Olga da Polga

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The visual style echoes the innovative stop-motion animation used to create Paddington’s world when the BBC first turned Bond’s stories into a popular children’s series in 1976. Olga Carries On” is the second chapter book in the “Olga da Polga” series, which was released in the year 1976. Olga meets some new challenges while she fights a fire and lays a trap for an uninvited guest. Olga da Polga has left the pet shop to start a new life with her owners. Her home is now a large and airy hutch and it's not long before she meets Noel the cat, Fangio the hedgehog, and Graham the tortoise. CBeebies will begin broadcasting the series next week, and Savery cannot wait to share her vision. Her Glasgow-based production company have produced major wildlife programmes including Hebrides – Islands On The Edge and Highlands – Scotland’s Wild Heart, so the team were well used to the length of time and problems encountered when working with animals.

Olga loves to watch the goings and comings in the house and gets into all kinds of trouble and goes on many great adventures. In 2022, the BBC commissioned 13 episodes of a live-action TV series of Olga da Polga for CBeebies, featuring Julie Wilson Nimmo and Greg Hemphill. A second series is set to air in 2023. [4] Books [ edit ] Chapter books [ edit ] We are introduced to Olga da Polga in the early part of her life, when she is one of many guinea pigs in a pet shop. From the start it is clear that the stories comprise not only fantasy, but also accurate observation about how guinea pigs behave, and are cared for. Although it is written as a fantastical tale from an animal's point of view, it reveals a good insight into how and why this particular species (guinea pig or cavey) behaves. It would be a lovely and enjoyable read for a child who is about to become the owner of a guinea pig, as well as those who are already enthusiastic about animals. For children who love stories, this would be a perfect addition to a factual instructive primer. The housing, treatment and conditions Olga da Polga is kept in are ideal for a pet guinea pig, and clearly described as part of the story, and the animal's reactions to them are quite authentic.Then there is Fangio, who is a hedgehog that has Argentine blood. He usually stays in a box out in the Sawdust’s garage. Fangio likes a meal of bread soaked in milk. Often, he goes out to the Elysian Fields, which is a patch of waste land located just beyond the shrubbery. Olga might just be spunkiest heroine you will come across in stories. Her adventures are sure to bring a big smile to your face, and it is a lot of fun to go on adventures with her. Boris watches too much TV and tells even more widely exaggerated stories than Olga. “Soon, the time comes for her to return to her own garden, but she doesn’t mind,” the book notes. Patricia Hidalgo, director, BBC Children’s and Education said: “I am excited to see the wide range of content and high quality titles we have secured for children of all ages and their families to enjoy together over the coming months”.

He had previously bought a bear from Selfridges, which he christened Paddington, as a present for his wife. Also why the hell would those people bind/wrap Holly, HOLLY around Olga's hutch? She could try to eat it and let me just tell you this is a bad idea. :| There are just some things you shouldn't put near your guinea pig. Sure, she was also interesting to read about, to see her live her life, to see her talk about the changing of seasons, to see her views on her home, to see her make friends with even the unlikeliest animals (cats). Author Michael Bond writes the “Olga da Polga” of children’s picture books and chapter books. The books are illustrated by Hans Helweg, whose illustrations are strongly associated with the character of Olga da Polga. Though later editions used different imagery, including some having artwork done by Catherine Rayner.When Paddington first hit screens, the BBC dominated children’s viewing. But CBeebies is no longer the default choice for children aged six and under. Facing competition from streaming platforms and YouTube, its audience reach slipped from 6 to 5 per cent last year. Olga da Polga is a fictional guinea pig, who is the heroine of a series of books for children written by Michael Bond and published between 1971 and 2002. Unlike Bond's more famous character, Paddington Bear, Olga is a teller of tall tales in the style of Baron Munchausen. The typical plot of each story is that something fairly ordinary happens to Olga, and she gives her animal friends a wildly exaggerated version of events, subsequently revealed to be untrue by what the humans say.

Karen Sawdust – Olga's owner and caretaker. As a child, she seems to understand Olga better than her parents.

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My own Olga lived to seven-and-a-half years old; not bad for a guinea pig. My father built a hutch for her as well as a run so that she could go out in the garden,” said Jankel, who ran Bond’s literary estate for 30 years until the company the family had formed was sold in 2016. The character held a unique place in the writer’s affections. Bond would replace each Olga with a new guinea pig, given the same name. The “sixth” Olga would sit on the author’s lap as he watched television at his Maida Vale home in his final years. They also carry subtle messages, with one story, “Olga Starts a Rumour”, encouraging questioning about science and the environment. Bond had already enjoyed success with his Paddington books, as well as with his animated television series The Herbs, which ran on the BBC in the late 1960s and 70s. The arrival of the new pet set his imagination running once more.

The series began publication in the year 1971, when “The Tales of Olga da Polga” was released. The sixth and final chapter book, “Olga Follows Her Nose” was released in the year 2002. The last two chapter books were released after a rather long drought of chapter books, with none coming out after the release of “Olga Takes Charge” in the year 1982. Her fantastical tales from Peru – including a tower of guinea pigs who sent one of their kind to the moon – are designed to encourage imaginative storytelling among young children.Olga da Polga" war die zweite Geschichte die ich lesen konnte. Mir gefiel damals schon, das Meerschweinchen und ihre Geschichte. Als ich sie las war ich 7 Jahre alt. Ihr könnt euch sicher vorstellen wie stolz ich war, dass ich das Buch lesen konnte. Danach sollten noch viele Bücher folgen. Doch "Olga da Polga", "Das Schnurzelbum" und "Igel haben Vorfahrt" werden immer ganz tief in meinem The Tales of Olga da Polga is an utterly charming children's book from 1971 by Michael Bond, an award-winning author more famous for his stories about Paddington Bear, who first made his appearance in 1958. These stories, however, all feature Olga da Polga, a self-important, mischievous and imaginative guinea pig, who loves telling wildly exaggerated tales about her experiences to her friends. Once we saw that this was what Michael had envisaged, of course it was a dream come true to be able to go ahead and start filming.” Fangio – a hedgehog with Argentine blood. He often stays in a box in the Sawdust's garage, and enjoys a meal of bread soaked in milk. He often goes to the Elysian Fields (a patch of waste land beyond the shrubbery).