature in Alice
in Wonderland, along with the accordion owl. She appears with her children to
give Alice support when she is alone in the middle of the wood. I love the bird
for its purple feathers, gentle nature and for simply being one of a kind.
What’s
his catchphrase or best quote? She
communicates buckets with her eyes, and probably her nose too.
Tell
us something we might not know. Mock
turtle soup is real
What really annoys him? The Cheshire Cat
What
does he dream of? The world on the other
side of the Rabbit Hole
Where
would you go to hang out together? Under a nice tree
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