Fun to Learn Friends
and
Fun to Learn Favourites
, in the U.K., Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
Fun to Learn Friends
magazine is the best-selling preschool magazine in the U.K. The Penelope pages will launch at the end of September.
"Penelope" is based on the books by Anne Gutman and Georg Hallensleben about a 3-year-old blue koala. First published by licensor Gallimard Jeunesse in France, the books have sold more than 2 million copies worldwide.
This is the first license that 4Kids has signed for Penelope, but the property's potential has already been illustrated in Japan and France, where it has been licensed across a range of categories, including toys, plush, publishing, personal accessories, apparel and stationery, and has featured on two KFC promotions.
The property has also made a translation to the small screen through Japanese
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