DANDELOOO PREPARES TO ADAPT POPULAR CHILDREN’S BOOK SERIES “GASTON’S EMOTIONS” FOR TELEVISION

Paris, 06 December 2021:  Emmy Award-winning French animation production and distribution company Dandelooo is set to adapt the hugely successful children’s book series “Gaston’s Emotions” to television.

Based on the enchanting books written by author and illustrator Aurélie Chien Chow Chine and published by Hachette Enfants, an imprint of Hachette Livre France, the books featuring the cutest unicorn with a rainbow-colored mane have sold over 900,000 copies in France alone over the past three years and has been translated into 24 other languages.

The preschool comedy series which teaches children to identify emotions and manage them effectively is currently being developed by Aurélie Chien Chow Chine, Chloé Sastre and Romain Gadiou.

Gaston is a young unicorn who is a little different.  He has a rainbow-colored mane which is magical. His mane changes color as soon as a strong emotion overwhelms him such as anger, sadness, or even joy for example.

Dandelooo will hold worldwide distribution rights to the animation series.

Aurélie Chien Chow Chine, the author of ‘Gaston’s Emotions’, commented, “Coming from the world of animation, it’s a real dream to imagine my little unicorn Gaston coming to life.  And I am delighted that this precious and first step is in the expert hands of Dandelooo whose artistic sensibility I like very much. A colorful adventure awaits us!”

Emmanuèle Pétry Sirvin, Co-Founder of Dandelooo added, “At Dandelooo we fell in love with Gaston who’s not just unique but cute too, thanks to his humor, spontaneous charm and true kindness.  With all his great qualities, it’s probably why so many children love him as their best friend. We are proud to be chosen by its creator as the production company to develop the concept make this series happen and bring Gaston to life”.

About Dandelooo

Dandelooo is a French award-winning creative company based in Paris dedicated to the development, production and distribution of original and ambitious animated programs.

Dandelooo’s productions include the hybrid pre-school series The Treehouse Stories (three seasons on air, a 4th in production and two theatrical films), which won an International Emmy Kids Award in 2017, Chico Chica Boumba commissioned by M6 and the animated feature film Houdini.

The company has just delivered Stinky Dog (52 x 11′) to France Televisions and TV3 Catalunya, and the wonderful TV Special Mum is pouring rain (winner of a Jury Award for a TV Special at Annecy 2021) to Canal+, is now in production for the pre-school series Billy the Cowboy Hamster (52 x 11′) and is about to start production for The Upside Down River (8 x 26′) a serialized series for kids based on the cult novel by Jean Claude Mourlevat.  Dandelooo is also developing loguis, an original project to initiate yoga for preschoolers.

On the international sales front, Dandelooo is very proud to distribute Dandelooo (Annecy Cristal 2020 as best TV Special), the preschool series Jasmine and Jambo and the new meaningful Dounia.

Dandelooo has its own studio, Ooolala, in la Cartoucherie (Valence, France) and a sales office in Barcelona, Spain.

About Aurélie Chien Chow Chine

Born in Paris, Aurélie worked for 10 years in animation on animated series and feature films such as “Les Lascars” (Canal +) and “Lou! Journal Intime” (Studio Canal).

Currently an illustrator and author in children’s literature, she created the character of Gaston the unicorn, who is really her little work partner.  Aurélie and Gaston hold interactive workshops in emotions for children.  Drawing is a precious tool with which she leads the little ones in exercises of imagination.  As a nature lover especially wildlife, Aurélie often spends hours observing the smallest animal that shows its nose, a bucolic universe which she gladly shares with children.  Her collection of 17 books entitled: “Gaston’s Emotions”, have been released by Hachette Children’s Editions since February 2018.