Olga da Polga

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The character held a unique place in the writer’s affections. Bond would replace each Olga with a new guinea pig, given the same name. The “sixth” Olga would sit on the author’s lap as he watched television at his Maida Vale home in his final years. Olga Carries On” is the second chapter book in the “Olga da Polga” series, which was released in the year 1976. Olga meets some new challenges while she fights a fire and lays a trap for an uninvited guest. Olga ist ein Meerschweinchen. Sie würde gerne Abenteuer erleben, jedoch müsste sie erst dafür jemand kaufen. Sie lebt mit vielen anderen Meerschweinchen in einer Tierhandlung. Dann ist der Tag da und Claudia und ihr Vater holen sie zu sich nach Hause. So viele neue Dinge stürmen auf sie ein. Sie bekommt sogar ein eigenes Haus. Mit Ess- und Schlafzimmer. Doch wie soll sie den Menschen sagen, dass sie Olga da Polga heißt. Da fällt dir etwas ein. Ob Claudia es verstehen wird? Olga da Polga bekommt Boris – Olga's boyfriend. He lives by the seaside, and is also the father of Olga's children. He watches too much TV, but this makes him a very good storyteller. He rivals Olga in the storytelling department. Ich liebe die farbigen Zeichnungen und auch die Geschichte, wie das Meerschweinchen ein zu Hause bekommt. Soweit ich mich erinnere, tat mir Olga damals sehr leid. Weil sie in einem Käfig, in einer Tierhandlung saß. Wie froh war ich, als sie endlich da raus durfte. Wie gesagt sie wird immer etwas Besonderes für mich bleiben.

In 2022, the BBC commissioned 13 episodes of a live-action TV series of Olga da Polga for CBeebies, featuring Julie Wilson Nimmo and Greg Hemphill. A second series is set to air in 2023. [4] Books [ edit ] Chapter books [ edit ] There is also Fangio, a hedgehog with Argentinian blood, who sometimes stays in a box in the Sawdust family's garage, being fed on bread and milk. He becomes a good friend of Olga da Polga, and invites her to break out of her confinement and experience "freedom". She visits his home in the "Elysian Fields", but in the course of doing so, realises just how different the two creatures are. She finds that his so-called paradise is just a patch of waste land beyond the shrubbery, dank, dark, dirty - and full of insects and worms, which she shudderingly discovers, Fangio loves. Although Olga is more than 50 years old, CBeebies believes the character will entrance today’s pre-school audience.

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Once we saw that this was what Michael had envisaged, of course it was a dream come true to be able to go ahead and start filming.” Fangio – a hedgehog with Argentine blood. He often stays in a box in the Sawdust's garage, and enjoys a meal of bread soaked in milk. He often goes to the Elysian Fields (a patch of waste land beyond the shrubbery). Olga Takes Charge” is the third chapter book in the “Olga da Polga” series, which was released in the year 1982. Olga was in a jam. That day she was in quite a few jams, each one worse than the one before, until her mind was whirling so much and she did not know which way to go. Author Michael Bond writes the “Olga da Polga” of children’s picture books and chapter books. The books are illustrated by Hans Helweg, whose illustrations are strongly associated with the character of Olga da Polga. Though later editions used different imagery, including some having artwork done by Catherine Rayner.

Olga da Polga is a fictional guinea pig, who is the heroine of a series of books for children written by Michael Bond and published between 1971 and 2002. Unlike Bond's more famous character, Paddington Bear, Olga is a teller of tall tales in the style of Baron Munchausen. The typical plot of each story is that something fairly ordinary happens to Olga, and she gives her animal friends a wildly exaggerated version of events, subsequently revealed to be untrue by what the humans say. The series began publication in the year 1971, when “The Tales of Olga da Polga” was released. The sixth and final chapter book, “Olga Follows Her Nose” was released in the year 2002. The last two chapter books were released after a rather long drought of chapter books, with none coming out after the release of “Olga Takes Charge” in the year 1982. So yeah, I was really looking forward to this one, because I love guinea pigs (and other rodents as well) and I just love it when books are about them. Sadly, this one was not meant to be. Then there is Fangio, who is a hedgehog that has Argentine blood. He usually stays in a box out in the Sawdust’s garage. Fangio likes a meal of bread soaked in milk. Often, he goes out to the Elysian Fields, which is a patch of waste land located just beyond the shrubbery. I finally managed to meet Michael’s daughter Karen to show her my ideas. She immediately ran off to get her father’s work and showed me that the ideas he had to bring Olga to the screen, were almost identical to the scripts I’d written.

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Savery said: “There’s very good reasons why they say never work with children or animals, but we’ve always loved facing the challenges that brings. Olga da Polga" war die zweite Geschichte die ich lesen konnte. Mir gefiel damals schon, das Meerschweinchen und ihre Geschichte. Als ich sie las war ich 7 Jahre alt. Ihr könnt euch sicher vorstellen wie stolz ich war, dass ich das Buch lesen konnte. Danach sollten noch viele Bücher folgen. Doch "Olga da Polga", "Das Schnurzelbum" und "Igel haben Vorfahrt" werden immer ganz tief in meinem Patricia Hidalgo, director, BBC Children’s and Education said: “I am excited to see the wide range of content and high quality titles we have secured for children of all ages and their families to enjoy together over the coming months”.

Mr. Sawdust is the one that built Olga’s home, and is Karen’s dad. Mrs. Sawdust, of course, is Karen’s mom. Her garden companions soon discover that Olga loves an audience and from the moment she arrives she tells them stories about her wild and exciting adventures. Although they are not always sure whether to believe everything Olga says, one thing is certain-since Olga moved in, life is never dull! Bond had already enjoyed success with his Paddington books, as well as with his animated television series The Herbs, which ran on the BBC in the late 1960s and 70s. The arrival of the new pet set his imagination running once more. Karen Sawdust is the caretaker and owner of Olga. As a child, she appears to understand Olga much better than her parents do. Besides Olga da Polga, Karen has many animals as pets, and there are many more that live in and around the property the Sawdust family lives on.My own Olga lived to seven-and-a-half years old; not bad for a guinea pig. My father built a hutch for her as well as a run so that she could go out in the garden,” said Jankel, who ran Bond’s literary estate for 30 years until the company the family had formed was sold in 2016. And, for the first time in his career, the Still Game star gets to act as a couple alongside wife Julie, of Balamory fame. The Bafta-winning duo play mum and dad to Karen Sawdust, who is based on the Paddington creator’s own daughter Karen Jankel and played by Glasgow schoolgirl Isla Mercer, eight, in her debut role, while actress Lesley Harcourt voices Olga. Little Isla who play Karen was wonderful, and as we all love animals, working with guinea pigs, cats and tortoises was a dream job.”

The Tales of Olga da Polga is an utterly charming children's book from 1971 by Michael Bond, an award-winning author more famous for his stories about Paddington Bear, who first made his appearance in 1958. These stories, however, all feature Olga da Polga, a self-important, mischievous and imaginative guinea pig, who loves telling wildly exaggerated tales about her experiences to her friends. Olga da Polga has left the pet shop to start a new life with her owners. Her home is now a large and airy hutch and it's not long before she meets Noel the cat, Fangio the hedgehog, and Graham the tortoise. He had previously bought a bear from Selfridges, which he christened Paddington, as a present for his wife. It was mostly the fault of Olga herself. The story was decent, the idea was fun, but Olga was just a terrible character. Starting rumours, making up tall tales (which I truly didn't like and I was dreading them when they popped up), thinking she is so much more superior to anyone (and bragging about it), and much much more. I was so terribly glad for the humans that they didn't have to hear Olga's stories, but I felt sorry for the animals.Karen Sawdust – Olga's owner and caretaker. As a child, she seems to understand Olga better than her parents. Olga might just be spunkiest heroine you will come across in stories. Her adventures are sure to bring a big smile to your face, and it is a lot of fun to go on adventures with her. The series will be produced by Scottish company Maramedia, featuring a “unique blend of live action with CG visual effects for the animals’ mouths, as well as colourful animation for Olga’s imaginative tales”. There are also illustrations, and I have to say those were the best part of the book. Olga looks absolutely adorable, and I just love how detailed the art is.