{"id":16991,"date":"2019-09-09T09:48:02","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T13:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/kitty-not-cat-gets-book-deal\/"},"modified":"2019-09-09T09:48:50","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T13:48:50","slug":"kitty-is-not-a-cat-gets-book-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/kitty-is-not-a-cat-gets-book-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitty Is Not a Cat Gets Book Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BES Animation has inked a series book deal with Hachette Australia for the animated kids\u2019 show\u00a0<em>Kitty Is Not a Cat<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Hachette Australia has acquired the global rights to a four-book deal based on the series, which will be published under its junior fiction category. The first two books will be published in September 2020, and the second two will follow in November 2020 using artwork and storylines from the animated show.<\/p>\n<p>The books will initially launch in Australia and New Zealand, and Hachette\u2019s rights team will promote the series at the Frankfurt Book Fair next month.<\/p>\n<p>First broadcast in 2018, <em>Kitty Is Not a Cat<\/em> is aimed at 6- to 10-year-olds and follows the story of a group of stray cats living in an old dilapidated mansion who find themselves looking after a little girl named Kitty, who proves you can be anything you want\u2014even a cat. A second season of the show is currently in production and set for broadcast in early 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Bruce Kane, founder and director of BES Animation Studio, said, \u201cHachette Australia has a deep understanding and expertise of the kids\u2019 market and a desire to deliver quality stories to children throughout the world. We are delighted to be working with Hachette Australia and the team, transforming <em>Kitty Is Not a Cat<\/em> from the screen into the magical world of books and look forward to giving fans a new way to interact with the show and its characters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kate Stevens, commissioning editor for Hachette Australia, commented, \u201cWe are thrilled to be working with the talented team at BES Animation. <em>Kitty Is Not a Cat<\/em> is a warm and funny series, featuring a fierce and curious protagonist who is learning what it means to be human from a group of kind-hearted and musically inclined cats. With clever, heartwarming storylines and gorgeous artwork, the <em>Kitty Is Not a Cat<\/em> chapter books will be enjoyed by children and parents alike for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BES Animation has inked a series book deal with Hachette Australia for the animated kids\u2019 show Kitty Is Not a Cat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1049,"featured_media":16992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[1813,4855,1814],"class_list":["post-16991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bes-animation","tag-hachette-australia","tag-kitty-is-not-a-cat","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kitty Is Not a Cat Gets Book Deal - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/kitty-is-not-a-cat-gets-book-deal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kitty Is Not a Cat Gets Book Deal - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BES Animation has inked a series book deal with Hachette Australia for the animated kids\u2019 show Kitty Is Not a Cat.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/kitty-is-not-a-cat-gets-book-deal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-09-09T13:48:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-09-09T13:48:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/07\/Kitty-Is-Not-a-Cat-BES-919.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"402\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alison Skilton\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alison Skilton\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/kitty-is-not-a-cat-gets-book-deal\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/kitty-is-not-a-cat-gets-book-deal\/\",\"name\":\"Kitty Is Not a Cat Gets Book Deal - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-09T13:48:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-09-09T13:48:50+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/f590d4d1481b8cce2a066e89197c7550\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/kitty-is-not-a-cat-gets-book-deal\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/kitty-is-not-a-cat-gets-book-deal\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/kitty-is-not-a-cat-gets-book-deal\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kitty Is Not a Cat Gets Book Deal\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\",\"name\":\"TVKIDS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/f590d4d1481b8cce2a066e89197c7550\",\"name\":\"Alison Skilton\",\"description\":\"Alison Skilton is an associate editor of World Screen. 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