Publisher's Synopsis
A series of picture books tell the adventures of Cyril, the cartoon character from BBC Schools 'Storytime'. Each book includes a further story featuring a range of other colourful characters. Ideal for children aged 4-8. Cyril gets into all sorts of scrapes, but somehow always manages to come out all right in the end. So much so, in fact, that he sometimes finishes up a national hero! The other stories that accompany his adventures include such characters as a grumpy green giant, a beautiful butterfly, and a creature that no-one can quite put a name to. Every tale incorporates a simple moral issue that children may confront every day, like being thought ugly, or different from others, or facing the consequences of lying. The morals are subtly demonstrated, and with the use of bright cartoon pictures, their message is conveyed to children humorously and succinctly. Cyril's New Flower - Cyril is exasperated when no-one is interested in the flower growing out of his head, but learns in the end that wisdom and understanding grow from within. The Green Giant - In a fresh and humorous combination of The Frog Prince and Beauty and the Beast, the Green Giant Learns that only through kindness will he get his princess. Royalties from the books will be donated to the Fellowship of Erasmus, a spiritual charity counselling HIV/Aids sufferers.
