Letterland - Character Names

Character Names

In 2003, ten of the alphabet character names were changed to less pejorative ones. Impy Ink gained multicoloured ink (his ink was blue before), Wicked Water Witch accidentally turned into a sappy old Walrus named Walter while testing a spell, Robber Red was finally arrested and sent to prison (some time after that he created his own robot known as Red Robot to go round doing all the Robbing for him), Max's friend Maxine was not always with Max to make the X sound so it was Max on his own (now known as Fix It Max) and a new character named Vicky Violet was introduced who is now always seen alongside the Vase of Violets. The old names are now called the "Classic" range. Transition stories, explaining the changes, are available on the Letterland website. This enables teachers and parents to use a mixture of Classic and New Letterland books without confusion.

Additionally, the vowels also had carers named simply Mr A, the Apron Man, Mr E, the Easy Magic Man, Mr I, the Ice Cream Man, Mr O, the Old Man and Mr U, the Uniform Man and their families. Other characters include: Firefighter Frank, Munching Mike's Mom, Bouncy's Ben's Mom and Brothers (Bobby, Billy and Barney), Sammy Snake's Sisters and Clever Cat's Cousin Carol.