Poppy Cat TV: Mystery Trail

Poppy Cat and her friends go on another amazing adventure in this bright, colourful storybook. Dressing up as detectives is great fun, but when one of Owl's books goes missing, Poppy Cat has a real mystery to solve. Where can it be? A purple pine cone, a tree-hugging tortoise and a strange squawking noise lead her and her friends to the truth . . . in their very own car! Poppy Cat is a brilliant TV series based on the original books by Lara Jones. It launched in the UK in May 2011. In each episode a little girl called Lara invents extraordinary adventures for her beloved Poppy Cat, then the colourful characters spring to life in stories of friendship and fantasy play.

Lara Jones was known and admired for her bright, jewel-like colours and her adorable, engaging characters. She studied Fine Art at Cheltenham College of Art, where she tackled enormous paintings on a stepladder. Lara’s wish was to recreate in her illustrations the magic and joy of being a child, which gives Poppy Cat its enduring appeal. She won the Sheffield Baby Book Award (Bronze Award) in 2004 and the Booktrust Early Years Book Award in 2005. Lara died in March 2010.