Zigby lives in a treehouse on the fringes of the jungle. And what better place to have adventures than a rich, lush jungle that’s buzzing with life, full of fun and stacked with surprises? While Zigby heads out with his friends  McMeer, the Meerkat and Bertie the Guinea Fowl for new discoveries they often get into trouble and need all their courage and their team spirit to lead their excursion to a happy ending.

Background
Genre: Adventure; 3D Animation
Target audience: Preschoolers: 3 - 5 year olds
Format: 52 x 11 minutes
Producer:
Avrill Stark Entertainment Pty Ltd, Zebra (I)
Productions Inc. and Big Animation Pte Ltd in association with Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and Treehouse TV. Original concept,
characters and illustrations created by Brian Paterson
Produced with the financial participation of Shaw
Rocket Fund, Canadian Television Fund, British Columbia
Film Incentive and Canadian Film or Video Production
Tax Credit and with the assistance of the Media
Development Authority Singapore

Status
Status: In production
Logline: When Zigby heads out with his friends McMeer and Bertie for new discoveries, they often get into trouble, then it’s up to Zigby to trot them out of trouble again – which he does in an innovative way.
Broadcasting: Zigby will be broadcast by ABC (Australia), TreehouseTV (Canada),
France 5, and ZDF (Germany)

Style
Zigby’s smart stories will stretch pre-schoolers imaginations as they join the
charming three characters on their jungle adventures

Each episode revolves around the utilization of ones’ imagination and pretend
play – critical elements in developing creative thinkers. Many themes incorporate
problem-solving situations that further stimulate the development of critical
thinking skills

Zigby’s world is a stylized jungle on an isolated island, all adventures the friends
experience are unique to these surroundings

The setting is an invitation to pre-schooler for adventure with a feeling of comfort and safety at the same time. The colors are eye catching, the island has all the elements that children find safe and friendly – Zigby’s house, a play area with slides and swings – all elements familiar to pre-schoolers.

Extras
Publishing: Based on the popular books by Brian Paterson (first published in 2003).
There are already 10 titles available.
Mobile: Mobile game in production
Online: www.zigby.co.uk (companion website to the book series)
Website to the animated series in production