1 month ago 15th Oct 09:36
Geri Halliwell, Jenny Frost, Donna Air, Duncan James, Jasmine Guinness and Gary Lucy
to read bedtime stories on top children’s TV channel
. Monday 6 October 2008 - Nick Jr, the award-winning preschool TV channel from Nickelodeon UK, has announced that Geri Halliwell, Donna Air, Duncan James, Jenny Frost, Jasmine Guinness and Gary Lucy will become storytellers for the channel’s Once Upon A Bedtime month this November.
As the culmination of Nick Jr’s Once Upon A Bedtime initiative, in support of the 2008 National Year of Reading, the channel will air special bedtime story programming every evening from Monday 3rd November at 6 - 8pm, with an aim to making reading part of every child’s nightly routine.
A brand new series, A Bedtime Story with Arnie and Barnie, will feature Nick Jr’s much-loved worm presenters, joined by young children, as they settle down for a bedtime story. Celebrities will visit to read them a classic children’s tale, whilst other episodes will unveil the much-anticipated five winning stories from this year’s Once Upon A Bedtime story-writing competition. A Bedtime Story with Arnie and Barnie will air at 7.15pm in the evening on Nick Jr and 7.45pm Nick Jr 2.
Children’s author and former Spice Girl, Geri Halliwell, one of the competition judges, will read Little Red Riding Hood in one of the shows, as she passionately believes in the benefits of sharing bedtime stories with young children:
“I regularly read to my daughter Bluebell - it helps to settle her into a nightly routine, plus improves her imagination, vocabulary and listening skills. I especially enjoy inventing new stories and ideas with her.”
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