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Poppy Cat brings to animated life the wonderful world of the preschool children’s character created by Lara Jones in the Macmillan book series that has sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide.

Poppy Cat was created as a series of books by Lara Jones, who died in 2010 aged 34. A cartoon, voiced by Gavin and Stacey star Joanna Page, is already a success on satellite channel Nick Junior.