Bookaboo: 7-Episode Compilation

About

Bookaboo is a children's television series created and produced by Lucy Goodman of Happy Films and co-directed by Ian Emes. The show incorporates puppets, celebrities, picture books, songs, and animation. The main character is Bookaboo, a renowned rock puppy who travels worldwide with his band. Lucy Goodman developed the show in response to her research on the decline of parental reading in households. The aim of Bookaboo is to encourage both children and adults to enjoy sharing books together. The series is available for streaming on Amazon Video in the United Kingdom and has aired on ABC2 in Australia, CBC Television in Canada, and Amazon Video in the United States.

Bookaboo, a renowned drum-playing rock puppy, expresses his requirement for a daily story, or else he refuses to perform. The other band members, Growler on bass guitar and Paws on keyboards, discover Bookaboo on the Bookabus, where he evades stage calls through comedic sketches and songs.

Despite their efforts, the band fails to convince Bookaboo to return to the stage. Fortunately, a famous fan arrives with a "Bookabag" filled with a picture book and sits down to share it with him. Bookaboo becomes captivated and enchanted by the story, seemingly resolving his issue. As the book concludes, Bookaboo regains his rhythm, which he refers to as his "Bojo."

With the celebrity fan supporting him from the sidelines, Bookaboo thrills the audience with a drum solo. As the episode concludes, an illuminated stage sign informs the adult viewers that "1000 books per episode are donated to children who need them most."

The show carefully chooses books from a pool of around 500 submissions per series, which come from various publishers across the UK. The selection process is based on straightforward criteria: the books must be genuinely enjoyable to be read aloud and shared by both children and adults.

A diverse range of celebrities are invited to participate in the show, with the aim of encouraging individuals from various backgrounds to share books with children. The show has featured celebrities from different fields, including pop stars such as Melanie C, Meat Loaf, Alesha Dixon, and Lethal Bizzle. Sports personalities, including former England goalkeeper David Seaman, boxer Ricky Hatton, and wrestler Adam Copeland, have also supported Bookaboo's mission. Actors and actresses like Michael Sheen, Emilia Fox, and Stana Katic, presenters such as Paula Abdul, Amanda Holden, and Lorraine Kelly, as well as comedians like Johnny Vegas and Al Murray, have all shared a book with Bookaboo. The celebrities who participate in the show, regardless of their age, become Storytime Ambassadors for Bookaboo's "Share A Book Today" campaign, driven by their desire to promote book sharing among children and adults.

Archive

Internet Archive, in Anime

Licence or status

CC BY-ND 4.0, as the Internet Archive states it.

Credit

Happy Films Ltd.

Language

English

Who can watch

The archive gives no rating. Invisible Network shows it to Kids profiles and older, judged from its collection and subjects. How films are placed