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Abbey Home Media Group to Make Its Bologna Debut.
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P R E S S R E L E A S E
Abbey Home Media Group
to Make Its Bologna Debut
February 10th 2003
ABBEY HOME MEDIA GROUP, one of the UK's leading
creators of children's programming for broadcast and publishing,
will be taking a stand for the first time at this year's
Bologna Children's Book Fair.
Abbey will be using the event to introduce its new look
publishing operation, which has recently been expanded
to include several new key executives.
Among the personnel attending the festival will be UK
and Export Sales Director Donald Smith, who has joined
the company from Kingfisher Publications; International
Sales Director Judith Tinsley, latterly at Chrysalis Children's
Books, and Joint Managing Director James Harding.
Operating from Stand Number B 53 (Hall 27), Abbey's
representatives will be at the fair to both sell and acquire
programming and to promote the company's growing catalogue
of children's brands.
Abbey Home Media's product roster will be spearheaded
by the multi media launch of Wide Eye, the Early
Learning Programme which to date has sold over a million
packs in 30 different countries. Set in Natterjack Forest,
a magical place that is home to a delightful cast of unusual
and endearing animal characters, the Wide Eye adventures
teach skills and concepts in a gentle and child-friendly
way. The extensive range of products offers every opportunity
for children to read look, listen and do.
Comprising hardback and paperback books, activity books,
videos, audios and a whole range of complementary merchandise,
the brand will be strengthened still further by the forthcoming
Wide Eye television series. Co-produced with the
BBC and made by the BAFTA award-winning King Rollo Films
(Spot, Maisie), the 26 x 10 minutes 2D animation is due
to air on CBBC and BBC2 this autumn.
Aside from the launch of Wide Eye, Abbey Home Media
will be actively promoting the following brands at this
year's Bologna Fair:
Baby Bright: A revolutionary new infant learning
range developed in conjunction with Professor Annette
Karmiloff-Smith, Head of the Neurocognitive Development
Unit at Great Ormond Street Hospital and one of the world's
leading authorities in baby development. Strong on fun
and entertainment, the range of books, audios and videos
is full of attractive colours, exciting textures, touch,
sensation and music designed to maximise babies' attention
span and develop their curiosity.
Mother Goose: Created by experts in infant development,
this superb range of books, videos, audios and toys uses
music to introduce newborn babies, toddlers and young
children up to the age of 3 to the world of nursery rhymes
and early learning. Music, picture animation, activity
and drama build on children's developing ability in physical,
listening, visual and verbal skills.
My First Rhymes: Designed for children aged 2 to 4,
this enchanting brand comprises two formats: a colorful
padded cloth book featuring a collection of fun, interactive,
sing-song rhymes that parents and children can share and
a novelty board book combining bright bold pictures with
plenty of engaging novelty features.
Artyfacts: Aimed at the 6 - 9 year age group, this
is an innovative series of art and craft books - with
a difference. Titles cover twelve curriculum-linked subjects,
from the ever popular world of creepy-crawlies to new
and exciting modern technologies and space travel, and
each page features not only an informative fact section
but step-by-step instructions for exciting art and model-making
activities that bring science to life.
In addition to the above, Abbey Home Media will also be
presenting the following audio and video products at Bologna:
MacDonald's Farm; Fun Song Factory; Lost In the Snow;
A Golden Treasury Of Nursery Rhymes and A Day Full
Of Songs.
Ian and Anne Miles, the co-founders of the Abbey Home
Media Group, have spent 13 years working with television
broadcasters to develop award-winning television programming.
Recently re-established under these original owners, the
company is recognised as one of the UK's most vibrant
forces in international children's publishing.
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For further information, please contact:
Julie Fox
or Nicola
Barlow @ Media Communications
Tel: 020 8998 1517
Fax: 020 8566 8290 |
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