About the Show
The original YTV production, The Bittles, is a half-hour storytelling series that entertains and educates preschool viewers. Working from the blueprints of some of Canada's best authors and illustrators, The Bittles puppet characters turn stories into books in the Book Mine.
This fun loving group of puppets includes Comma, whose job is to make sure that all the words are right; Lolly, the artist who paints the pictures; Rocco, the foreman of the book construction site and The Grump, who is the reluctant backbone of this heavy-duty book building operation. In addition, The Bittles characters have their own, parallel stories within the creation of each book.
In each episode, the series focuses on stories from two different Kids Can Press books. The series uses a combination of puppetry, CGI animation and lightly animated stills from books to bring the stories to life.
Notes From The Producer
This program is no longer in production.
All of the featured stories can be
purchased through the publisher, Kids Can Press. Their
online catalog can be viewed at www.kidscan.ca.