MIAM! distribution announced the launch of Season 6 of the puppet-animated series Yeti Tales on France Télévisions on April 12. This new season has also been picked up by RTS, BEIN (MENA) and TV5 Unis. The preschool title is commissioned by France Télévisions and aired by 40-plus broadcasters around the world, including Tiny Pop (U.K.), Youku and CCTV (China) and Once Niños (Mexico).
The series centers on Nina and Leon, two little mice living inside a local bookshop with Yetili, the huge plush mascot of the bookshop. When the shop closes, Yetili comes to life to join his friends and read them a new book. Together, the trio have fun reading and commenting on stories.
Books are highlighted as the central theme in Yeti Tales, but the show also prioritizes modeling dialog between the reader and the listeners with the aim of sparking discussions around books through recurring characters kids can identify with.
“For this new season, as for previous ones, we’ve organized readings in classrooms,” noted Séverine Lebrun, creator of the show and producer at Darjeeling. “We wanted to closely mirror the reactions and emotions of children to transcribe them into Nina and Leon’s dialogs. This is why these episodes are so authentic and relatable.”
This new season of Yeti Tales gives children ages 3-5 the chance to discover many well-known titles from international children’s literature, such as Stephanie Blake’s I Don’t Want to Go to the Pool, Joe Todd-Stanton’s The Comet or Gabrielle Vincent’s Ernest & Celestine.
Consistently ranked among the Top 5 animated programs across all French channels since its debut in 2016 (source: Glance / Mediametrie) and airing for more than five years on Tiny Pop, Yeti Tales now comprises 280 x 8’ episodes, along with a mini-series of 40 short episodes (2’30″), as well as two special episodes (26 minutes each). Forty episodes are now accessible with sign language translation on France Télévisions’ kids channel and streaming platform, providing a more enriching and accessible viewing experience for deaf and hard of hearing children.
“We are delighted to bring the latest adventures of Yeti Tales to our audience,” said Mélanie Errea, Head of Sales and Acquisitions at MIAM! distribution. “The series not only sparks a love for reading among children but also demonstrates that reading can be a fun and enjoyable activity shared with the whole family. With its engaging storytelling and relatable characters, the series creates a special rendezvous, bringing families together in the joy of reading books. Yeti Tales rights are now available for licensing and distribution, offering broadcasters and streaming platforms the opportunity to offer to their audience a full package.”
Created and written by Séverine Lebrun, Yeti Tales is an animated puppets and live-action production directed by Emeric Montagnese, Antoine Colomb, Martin Day, Anne Pejean, Dalila Hamdad and Noam Roubah.
