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Sitting Ducks (TV Series)
''Sitting Ducks'' is a children's animated television series based on the 1977 "Sitting Ducks" lithograph and the 1998 children's book of the same name, created by the poster artist Michael Bedard. ''Sitting Ducks'' first appeared in 2001 in Europe, later debuting in the United States on Cartoon Network, in Australia on ABC3 and Nickelodeon, in Canada on CBC Television, in the United Kingdom on CITV and Boomerang, and on the Japanese version of Cartoon Network. The show lasted for two seasons each comprising thirteen episodes, with the last episode shown on July 5, 2003. Background ''Sitting Ducks'' takes place in a 1970’s-style town called Ducktown, and stars the duck Bill who likes to drink milkshakes, play “bucket-ball” (basketball), and hang out with his best friend Aldo, the alligator. Bill (Ian James Corlette) likes to live a more laid-back life, such as his peaceful hobby of painting, and his affinity for flight, and ponders about ducks taking flight. He shares the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Bedard
Michael Bedard (born June 26, 1949) is a Canadian children's writer. He was born and raised in Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1971 with a BA in philosophy and English. He began writing when his former high school teacher showed him works of Emily Dickinson and T. S. Eliot. Bedard currently lives in Toronto with his wife Martha. He has four children and five grandchildren. Works * ''Woodsedge and Other Tales: A Gathering of Tales'' (Toronto: Gardenshore Press, 1979), stories * ''Pipe and Pearls'' (Gardenshore, 1980), stories * ''A Darker Magic'' (Atheneum, 1987) * ''The Lightning Bolt'', illustrated by Regolo Ricci (1989) * ''Redwork'' (Atheneum, 1990) * ''The Tinder Box'', illus. Ricci (1990) – retelling Hans Christian Andersen's "The Tinderbox" * ''The Nightingale'', illus. Ricci (1991) – retelling Andersen's "The Nightingale (fairy tale), The Nightingale" * ''Emily'', illus. Barbara Cooney (1992) – biographical fiction, f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |