About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 54. Chapters: Fraggle Rock, The Adventures of Blinky Bill, Strawberry Shortcake, Madeline, Babar, The Busy World of Richard Scarry, Timothy Goes to School, Kipper the Dog, My Little Pony, Busytown Mysteries, Babar the Elephant, Little Bear, Jay Jay the Jet Plane, Noonbory and the Super Seven, Rolie Polie Olie, Rupert, The Wombles, Pocket Dragon Adventures, Toopy and Binoo, Rainbow Fish, Flipper and Lopaka, Elliot Moose, Scruff, Tractor Tom, Benjamin the Elephant, Littlest Pet Shop, Rubbadubbers, George and Martha, Will and Dewitt, The Berenstain Bears, Lapitch the Little Shoemaker, Captain Mack, Dig and Dug, PB Bear and Friends, Corduroy, Milly, Molly, Mumble Bumble, Meg and Mog, The Babaloos, Cushion Kids, The New Adventures Of Madeline. Excerpt: Fraggle Rock is a children's live action puppet television program series created by Jim Henson. The central characters were a set of "Muppet" creatures called Fraggles. The show ran from January 10, 1983, to March 30, 1987, on CBC Television in Canada, ITV in the UK, HBO in the United States, and TV1 in New Zealand. The show became a worldwide hit, like Sesame Street and The Muppet Show. The "Fraggle Rock Theme" reached number 33 on the British music charts during the phenomenon. Writers included Henson, Jerry Juhl, and Jocelyn Stevenson, with songs by Philip Balsam and Dennis Lee. As described by Henson, " a high-energy, raucous musical romp. It's a lot of silliness. It's wonderful." While the program was accessible to audiences of all ages, it used the fantasy creatures as an allegory to deal with serious issues such as prejudice, spirituality, personal identity, environment, and social conflict. Fraggle Rock ran from January 10, 1983 to March 30, 1987 on CBC Television in Canada, ITV in the UK, HBO in the United States and TV1 in New Zealand. It was one of the first shows to be co-p...