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A pop culture celebration of Fred Rogers and the enduring legacy of his beloved, award-winning PBS show Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood that offers essential wisdom to help us in our troubled times. Won’t you be my neighbor? For more than thirty years, Fred Rogers was a beloved fixture in American homes. Warm and welcoming, he spoke directly to children—and their parents—about the marvels of the world, the things that worried them, and above all, the importance of being themselves. Dressed in his c...

Celebrate the incredible world of the beloved 80s franchise with this treasure trove of images and stories from Masters of the Universe. Relive childhood excitement and enjoy more than 30 years of He-Man, She-Ra, Skeletor and all the Masters of the Universe! By the Power of Grayskull! The war for Eternia begins again in 2021! Officially licensed by Mattel, this stunning guide is a visual celebration of Masters of the Universe’s enduring legacy, including artworks, sketches, posters and merchan...

Childhood in Animation: Navigating a Secret World explores how children are viewed in animated cinema and television and examines the screen spaces that they occupy. The image of the child is often a site of conflict, one that has been captured, preserved, and recollected on screen; but what do these representations tell us about the animated child and how do they compare to their real counterparts? Is childhood simply a metaphor for innocence, or something far more complex that encompasses age...

This volume explores how television has been a significant conduit for the public consumption of changing ideas about children, childhood, and national identity, via a critical examination of programs that prominently feature children and youth in international television. The chapters connect relevant cultural attitudes within their respective countries to an analysis of children and/or childhood in international children’s programming. The collection addresses how international children’s pr...

Horrifying Children examines weird and eerie children’s television and literature via critical analysis, memoir and autoethnography. There has been an explosion of interest in the impact of children’s television and literature of the late twentieth century. In particular, the 1970s, ‘80s and ‘90s are seen as decades that shaped a great deal of the contemporary cultural landscape. Television of this period dominated the world of childhood entertainment, drawing freely upon literature and popular...

Say ‘Eh-oh!’ to Nikky Smedley and Laa-Laa Over the Hills and Far Away follows Nikky through the Teletubbies years, from her role as a bistro table during her audition to the show’s international success and the accompanying hounding by the press. In this warm, funny, affectionate look back at life on the Teletubbies set, Nikky reveals all, including tales about dogs and asthma, raging arguments about fruit, and the games the cast and crew played to amuse themselves during long shoots in their m...

This official tie-in book to Marilyn Agrelo’s (Mad Hot Ballroom) documentary Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street supplements the film’s exploration of the origins and legacy of Sesame Street with exclusive interviews and unseen photographs from first two seasons of this globally beloved series. Author Trevor Crafts, who was given unprecedented access to archival footage and photography, presents 150 of photographer David Attie’s behind-the-scenes images of Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Matt Robinso...

This fun activity book is jam-packed with recent comics and characters from Beanotown to colour in.Beanotown has lost its colour! Can you help Dennis and Minnie bring it back?This first Beano Colouring Book features comic strips from recent issues of Beano, sneak-peeks inside the buildings of Beanotown, favourite characters up to their usual tricks and even jokes thrown in to keep your sides splitting.With official Beano artwork, and detailed scenes from around Beanotown, this book is sure to ke...

Inspired by the many crime-fighting heroes, villains, and food references from Townsville, this action-packed cookbook includes recipes from Beat Your Greens to Power Lunch. With The Powerpuff Girls: The Official Cookbook, fans can recreate The Mayor's Favorite Pickle and Turkey Sandwiches, Sweets for Mojo Jojo, Professor Utoniom's Chemical X Chili, and more! Featuring full-color photography, The Powerpuff Girls: The Official Cookbook features suggestions for alternate ingredients and tips and...

Dance your cares away with this omnibus collection of short stories featuring the beloved characters of Jim Henson’s Fraggle Rock. Celebrating 35 Years of Jim Henson’s Fraggle Rock! Rediscover the wonderful world of Jim Henson’s iconic television series Fraggle Rock in this definitive collection of tales from some of the most imaginative minds in comics. Mokey, Wembley, Boober, and Red are back, dancing, playing, and trying to stay out of trouble in all-new adventures.  Featuring heartwarm...

A new imaginative play for young people from award-winning writer Kieran Lynn, winner of the Alpine Fellowship Theatre Prize 2018. Alex and Sara are worried. Their daughter Lee starts school soon and they think her best friend Ernie is going to be a problem. It isn’t that he is badly behaved or mischievous, the problem with Ernie is that he is imaginary. They hatch a plan to force their daughter to grow up and to get rid of Ernie. But as the plan begins to work they learn a lesson that parent...

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, which began as The Children's Corner in 1953 and terminated in 2001, left its mark on America. The show's message of kindness, simplicity, and individual uniqueness made Rogers a beloved personality, while also provoking some criticism because, by arguing that everyone was special without having to do anything to earn it, the show supposedly created an entitled generation. In Mister Rogers and Philosophy, thirty philosophers give their very different takes on th...