Utterly charming artwork, delicious palette, gentle humour and winsome characters - Tilly, Hector, Pru, Doodle, Tipty and Tumpty, have deservedly made this series a winner and now gained much greater recognition on the back of the brilliant CBeebies episodes. From inspired picture-book creator Polly Dunbar, this televised series follows the escapades of Tilly and her friends.
Tilly and her friends are camping out in the garden when Tiptoe spots a lone blue star twinkling in the sky. Tiptoe twinkles back at him - but the star won't come down, and even Pru's high heels don't make Tiptoe tall enough to go up. It looks as though the blue star is going to be stuck without a playmate - until Tilly checks in her Space book and discovers that the little blue star might already have some friends of his own...Tilly and Friends is currently airing on Cbeebies, with 52 episodes in the series. Utterly charming artwork, delicious palette, gentle humour and winsome characters have deservedly made this a series of winners.
Meet Tilly and her Friends at www.tillyandfriends.com and find out more about these cute characters!
Polly Dunbar is a major picture-book talent. She is the author-illustrator of a series called Tilly and Friends which has been made into an animated series, to air on CBeebies from September 2012. She's also the author/illustrator of Penguin,Arthur's Dream Boat, Dog Blue and Flyaway Katie, and the illustrator of Shoe Baby, written by her mother, Joyce Dunbar. Her titles have won numerous awards including the Book Trust Early Year's Award 2007, the Nestle Silver Children's Book Prize 2007, the Practical Pre-School Award 2007 and the Red House Children's Book of the Year Award 2008, and was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal. Polly currently lives and works in Dublin.
