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Owlkids Books partners with Kids’ CBC for book series to accompany new TV show

Screen shot 2015-01-12 at 1.33.28 PMOwlkids Books is publishing a new picture-book series to accompany the TV show Chirp, which launches in April on Kids’ CBC.

Chirp (named for mascot of Chirp magazine) follows three feathery friends on various imaginary adventures in which they have to use everyday objects to get out of trouble. The series is geared toward preschoolers and will comprise 104 11-minute episodes produced by Kids’ CBC affiliate Sinking Ship Productions.

Each 24-page book will be based on an episode of the show, with four titles    Thar She Blows, To the Peak, Knights of the Awesome Castle, and Crouching Bird, Hidden Bunny    slated for publication in June.