Banijay Kids & Family, a global leader in children’s entertainment, behind hit shows such as Totally Spies! and Mr Bean: The Animated Series, recently announced a new partnership for Stan & Gran. Co-produced by Tiger Aspect Kids & Family (part of Banijay Kids & Family), Jollywise, and Xentrix Studios, the brand is set to collaborate with the RSPB for a year-long initiative which aims to inspire young children to explore and protect the natural world.
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Stan & Gran launched on 5’s Milkshake! on 10th November 2025 and will air on Nick Jr. UK & Ireland from 2026. It follows the mystery-busting adventures of Stan Breakwater, a curious and excitable young nature lover, and his fun-loving, dynamic Gran, as they investigate the strange goings-on in the fictional British coastal village of Porthole. Blending humour and intrigue with factual entertainment, Stan & Gran highlights themes of discovery, exploration and nature.
Both the RSPB and Stan & Gran’s propositions foster curiosity, environmental awareness, and scientific thinking in children. Wild Times, the RSPB’s nature magazine, aimed at RSPB members under eight, is jam-packed with fascinating wildlife facts and fun nature-related activities, puzzles and crafts. The campaign begun in December 2025, with the issue featuring a colouring-in activity and an introduction to the show and its characters. From the March/April 2026 edition, a Stan & Gran comic will feature in the next six editions of the magazine. The partnership will be presented in the RSPB Notes on Nature newsletter and supported through the RSPB website to ensure strong visibility.
Jon Mason, Creator and Executive Producer of Stan & Gran says: “I have been a member of the RSPB since I was a young boy, so when I started to develop the show, I met with them very early on. Nature is at the very heart of Stan & Gran, with every episode designed to spark curiosity and wonder in the natural world – these principles are foundational to what the RSPB believes in, so it’s a perfect match. Both Stan & Gran and the RSPB want to inspire the next generation of nature lovers, through fun and adventure. Partnering with the RSPB feels like a full circle moment for me!”
The RSPB adds: “Our partnership with Stan & Gran is a perfect match for Wild Times readers – RSPB members under eight. It’s vital that we pass our love, curiosity and knowledge of nature on to the younger generations. Stan & Gran carries this message at its heart.”
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The Loud Librarian is back - and she's got unbridled enthusiasm for the library!
It's a troubling time in America right now, with books being banned and vital funding for libraries being decimated. What the world needs now is a superhero.. no wait, even better, a librarian, and Nickelodeon alum Lori Beth Denberg is here to answer the call!
In partnership with We Believe and EveryLibrary and in celebration of National Library Week, Denberg reprises her iconic All That character The Loud Librarian for a pro-library, anti-book banning PSA!
In the video, below, Denberg explains that everyone's fundamental right to read and learn is being endangered by funding cuts and book banning, and how the library is vital for providing internet access in rural communities, interspersed with her telling library visitors her classic catchphrase, "QUIET! THIS IS A LIBRARY!".
She’s back from the ’90s, and she’s getting loud about the threats to our public and school libraries! But for the first time ever, her voice might not be loud enough — we need your help! Your favorite Loud Librarian is back with some vital information on how to raise your voice during National Library Week and beyond, and join the chorus of parents, families, teachers, and students who support the freedom to learn. Below you’ll find actions you can take whether you have just a couple minutes today, some more time tomorrow, or are ready to work together in the effort to protect libraries.
Libraries are where visitors can study topics from all sorts of views, where students can find somewhere quiet to study, and where children fall in love with reading, but despite all that, books are still being banned.
Book banning may seem like a thing of the past, but in the 2023-2024 school year, PEN America counted more than 10,000 book bans in public schools, and has documented nearly 16,000 book bans in public schools nationwide since 2021, a number not seen since the Red Scare McCarthy era of the 1950s. And everywhere, it is the books that have long fought for a place on the shelf that are being targeted. Books by authors of color, by LGBTQIA+ authors, by women. Books about racism, sexuality, gender, history and more. PEN America pushes back against censorship and the intolerance and exclusion that undergird it.
In the video, Denberg explains how to viewers can fight for their libraries by getting LOUD, by going to school board meetings, town hall meetings, writing to their representatives, and by voting.
This summer, Hasbro’s Peppa Pig is making waves with a major retail and brand marketing initiative to mark United Nations World Oceans Day, which launched on 8 June. The initiative brings together high-profile ecological, educational and retail partners – including Cleaner Seas Project, Twinkl and George at Asda – to help encourage young families to learn all about our oceans and what they can do to help protect them for future generations.
Educational publisher Twinkl has created free Peppa Pig educational activities and resources to help raise awareness throughout primary schools, early years providers and families at home about the little steps people can take to make a big difference to our seas.
Tackling the issue from the shore itself, Cleaner Seas Project has started its mission to complete a total of 11 beach and river cleans, with schools invited to join events across the UK throughout June.
Retail partner George at Asda is building on the success of last year’s Plant with Peppa environmental education initiative with an exclusive range of clothing and homeware featuring ocean-themed designs sourced with more sustainable materials such as Better Cotton and in some products up to 83% recycled materials. The collection is now available in 435 UK Asda stores and displayed alongside dedicated World Oceans Day POS featuring key product and a QR code directing consumers to the Twinkl resources. Utilising its extensive store footprint, George at Asda’s World Oceans Day range includes boys’ and girls’ clothing, footwear and accessories, with prices starting from £4.50.
Cat O’Brien, Retail Director Europe and Asia at Hasbro, says: “We are thrilled to be working with George again on this Peppa Pig World Oceans Day campaign. At Hasbro, everything we do is centered in our purpose: making the world a better place for all children, fans, and families. In October 2021, we launched our first Peppa Pig purpose-driven campaign all about educating young families around the importance of helping our planet by planting trees. We are excited to embark on the next campaign, which aims to help children learn more about our oceans and what we can do to help reduce litter reaching our shores.”
Supporting the campaign and boosting awareness of the initiative amongst families is celebrity ambassador and mum of three, Vogue Williams, who took to the shore of the River Thames armed with a host of young litter pickers from a local nursery to undertake the brand’s very first Peppa Pig shore clean-up under the guidance of Cleaner Seas Project. Vogue also took part in a media press junket and photoshoot to help spread the word of the initiative across national media on World Oceans Day to motivate young families to get involved.
Avril Greenaway, CMO, Cleaner Seas Project, adds: “It’s no secret that Peppa Pig and her friends are heroes to preschoolers across the UK, so we were absolutely thrilled to work with her and Twinkl to provide guidance on the eco-educational activities and resources as well as carry out the all-important beach and river cleans for this campaign. Our goal is to drive positive change, no matter how big or small, so by working collaboratively with Peppa and Twinkl to help kids take their first steps towards being more environmentally aware has been fantastic. We think this collaboration will be hugely successful and, partnered with Twinkl’s wealth of resources, we think it will provide families with a simple and fun way to get involved to support the cause.”
Jade Snart, Sustainability and Compliance Expert at George, says: “We are very proud to have partnered with Peppa Pig again, this time to help celebrate World Oceans Day, raising awareness of cleaner oceans and a more sustainable planet. A number of the products within the George range have a sustainable element to them as here at George we’re committed to doing the right thing by our customers and the planet.”
abercrombie kids Renews Kind Crew Digital Series for Second Season
Season 2 of the popular digital series will discuss anxiety about going back to school and more, available now on Nickelodeon’s YouTube channel
NEW ALBANY, Ohio, Aug. 12, 2021 -- abercrombie kids, a brand in the Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) portfolio, has renewed its popular Kind Crew digital series for a second season, which is available now exclusively on Nickelodeon’s YouTube channel. The series continues to help inspire young people to make the world a more compassionate, understanding and kind place. It will feature a new cast of four phenomenal kids as well as special guests who can speak to important topics at hand – such as returning to school, how to leverage your uniqueness as your “superpower” and more.
Created in partnership with Nickelodeon and produced by Velocity, ViacomCBS’s branded content studio, the second season of the Kind Crew builds on its popular first season, which encouraged healthy conversations on topics such as addressing racism and the importance of voting. This year’s season aims to continue to support kids and empower them to discuss their feelings during times of change.
“We’re so proud to bring the Kind Crew back for a second season, and to continue to provide a space for kids and their families to discuss topics that impact kids’ daily lives,” said Carey Krug, SVP of Marketing at Abercrombie & Fitch. “We have all had to learn how to navigate this new ‘normal,’ which for kids, means returning to school while feeling a mix of joy and anxiety, particularly for those who were not physically in school last year. We hope the second season of the Kind Crew inspires kids to both share their feelings and support one another as we head back to school this year.”
In addition to appearing on the YouTube series, throughout the season, the new Kind Crew cast will engage with fellow kids via social media posts on their own channels and the abercrombie kids’ brand accounts. This year’s Kind Crew cast is made up of four kids who are nothing short of awesome: Keedron Bryant (@keedronbryant), Ava Clarke (@theavaclarke), Merrick Hanna (@merrickhanna) and Pressley Hosbach (@pressleyhosbach). Merrick previously appeared on Nickelodeon's Lip Sync Battle Shorties.
To meet the new Kind Crew cast and hear what they have to say about going back to school plus their own superpowers, watch the first two episodes of season 2 on Nickelodeon’s Youtube channel. And to keep up with all the kindness, make sure to follow abercrombie kids’ on Instagram at @abercrombiekids.
Get Ready to Go Back to School ✏️ w/ guest Hayley LeBlanc! | abercrombie's Kind Crew (Season 2) | Nickelodeon
#AD How are you feeling about going back to school this year? Excited? Confused? Both? Well you're not alone! Join abercrombie's Kind Crew and special guest Hayley LeBlanc to work through all of these feelings so you can feel confident going back into the school year! #abercrombiekindcrew
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Novel Entertainment has secured a new global deal for its internationally renowned Horrid Henry brand with dedicated kids’ audio platform Yoto. Under the partnership, five initial Horrid Henry audio titles will launch as cards for Yoto’s award-winning Yoto Player in June, including Ice Cream Dream, The Name Game, The Best Boys’ Club Sleepover, Horrid Henry’s Petsitting Service and Horrid Henry and the Walking Stick Gang.
The screen-free Yoto Player is designed specifically for children and is controlled using physical cards, which are inserted into the speaker to activate the audio content. Yoto’s audio cards can also be played through its app on compatible smartphones. .
Novel Entertainment has also secured a further agreement for Horrid Henry audio content with audiobook distributor Findaway. Following the deal, eight collections consisting of five Horrid Henry stories each are now available worldwide across Findaway’s extensive network of platforms, which includes Apple, Google Play, Scribd and NOOK, in addition to existing partners including Audible and Amazon.
Novel Entertainment co-founder Mike Watts, says: “Audio content is providing great comfort for families all around the world, whether as a part of a soothing bedtime routine, for extra learning during school closures or simply for the family to come together to enjoy. As we continue bringing Horrid Henry fans content across a multitude of formats and platforms, we know that with Yoto’s focus on empowering children to safely choose their favourite stories to listen to, they are ideally placed to make our Horrid Henry audio content offering even more accessible for both new and existing fans.”
Yoto, content director Jessica Tarrant, added: “We’re excited to be bringing the world of Horrid Henry to Yoto with these hilarious audio titles, which we know will delight fans of the TV series and new listeners alike. Novel Entertainment has carefully crafted a brilliant audio series that brings Henry’s misadventures vividly to life, and we hope this partnership will open up these fantastic stories to an eager and engaged new audience.”
Novel Entertainment first launched Horrid Henryaudio content in Spring 2020 and continues to expand the offering for fans. Most recently, Novel Entertainment launched a ‘Horrid Henry’s Winter Wonderland’ audiobook compilation featuring Horrid Henry’s Christmas, Early Christmas Present and Winter Wish titles, and the ‘Super Scary One’, which includes Horrid Halloween, Horrid Henry and the Weird Werewolf and Horrid Henry’s Haunted House. These latest offerings join the initial six ‘Totally Horrid Collections’ which debuted last year.
Aimed at children aged 5 and over, Novel Entertainment’s Horrid Henry audio content takes the form of dramatisations from its hit Horrid Henry TV series, featuring the show’s voice talent with additional narrative from Henry (voiced by Elizabeth Waterworth-Santo) and songs. A Horrid Henry podcast also launched in 2020 which is titled Horrid Henry Unlocked and presented by radio host Sean Thorne, voice actor Lizzie Waterworth, and Henry himself. It offers fans insights into the inner workings of the world of Horrid Henry.
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Novel Entertainment has created over 100 pieces of fresh content for Horrid Henry, produced under the banner of Horrid Henry Unlocked which is designed to offer a familiar environment for fans to discover how the Horrid Henry family is responding to the current crisis. As well as the Horrid Henry podcast and audio stories, new material includes Horrid Homework in the form of activities which are available via the recently redesigned Horrid Henry website (https://www.horridhenry.me/); projects, challenges, puzzles, and bespoke videos including newly created songs, short videos and behind the scenes content and interviews.
Novel Entertainment has also recently brought fans new long-form animated content including Horrid Henry’s Gross Day Out, a new 65’ action-adventure film which launched globally on Netflix in September 2020, alongside Horrid Henry’s Wild Weekend which debuted on Netflix in the UK last June. Nickelodeon has also recently acquired the Wild Weekend special for the UK which debuted in December 2020, and for Sub-Saharan Africa, ViacomCBS/Nickelodeon has acquired the rights to Seasons 1-4 of Horrid Henry.
All five seasons of Horrid Henry are currently airing on Netflix in the UK, and also on Nickelodeon and Nicktoons UK and Ireland. A total of 250 Horrid Henry episodes are now available with recent sales including MBC (Middle East), Alati International (Russia), Atlantic Digital Networks (Canada), TG4 (Ireland), Amazon Prime Video (India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka), P&P (Bosnia), Produkcija (Slovenia), Kids Network (Latvia and Estonia) and Emirates (UAE and Middle East). Renewals include Turner Broadcasting System (Asia Pacific), Mediacorp (Singapore), POP TV (Slovenia), E-Vision (Middle East), Asiana (Korea), Netflix (US, Canada, France, India, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Iceland and Belgium), Discovery+ (India) and OKKO (Russia, Ukraine and Belarus).
Novel Entertainment was founded in 2001 by Mike Watts and Lucinda Whiteley. The company specialises in the creation and development of successful children’s character brands across a wide array of media. Novel’s core programming includes Horrid Henry, Cinemaniacs, Fimbles, Rockit’s Pocket and The Roly Mo Show. Novel have produced more than 900 programmes for television and radio and their expertise extends into brand licensing and merchandising, computer games, interactive online content, music, theatre and film.
About Horrid Henry
Horrid Henry is a major multi-media brand. The TV show rapidly became CITV’s most popular series and is now NickToon’s and Nickelodeon UK’s most popular show. The series is broadcast in over 100 territories outside the UK and in 2011, Novel co-produced a live action feature film of Horrid Henry; the first ever British kids’ movie to be filmed in 3D. There is an active licensing and merchandising programme in place and the property has also successfully been adapted for online and for computer games. The live stage show, Horrid Henry – Live and Horrid, ran for 285 performances in London’s West End and across the UK and the character’s official YouTube channel has attracted more than 1,486,500 million views.
Novel Entertainment Launches ‘Story a Day’ Free Audio Content Initiative
Calling the Purple Hand Gang!
Oxford, UK — Novel Entertainment is launching a month-long ‘Story a Day’ offering as part of their Hibernating with Henry initiative, which will see a free audio story posted daily on internationally renowned Horrid Henry’s brand new website (https://www.horridhenry.me/). Starting from Monday 1 February, the first title available will be Horrid Henry and the Antiques Rogue Show with additional stories including Horrid Henry Computer Whizz and Horrid Henry’s Favourite Day to follow; all stories will go live daily at 1600 GMT.
‘Story a Day’ is part of Novel Entertainment’s current Hibernating with Henry campaign, which is offering online resources and activities to keep children and families entertained and active during the current pandemic. Further activities will be announced in the coming weeks.
Lucinda Whiteley, Creative Director and Co-Founder of Novel Entertainment, said: “Henry’s been hard at work, thinking up ways to share his top hibernation tips. Of course, being Henry, he’s full of ideas, but first up we’re excited for Henry fans to be able to settle down after finishing their school day, with or without their grown-up, and listen to a different story every day throughout February.”
Novel Entertainment first launched Horrid Henryaudio content in Spring 2020 and continues to expand the offering for fans. Most recently, Novel Entertainment launched a 'Horrid Henry’s Winter Wonderland' audiobook compilation featuring Horrid Henry’s Christmas, Early Christmas Present and Winter Wish titles, and the 'Super Scary One’, which includes Horrid Halloween, Horrid Henry and the Weird Werewolf and Horrid Henry’s Haunted House. These latest offerings are available on major platforms including Audible, Amazon and Spotify and join the initial six ‘Totally Horrid Collections’ which debuted last year.
Novel Entertainment’s Horrid Henry audio content takes the form of dramatisations from its hit Horrid Henry TV series, featuring the show’s voice talent with additional narrative from Henry (voiced by Elizabeth Waterworth-Santo) and songs. A Horrid Henry podcast also launched in 2020 which is titled Horrid Henry Unlocked and presented by radio host Sean Thorne, voice actor Lizzie Waterworth, and Henry himself. It offers fans insights into the inner workings of the world of Horrid Henry.
Since the start of the pandemic, Novel Entertainment has created over 100 pieces of fresh content for Horrid Henry, produced under the banner of Horrid Henry Unlocked which is designed to offer a familiar environment for fans to discover how the Horrid Henry family is responding to the current crisis. As well as the Horrid Henry podcast and audio stories, material includes Horrid Homework in the form of activities, projects, challenges, puzzles, and bespoke videos including newly created songs, short videos and behind the scenes content and interviews.
Novel Entertainment also recently brought fans new long-form animated content including Horrid Henry’s Gross Day Out, a new 65’ action-adventure film which launched globally on Netflix in September 2020, alongside Horrid Henry’s Wild Weekend which debuted on Netflix in the UK last June and Nickelodeon UK & Ireland in December 2020, and for Sub-Saharan Africa, ViacomCBS/Nickelodeon has acquired the rights to Seasons 1-4 of Horrid Henry, where it currently airs on Nicktoons Africa.
Season 5 of Horrid Henry is currently airing on Netflix in the UK, and also on Nickelodeon and Nicktoons UK & Ireland. A total of 250 Horrid Henry episodes are now available with recent sales including MBC (Middle East), Alati International (Russia), Atlantic Digital Networks (Canada), TG4 (Ireland), Amazon Prime Video (India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka), P&P (Bosnia), Produkcija (Slovenia), Kids Network (Latvia and Estonia) and Emirates (UAE and Middle East). Renewals include Turner Broadcasting System (Asia Pacific), Mediacorp (Singapore), POP TV (Slovenia), E-Vision (Middle East), Asiana (Korea) and Netflix (US, Canada, France, India, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Iceland and Belgium).
Novel Entertainment was founded in 2001 by Mike Watts and Lucinda Whiteley. The company specialises in the creation and development of successful children’s character brands across a wide array of media. Novel’s core programming includes Horrid Henry, Cinemaniacs, Fimbles, Rockit’s Pocket and The Roly Mo Show. Novel have produced more than 900 programmes for television and radio and their expertise extends into brand licensing and merchandising, computer games, interactive online content, music, theatre and film.
About Horrid Henry
Horrid Henry is a major multi-media brand. The TV show rapidly became CITV’s most popular series and is now NickToon’s and Nickelodeon UK’s most popular show. The series is broadcast in over 100 territories outside the UK and in 2011, Novel co-produced a live action feature film of Horrid Henry; the first ever British kids’ movie to be filmed in 3D. There is an active licensing and merchandising programme in place and the property has also successfully been adapted for online and for computer games. The live stage show, Horrid Henry – Live and Horrid, ran for 285 performances in London’s West End and across the UK and the character’s official YouTube channel has attracted more than 1,486,500 million views.
Cheers to 15 Yucky Years! ‘Horrid Henry’ Marks a Milestone with Novel Ent.
With the show celebrating the 15th anniversary of its broadcast launch in 2021, we thought it would be ideal timing to explore how Horrid Henry has evolved from a successful line of children’s books to a global multi-media brand spanning TV, film, digital, publishing and L&M.
The fifth season is currently a huge hit on both Netflix and Nickelodeon. At 250 episodes, it is the one of the biggest animated shows ever in the U.K. — and it continues to grow internationally, currently airing in over 100 territories. Horrid Henry’s first feature-length animation Gross Day Out was a huge hit when it aired on Netflix last summer.
Most recently, Novel Entertainment quickly responded to the pandemic and subsequent lockdown, curating a program of online activity for children. Harnessing the brand’s popularity, Novel delivered resources and activities to support the emotional well-being of children during the pandemic with new content, a podcast, audio stories, online activities and a virtual summer festival, alongside a series of shorts to help raise awareness of the NSPCC’s Childline service.
The brand is also at the heart of a successful licensing and merchandising program, and also has an impressive digital presence, with the Horrid Henry YouTube channel hitting an impressive 1 billion views last year.
Novel Entertainment Co-Founders Mike Watts, CEO, and Lucinda Whiteley, Creative Director, recently answered some questions about the enduring success on this gloriously gross brand and picked out a few bogeys of wisdom to share:
Congrats on the anniversary of the amazing Henry … How does it feel to be celebrating the big 15th of the show’s launch?
Mike Watts: Fantastic! Every producer hopes their characters will have a long and happy life, but as we all know it’s not easy! We spent three years developing the show and being told it wouldn’t work until ITV ordered the first series in 2006 (thank you Steven Andrew and Estelle Hughes!) and we’ve been producing new material ever since.
Why do you think the show has been such a favorite?
Lucinda Whiteley: The TV show is based on a set of classic books with a stereotypical cast of kids; we set out to make a long-running series with three dimensional stories and believable and well-rounded characters, and what we now have is a family sitcom which is authentic, speaks to its audience and is, above all, funny!
What is next for Henry?
Mike: Like so many of our colleagues, we’ve been hugely busy over the past year, pivoting into what our audience were experiencing and joining them on their own unique journeys.In the early lockdown days we made a series of scratch YouTube videos which went straight to the heart of what it meant to be in hibernation, and we’re currently finishing off a series of shorts which will together make up a brand new special. We’ve also just put two new animated Henry projects into development, there’s a new gaming app in production, and we’re launching the first of many e-books and about to recordour 100th audiobook.
How do you keep the show fresh and relevant?
Lucinda: By listening. To our audience primarily, but also to what’s happening in the world, and making sure that we not only reflect this but that we’re also leading the way in terms of what’s really important to them.
What would you say is Novel’s biggest challenges vis-a-vis the property?
Lucinda: Running with our audience, which is wide and very varied; some of the kids who started out with Henry are young adults now, and that’s reflected in his popularity on social media. Also, keeping Henry authentic whilst keeping him (and his friends, family and foes) up to date and relevant.
What are some of your favorite reactions to Henry’s projects over these 15 years?
Mike: Angelica Huston saying that she signed up to be Miss Battle-Axe in our movie (which was the U.K.’s first ever family release in 3D) because the script made her laugh out loud, being the first British kids’ show on Netflix U.K., finding a new home at Nickelodeon, meeting the first night audience of the stage play and seeing Wayne and Coleen Rooney’s two boys both dressed as TV Henry for World Book Day; all were amazing, but mostly it’s the fantastic fans, who talk to us every day and tell us how much they love the show.
What kind of advice would you give creators who want to stay true to the spirit of their own property?
Lucinda: Be curious, experiment and explore; we’ve been able to expand into so many different areas and each time we’ve found an innovative way to bring the spirit of Henry to those iterations whilst creating something new, lasting and relevant.
Work with the best; our wonderful cast of voice actors have been with us since the very beginning and we’re fortunate enough to be able to create with amazing directors, editors, designers, board artists and music composers. Our animation studio is fantastic and our development and support team superb; being able to work with all these creative souls is an inspiration and a huge incentive to carry on making the magic!
What is your take on the children’s animation scene in 2021?
Mike: We’re seeing an incredibly vibrant scene – new shows across all styles of animation which are catering for different and diverse sectors of the audience – long may this last, it’s a great time to be in animation!
This Black History Month Nickelodeon shines a light on Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock, the first Black senator from Georgia, and the first Black senator ever, Hiram Rhodes Revels.
Why Black History Month Should Be Year Round w/ abercrombie's Kind Crew | Play On Special Episode
#AD Join abercrombie’s Kind Crew for a special episode celebrating Black History Month! Learn why this month is so important, and how you can celebrate in all kinds of ways. Plus, a return visit from Nyeeam Hudson for some advice on how to spread good vibes and kindness.
Peru Champs is partnering with Biotec Andino (through its Gelatti arm), Nickelodeon and MGA to launch "Súmate y Dona" ("Join and Donate"), a brand new campaign in which the Peruvian non-profit civil association is seeking to raise money to help disadvantaged youth in the country with the sale of children's facemasks (face coverings) featuring popular Nickelodeon and MGA properties and brands, including PAW Patrol, SpongeBob SquarePants (Bob Esponja), L.O.L Suprise, Unicornio, Trendy and Camo. During the campaign, Biotec Andino will donate money to Peru Champs to increase the number of scholarships that it can provided to children in 17 cities across the country.
Perú Champs, Gelatti, Nickelodeon y MGA lanzan mascarillas infantiles
Este año Perú Champs realiza la campaña Súmate y Dona que, gracias a la donación de Biotec Andino, a través de su marca Gelatti y, a los diseños de Nickelodeon y MGA para la fabricación de mascarillas infantiles, se podrá ampliar el alcance de jóvenes a los que se busca ayudar.
La campaña consiste en que por la compra de las mascarillas desechables, Biotec Andino estará donando dinero a Perú Champs para aumentar la cantidad de becas que se puedan brindar a niños y niñas en 17 ciudades del país. Las mascarillas muestran los diseños de los dibujos animados más reconocidos como Paw Patrol, L.O.L Suprise, Bob Esponja, Unicornio, Trendy y Camo. Además, el producto posee una tecnología de tres capas, cintas elásticas y la certificación de Leitat Technological Center de Europa.
“Estamos orgullosos de poder formar alianzas con otras organizaciones reconocidas en la búsqueda de un Perú más igualitario. Sabemos que la pandemia golpeará fuerte a nuestro país, pero eso no nos debe alejar de la visión de un Perú más unido, más educado y con las mismas oportunidades para todos”, aseguró Alberto de Cárdenas, Director Ejecutivo de Perú Champs.
Perú Champs es una asociación civil sin fines de lucro, fundada en el año 2013, con el objetivo de reducir la brecha de inequidad educativa en el país a través de becas escolares para niños y niñas.
La ONG peruana identifica a escolares de bajos recursos con talento académico, artístico o deportivo, y crea oportunidades para que reciban una educación de calidad, potencien sus competencias blandas, y sean futuros líderes de un Perú sostenible.
Este 2020, dentro de las consecuencias que dejará la pandemia, se encuentra el aumento de la brecha de inequidad en toda Latinoamérica y, sobre todo, en Perú. Sin embargo, esto solo motiva al compromiso de la organización con transformar la vida de los jóvenes más vulnerables del país. Actualmente, Perú Champs está becando a más de 2100 campeones a nivel nacional y continúa en la búsqueda de una sociedad mejor mediante iniciativas como la campaña Súmate y Dona.
Las mascarillas infantiles de Nickelodeon y MGA se encuentran disponibles en Tottus, Falabella, Wong, Colloky y en las tiendas oficiales de Gelatti en Juntoz y Linio.
Lanzan mascarillas de personajes de Nickelodeon para niños
Toda la recaudación de ViacomCBS por la venta de las mascarillas faciales de Nickelodeon será donada a la ONG Perú Champs.
ViacomCBS Networks Consumer Products Latinoamérica anunció un acuerdo con el licenciatario con sede en Perú, Biotec Andino, para crear mascarillas faciales de los icónicos personajes de Nickelodeon, Bob Esponja y PAW Patrol. Las mascarillas descartables, que no son de uso médico, estarán disponibles en los principales puntos de venta próximamente.
“Estamos muy orgullosos de aliarnos con Biotec Andino, como con Perú Champs, una gran fundación que ayuda a niños en la región”, dijo Angela Cortez, Vicepresidenta, ViacomCBS Consumer Products Latinoamérica. “Es importante, ahora más que nunca, unir nuestras fuerzas. Estamos muy agradecidos de la alianza junto a Biotec Andino y ofrecer a los fanáticos de Nickelodeon estas mascarillas descartables de sus personajes favoritos “.
“Esta es nuestra primera iniciativa global de responsabilidad social empresarial, que cubre varios países de América Latina y del mundo”, comentó José Antonio Velit, Gerente General de Biotec Andino S.A.C. “Estamos muy orgullosos de que empresas líderes en el mercado infantil, como Nickelodeon, hayan confiado en nosotros para llevar a cabo este proyecto.”
La ONG Perú Champs es una organización sin fines de lucro que contribuye a reducir la brecha de desigualdad educativa al brindar becas académicas, artísticas y deportivas a niños y niñas y en situación de vulnerabilidad en Perú.
Las mascarillas estarán disponibles para su compra en los principales puntos de venta, incluidos supermercados, farmacias, tiendas locales y las tiendas online linio.com.pe/ y Juntoz.com en Perú.
Los fanáticos de Nickelodeon también podrán conseguir las mascarillas descartables en otros países de América Latina como Belice, El Salvador, Honduras, Panamá, República Dominicana, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, México, Argentina, Brasil, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia, Ecuador y Venezuela, través de diferentes compañías de retail. Además, estarán disponibles a nivel internacional en Sudáfrica, el Reino Unido y Francia.
Las mascarillas faciales con imágenes del portfolio de marcas de las adoradas propiedades de ViacomCBS, incluida la franquicia de Star Trek y los programas de MTV y CBS, están disponibles en sitios MTVShop/ WildnOutShop, CBSStoreyStarTrekShop. Lo recaudado irá destinado a organizaciones benéficas que estén relacionadas con cada marca.
Descubre los nuevos cubrebocas lanzados por Nickelodeon
Descubre los nuevos cubrebocas lanzados por Nickelodeon
Cd. De Mexico, 20 de Octubre del 2020.- Bob Esponja y Paw Patrol se toman estos cubrebocas hechos especialmente para niños. Además no solo los protegerás del coronavirus, sino que apoyarán a miles de pequeños que hoy luchan contra el cáncer.
Una de las grandes preocupaciones cuando comenzó la pandemia por coronavirus era saber cómo proteger a los niños contra el virus porque, si bien los adultos sabemos las medidas preventivas para evitar el contagio —como el lavado de manos y el uso de mascarilla obligatorio— muchas veces explicarle esos a nuestros hijos podría ser un tanto más complicado.
Sin embargo, quizás la tarea de que usen mascarilla se haga un poco más fácil ahora con la llegada de unas nuevas versiones exclusiva para niños de Bob Esponja y Paw Patrol gracias a un acuerdo entre ViacomCBS Networks Consumer Products Latinoamérica y Biotec.
ViacomCBS Consumer Products Latinoamérica Pero no es solo eso lo más llamativo de estas geniales mascarillas ya que en conjunto con la compra, todo lo recaudado será entregado para la Fundación Vivir + Feliz. Esta es una organización sin fines de lucro con sede en Chile, cuya misión es mejor la calidad de vida de los niños que luchan contra el cáncer, brindándoles un entorno acogedor y feliz, que incluye terapias complementarias esenciales para los niños y quienes los rodean.
Originally published: Friday, October 2, 2020. Follow NickALive! on Twitter, Tumblr, Reddit, via RSS, on Instagram, and/or Facebook for the latest Nickelodeon Latin America News and Highlights!
Summer of Slime Virtual Festival | Official Trailer | Horrid Henry
"Guess what?! I’m hosting my very first Summer of Slime virtual festival, three days of fantastic fun and from Saturday 29th August you’ll be able to access loads of videos on my Festival playlist – check out all my socials for updates. You can find my Get Festival Ready booklet to download on my website – it’s stuffed full of loads of brand new puzzles, challenges and things to make and do.
Headline acts are gonna include:
• Exclusive behind the scenes chat with the brilliant people who make me who I am, including Gary Andrews (my director) and Sue Elliot-Nichols (the voice of Moody Margaret and the Demon Dinner Lady) as well as Music Maestro Lester Barnes.
• Brand new videos, including the true story about my time on Toon Island, tee hee!
• Readings of brand-new Horrid Henry and Gross Class Zero stories
• Loads of competitions to win even more loads of prizes!
• The Ultimate Air Guitar competition, judged by the Professor of Rock.
• World Champion Air Guitar performances
• A very special and very Horrid cooking experience!
• And loads more!!!!!!"
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Novel Entertainment gets ready to rock with virtual Horrid Henry Summer of Slime festival
This weekend’s event will include performances, new content, live acts, competitions and more
Novel Entertainment is hosting its first ever Horrid Henry Summer of Slime festival which will run virtually over the UK bank holiday weekend (29-31 August 2020). Available to fans worldwide through a curated playlist on Horrid Henry’s YouTube channel and on the brand’s social media channels, the festival will feature exclusive behind-the-scenes content, specially commissioned videos, competitions, readings, live performances and more.
Lucinda Whiteley, creative director and co-founder of Novel Entertainment, said: “After a challenging few months, we wanted to provide children with a moment of celebration before they return to school and a virtual festival felt like a natural extension to the activities we’ve been working on during this time. Horrid Henry’s Summer of Slime festival will provide families with the perfect opportunity to enjoy some holiday fun together, wherever they are. Never mind Glastonbury, this is Ashtonbury!”
Horrid Henry fans will be able to enjoy acts including:
Exclusive behind the scenes chats with Horrid Henry creatives Gary Andrews (director), Lester Barnes (composer) and Sue Elliot-Nichols (voice of Moody Margaret, Anxious Andrew and the Demon Dinner Lady)
Premieres including: Sunshine Special; a compilation of new videos alongside favourite episodes; Tales from Toon Island, the true story behind Henry’s recent visit to Toon Island; and the Imaginary Friends video which is helping to raise awareness of the NSPCC’s Childline service.
New make and do videos including a supersonic slime recipe
Cooking themed videos and recipes including Precious Pauline’s Booger Bogey Flapjacks and Marvellous Molly’s Slime Slurper
A specially commissioned Air Guitar performance from the UK’s 2018 Air Guitar Champion Sparkly Sven Spandex, featuring a new Horrid Henry song called Dinosaur Roar
The Ultimate Guide to Air Guitar by Mighty Lee Mann, Horrid Henry’s very own Air Guitar Expert
A live show with world famous entertainer Magic Gareth and prizes from newly launched website Deckchair Adventures
Exclusive first look at new Horrid Henry content
Fans will also have the chance to win a variety of prizes linked to the Summer of Slime festival including the obligatory festival wellies from Grass & Air, school shoes to rock out in from Start Rite, a selection of Jaques of London wooden toys, and glow-in-the-dark Playfoam from Learning Resources.
To encourage fans to have fun preparing for the event, Novel Entertainment has created a Get Festival Ready booklet which is available to download for free on www.horridhenry.me. The booklet features interactive activities including brand new puzzles, challenges and crafts.
The Summer of Slime festival is part of Novel Entertainment’s recently created content output, produced under the banner of Horrid Henry Unlocked and designed to offer a familiar environment for fans to discover more about their favourite Horrid boy. As well as the recently launched Horrid Henry podcast and audio books, new content includes Horrid Homework activities, creative projects, puzzles and challenges and bespoke videos including newly created songs, pop promos and behind the scenes content.
Novel’s four-time BAFTA-nominated Horrid Henry is one of the biggest children’s animated shows ever in the UK. The fifth season is currently on air in the UK and Novel is in production on new longer form content. The brand includes film, stage, radio and online extensions, as well as being at the heart of a successful licensing and merchandising programme.
Season 5 of Horrid Henry is currently airing on Netflix in the UK and also on Nickelodeon and Nicktoons UK & Ireland. A total of 250 episodes are now available with recent sales including MBC (Middle East), Alati International (Russia), Atlantic Digital Networks (Canada), TG4 (Ireland), Amazon Prime Video (India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka), P&P (Bosnia), Produkcija (Slovenia), Kids Network (Latvia and Estonia) and Emirates (UAE and Middle East). Renewals include Turner Broadcasting System (Asia Pacific), Mediacorp (Singapore), POP TV (Slovenia), E-Vision (Middle East), Asiana (Korea) and Netflix (US, Canada, France, India, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Iceland and Belgium).
What Black Lives Matter Means to Kids with abercrombie’s Kind Crew | Play On Special Episode | Nickelodeon
#AD Join abercrombie’s Kind Crew for a powerful special episode with motivational speaker Nyeeam Hudson as they show us how to use the power of art and honest conversations to fight racism.
‘Big Inspiration for Little Piggies’ campaign will encourage families to celebrate the Tokyo Olympics.
Hasbro has today (Thursday 23rd July 2020) unveiled a collaboration with Team GB in the UK, which will see Peppa Pig join the British Olympic team as a special children’s ambassador in time for the biggest sporting event of 2021, the Tokyo Olympics!
Hasbro’s new Big Inspiration for Little Piggies campaign has been developed to get kids moving and into the spirit of the Tokyo Olympics – which has been rescheduled from 2020 to next year due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic – by encouraging them to cheer on their favourite national athletes. The campaign will be underpinned by a busy roster of raft of live events, retail activations, digital content and bespoke merchandise.
“With a year to go until the Olympics, there couldn’t be a better time to inspire young kids and their families to get active” said Hasbro’s Marianne James, VP EMEA Consumer Products. “Our Big Inspiration for Little Piggies campaign is a great opportunity to tap into the enormous interest surrounding the Olympics. It will support the Team GB athletes and nurture a lifelong love of sports in the younger generation that will leave a lasting legacy.”
Licensing partners are in place across consumer product categories including toys, apparel and accessories, stationery, home gifting and publishing. The campaign will span multiple touchpoints with a brand-new bespoke style guide, featuring innovative new designs that put Peppa and her friends at the centre of the action. The guide will feature sporting outfits and active wear to inspire a range of Team GB licensed merchandise for children, placing the preschool brand in good company with Team GB’s official mascot, Pride The Lion.
New branded content is also being developed across digital channels that will harness the popularity of Peppa Pig and Team GB by encouraging children and families to take advantage of the global sporting event and promote an active, healthy lifestyle.
Throughout summer 2021, Hasbro will be readying a packed calendar of interactive marketing activities that will see Peppa Pig model her very own Team GB kit at various events across the country, sports-related meet-and-greets, experiential displays, retail activations and fun competitions hosted at multiple locations.
The collaboration will kick off with a digital presence in Team GB’s inspired community campaign ‘I Am Team GB’ from 23rd – 30th July, which aims to capitalise on the should-have-been Olympic buzz and fire kids enthusiasm about getting active with Peppa Pig.
