It's Fun to Read [29/12/70]

It's Fun to Read [29/12/70] (It's Fun to Read)

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Animated ITV schools series featuring a 'magic box' designed to encourage young viewers to read.

Designed for children from ages 4 to 6, this ITV schools series features simple and charming animation of a boy, Bill, and a girl, Penelope, in a playground. Each episode follows their adventures as they play and are joined by a cat, a dog and, occasionally, a policeman.
In this episode Bill invents the 'magic box', which displays the words that encourage reading for the young audience. The box looks rather like a television and describes what the characters are doing. Words are underlined for emphasis and the design is basic but effective.

The cat and the dog have trouble with the magic box.


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