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The Rainbow Fairies
The Rainbow Fairies are a series of fairies that organize the color in Fairyland, in the fictional children's books ''Rainbow Magic'' by Daisy Meadows. Ruby the Red Fairy Ruby the Red Fairy is the first book in the Rainbow Magic series. In this book, Rachel and Kirsty meet each other on a boat ride to Rainspell Island, and find Ruby in a pot at the end of a rainbow. They find out that something terrible has happened. Ruby tells them before she flutters them off to meet the fairy king and queen. In the movie, Rainbow Magic: Return to Rainspell Island, she is voiced by ''Emily Dormer''. To be continued Amber the Orange Fairy Amber the Orange Fairy is trapped tight in an unusual place. Can the fluffy feather really help Rachel and Kirsty rescue her? In the movie, Rainbow Magic: Return to Rainspell Island, she is voiced by ''Clarie Morgan''. Saffron the Yellow Fairy Saffron the Yellow Fairy is stuck in a very sticky situation. Rachel and Kirsty must follow a twisting trail o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainbow Magic
''Rainbow Magic'' is a British children's fiction brand originally created by Working Partners and now owned by IoM Media Ventures. It is best known for the children's books published by Orchard Books. The books are ghostwritten by a number of authors under the collective pseudonym Daisy Meadows, and illustrated by Georgie Ripper and Alison Winfield in several books and uncredited illustrators in the latest books. The series follows the lives of Kirsty Tate and Rachel Walker and their magical adventures with their fairy friends. ''Rainbow Magic'' books by Daisy Meadows were the most-borrowed children's books at libraries in the United Kingdom, and the second-most borrowed books overall at those libraries, in 2010 and 2011, respectively. The ''Rainbow Magic'' books are issued by Scholastic Inc. in the United States. Some series and individual book titles vary in the Scholastic editions. There are also colored ''Rainbow Magic'' books for younger readers, which are also publish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teresa Gallagher
Teresa Gallagher is an American-born British actress. Career Gallagher is known for her role as Ellen Smith in ''The Bill'', for her appearances on radio in ''No Commitments'', ''Salem's Lot'', and '' Memorials to the Missing''. She played Sarah in ''Footballers' Wives'', and Alison Canning in ''Casualty''. She presented the children's BBC show ''Playdays'', and has provided the voices for others children's series including ''The Mr. Men Show'', ''Alphablocks'', ''Numberblocks'', and ''The Octonauts''. She has recorded redubs for several anime films such as ''Laughing Target'', '' X'', '' Bounty Dog'', ''Demon City Shinjuku,'' and ''Cyber City Oedo 808'' and later returned to do voice acting for anime with the English dubbed version of the TV series '' Ronja, the Robber's Daughter''. In 2003, she voiced Amalia, the female lead in Rita Dove's drama '' The Darker Face of the Earth'', opposite Chiwetel Ejiofor in the play's BBC radio adaptation. In 2010, she voiced Queen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orchard Books
Grolier was one of the largest American publishers of general encyclopedias, including ''The Book of Knowledge'' (1910), ''The New Book of Knowledge'' (1966), ''The New Book of Popular Science'' (1972), ''Encyclopedia Americana'' (1945), ''Academic American Encyclopedia'' (1980), and numerous incarnations of a CD-ROM encyclopedia (1986–2003). As an educational publishing company Grolier was known for its presence in school libraries and its in-home encyclopedia sales. It also had a strong presence among parents of children under six years old, the market for Grolier's direct mail-to-the-home business."Acquisition activity in the education market heats up" Heller Report on Educational Technology Markets, Monday, May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Keating (actor)
Paul Keating (born in 1976) is an English actor. He has been nominated twice for an Olivier Award for his performances on the West End stage. He began acting at the age of 12, appearing as Gavroche in Les Misérables at The Palace Theatre for 10 months. Stage career Keating, a native of London, won the title role in the West End production of Pete Townshend's musical Tommy after 12 auditions in 1996 from open auditions, spanning 6 months, around the world. He was subsequently nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical for this performance. Keating has appeared in Lost in Yonkers (1992/3) at the Novello Theatre and as The Balladeer in Stephen Sondheim's ''Assassins'' at the New End Theatre. In 1999 he appeared in Escape from Pterodactyl Island at the Pleasance Theatre and as Agon in '' La Cava'' (2000) at the Piccadilly Theatre and Victoria Palace Theatre. Keating played the lead role, Straight Dave, in the 2001 world premiere production of '' Closer to Heaven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Whitnall
Timothy Charles Whitnall (born 27 June 1961) is an English actor, playwright and screenwriter. He is known for playing Angelo in the long-running CITV series ''Mike and Angelo'' and narrating the BBC children's TV programme ''Teletubbies'' from 1997 to 2001. As a writer, he has won a BAFTA and an Olivier Award for his work on TV movie ''Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story'' and play ''Morecambe''. He is also a voice actor, providing voices on television shows such as ''Fifi and the Flowertots'', ''Roary the Racing Car'' and ''Thomas & Friends''. Career Whitnall began his career in West End musical ''Elvis'' in 1977 after winning the role in an open call audition. has starred in many West End musicals including '' Grease'', ''The Rocky Horror Show'', and ''Good Rockin' Tonight''. After making TV appearances for the musicals he was involved in, he began a career in television - presenting (and writing for) the BBC Schools series, "The Music Arcade" (with Lucie Skeapin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Wickham
Keith Wickham is a British voice actor, comedian and screenwriter. He is known for providing the voices of various characters in the children's television series ''Thomas & Friends'', and Polluto in '' Tommy Zoom''. Career Wickham voiced Changed Daily in ''The Secret Show'', Mr. Small, and Mr. Tall in ''The Mr. Men Show'' (UK version), Corneil in ''Watch My Chops'', Mr. Mouseling and most of the male voices in ''Angelina Ballerina'', Nelson the Elephant, Reginald the Lion, Victor the Crocodile and the others in ''64 Zoo Lane'', Frank the Koala, Archie the Crocodile and Sammy the Shopkeeper in ''The Koala Brothers'' and Ol' Graham the Galleon, H.P. the Speedboat, Ken Toyn the Shipwright and Bryan the Ferry in ''Toot the Tiny Tugboat''. He voiced Polluto in '' Tommy Zoom'', the first in-house BBC animation production, The Professor, Pipsquawk, Trevor and Mr. Crumble in ''Frankenstein's Cat'' and in 2009, participated on voice in Disney Channel's ''Jungle Junction'', for then Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Holt (voice Actor)
David Holt is an English voice actor and writer. He has contributed his voice to a wide variety of children's cartoons. Career Voice acting Holt is noted for his role as Vervain in ''Watership Down'' as well as the voices for the male animals in '' Percy the Park Keeper'', Oakie Doke and other voices in ''Oakie Doke'', Cowboy, Policeman, farm animals, and Robin Hood in '' A Town Called Panic'', Dad in ''Angry Kid'' and Pinky in ''The Pinky and Perky Show''. He has also done other voice work in animation, promos, documentaries, films, television, multi-media, computer games, children's toys, exhibition guides, announcements and audio books. He also has voiced commercials for L'Oreal Kids, Guess Who? and Burger King. He had provided the voice to the UK version of Face from Nick Jr from 1995 until September 2005, and Moose A. Moose from 2006 to 2010 for Noggin on TMF/VIVA and 2010 to 2013 for Nick Jr. He played the voice of Jack Frost in the film '' Rainbow Magic: Return to Rains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy Delaiche
Lucy is an English feminine given name derived from the Latin masculine given name Lucius with the meaning ''as of light'' (''born at dawn or daylight'', maybe also ''shiny'', or ''of light complexion''). Alternative spellings are Luci, Luce, Lucie, Lucia, and Luzia. The English Lucy surname is taken from the Norman language that was Latin-based and derives from place names in Normandy based on Latin male personal name Lucius. It was transmitted to England after the Norman Conquest in the 11th century (see also De Lucy). Feminine name variants *Luiseach ( Irish) *Lusine, Լուսինե, Լուսինէ ( Armenian) *Lučija, Лучија (Serbian) *Lucy, Люси (Bulgarian) *Lutsi, Луци (Macedonian) *Lutsija, Луција (Macedonian) *Liùsaidh ( Scottish Gaelic) *Liucija (Lithuanian) *Liucilė (Lithuanian) *Lūcija, Lūsija ( Latvian) *Lleucu (Welsh) *Llúcia (Catalan) *Loukia, Λουκία ( Greek) *Luca ( Hungarian) *Luce (French, Italian) *Lucetta ( English) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Vance
Grace may refer to: Places United States * Grace, Idaho, a city * Grace (CTA station), Chicago Transit Authority's Howard Line, Illinois * Little Goose Creek (Kentucky), location of Grace post office * Grace, Carroll County, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Grace, Laclede County, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Grace, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Grace, Montana, an unincorporated community * Grace, Hampshire County, West Virginia * Grace, Roane County, West Virginia Elsewhere * Grace (lunar crater), on the Moon * Grace, a crater on Venus People with the name * Grace (given name), a feminine name, including a list of people and fictional characters * Grace (surname), a surname, including a list of people with the name Religion Theory and practice * Grace (prayer), a prayer of thanksgiving said before or after a meal * Divine grace, a theological term present in many religions * Grace in Christianity, the benevolence shown by God toward human ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Taaffe
Emily Anne Taaffe is an Irish actress based in South London. Early life and education The youngest of five children, Emily was born to Noeleen and Eamonn Taaffe in Skerries, Ireland. The family moved when she was an infant to Tullyallen near Drogheda, County Louth where she lived until university. After receiving a First-Class Honours B.A. in 2005 from Trinity College Dublin, she was accepted to train at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) in London. Personal life In the summer of 2016 she married the writer Ben Schiffer. Theatre Taaffe has starred in a number of theatrical productions across the UK and Ireland. Her credits include: Daphne in an adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s ''Nation'', Hannah Lambroke in Conor McPherson’s ''The Veil'' and Dunyasha in Howard Davies' production of ''The Cherry Orchard'', all at the National Theatre, London. Taaffe played leading roles in ''The Comedy of Errors'', '' The Tempest'' and ''Twelfth Night'' for The Royal Shak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauretta Gavin
Lauretta is a feminine given name, which is probably derived from the name Laura. Notable people with the name include: People with the forename *Lauretta Bender (1897–1987), American psychiatrist *Lauretta Hannon (born 1968), American writer *Lauretta Lamptey (born 1959), Ghanaian lawyer * Lauretta Masiero (1929–2010), Italian actress * Lauretta Ngcobo (1931–2015), South African writer *Lauretta Schimmoler (1900–1981), American aviator *Lauretta Vinciarelli (1943–2011), Italian architect *Lauretta of Saarbrücken (died 1271), German countess People with the surname *Dante Lauretta (born 1970), American scientist Fictional characters *Lauretta, fictional character in the book ''The Decameron'' by Giovanni Boccaccio *Lauretta, fictional character in the opera Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini See also *Lauretta, Prince Edward Island *Laura (given name) *Loretta Loretta is a female given name, the masculine version being Lauro. The name derives its name from the Laurel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daisy Meadows
''Rainbow Magic'' is a British children's literature, children's fiction brand originally created by Working Partners and now owned by IoM Media Ventures. It is best known for the children's books published by Orchard Books. The books are ghostwriter, ghostwritten by a number of authors under the collective pseudonym Daisy Meadows, and illustrated by Georgie Ripper and Alison Winfield in several books and uncredited illustrators in the latest books. The series follows the lives of Kirsty Tate and Rachel Walker and their magical adventures with their fairy friends. ''Rainbow Magic'' books by Daisy Meadows were the most-borrowed children's books at libraries in the United Kingdom, and the second-most borrowed books overall at those libraries, in 2010 and 2011, respectively. The ''Rainbow Magic'' books are issued by Scholastic Inc. in the United States. Some series and individual book titles vary in the Scholastic editions. There are also colored ''Rainbow Magic'' books for younger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |