

Children today of course no longer see the boundaries between print and media and move seamlessly between them. The show is already the basis for an interactive, educational game that is accessible to children online and also on the Nintendo Wii platform.ĭavid Steele, Vice President and Director, School, Oxford University Press Canada believes this is a unique opportunity: “We are very excited about the opportunity of partnering with award-winning international media production companies like Muse Entertainment and Gaumont-Alphanim.

Each 11-minute episode explores Alfred’s marvelously mysterious world where sudden disappearances, strange natural phenomena, curious animal behavior and even muddy footprints all require Alfred’s investigative and deductive reasoning skills.

The television series, created by Merilyn Read (The Tom Green Show, Babar and Father Christmas) and Mary Mackay-Smith (Dot, Caillou), which began airing this year on TVO, TFO, Radio-Canada, Knowledge and France 5, is the story of a Hedgehog detective, with a nose for mystery.
