Childhood history
The stories we tell and the games we play growing up
The creation of Miffy
The children's book character Miffy was created by Dick Bruna in 1955
Release date:
The brains behind Thunderbirds
It's 60 years since Thunderbirds first blast onto TV screens
Release date:
Toy Story: the first digitally-animated feature film
The box-office hit started a shift away from hand-drawn cartoons
Release date:
Spot the Dog
In 1978, British artist Eric Hill designed a book about a puppy for his two-year-old son
Release date:
Pippi Longstocking
In Stockholm in 1941, Astrid Lindgren made up a story for her daughter about a young girl
Release date:
Creating Teletubbies
The story of the inspiration behind one of the most popular kids TV shows of all time
Release date:
The real Peter Pan
A family of real boys inspired JM Barrie to write the story of Peter Pan.
Release date:
The man who first published Harry Potter
The man who spotted the potential of the boy wizard books in 1996
Release date:
Roald Dahl's Charlie and The Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl's book, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, was published in January 1964
Release date:
Spelling Bee - The Children's Competition that Grips America
The first child of South Asian background to become America's Spelling Bee champion.
Release date:
The writer of Mary Poppins
It's 60 years since the Disney film was released, based on writer PL Travers's book
Release date:
My aunt created The Moomins
Tove Jansson's book The Moomins and the Great Flood was published in 1945
Release date:
Dr Seuss: the man who taught America to read
The Dr Seuss books revolutionised reading in America in the 1950s.
Release date:
CS Lewis and the Chronicles of Narnia
The first book in CS Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia series was published in autumn 1950
Release date:
Lego
One of the world's most popular toys was invented in a small Danish town in 1958.
Release date:
The birth of Barbie
Ruth Handler created the Barbie doll which was first sold in 1959
Release date:
Cabbage Patch Kids
Christmas 1983 saw frenzied shoppers buy three million Cabbage Patch Kids
Release date:
