Poppy Cat is the main character in a series of books created by British illustrator and writer Lara Jones. The books are published by Campbell Books (a division of Macmillan Publishers). Several titles have been published including Poppy Cat's Play House, Poppy Cat's Christmas, Poppy Cat Loves Rainbows, Poppy Cat's Dream, and Poppy Cat's Sparkly Night. The books are published in many countries and have sold in excess of two million copies.
An animated TV series The Extraordinary Adventures of Poppy Cat based on the Poppy Cat books, comprising 52 episodes running 11 minutes, was created by Mallory Lewis and Brad Hood and produced by Coolabi Productions, Shari Lewis Enterprises and BAFTA award-winning King Rollo Films and first aired on Nick Jr. from May 2011, and on Disney Junior. in Latin America and Spain (as Gata Lupe) and Poland on MiniMini+ (as Kotka Pusia). The series launched on PBS Kids Sprout in the US on 7 November 2011, and is currently on air around the world. Poppy Cat premiered on ITV1 and the CITV channel on 5 May 2012, as well as continuing on Nick Jr. UK. Poppy Cat airs on TVO Kids on TVO and on the Knowledge Network's Knowledge Kids block in Canada. Poppy Cat herself is voiced in the UK by Joanna Page from BBC's award-winning series Gavin and Stacey, and in the US by actress Alicyn Packard.
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Famous quotes containing the words poppy and/or cat:
“The young woman-smell
Of your poppy body
Rises to my brain as opium”
—Frank Marshall Davis (b. 1905)
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