Poetic Brands Adds ‘Percy the Park Keeper’ to Children’s Offering

The classic book will be added to Poetic Brands’ repertoire.

January 14, 2021

As Poetic Brands builds a portfolio of properties for its newly established Baby, Children’s Wear and Accessories division, the company has announced a deal with evergreen children’s property

Percy the Park Keeper

, represented by The Point.1888.

The truly seasonal brand offers itself to apparel and will form a collection including babywear, layette and baby accessories including bibs, hats, scratch mitts, booties and muslin cloths, as well as baby changing bags. For children, there will be apparel and outerwear, swimwear and toweling ponchos as well as nightwear and essentials.

“

Percy The Park Keeper

was already on our radar for 2021, and as soon as Hannah at The Point.1888 confirmed that they were representing Percy, the deal memo was signed,” says Anne Bradford, director, Poetic Brands. “The brand is a true evergreen from both a book and television perspective, but has a completely clean retail space for apparel. We’re looking forward to working with these incredible illustrations to create

some premium ranges with a broad appeal to adults and children alike who know and love these books.”

Written by Nick Butterworth,

Percy the Park Keeper

has sold more than nine million books since its first appearance in 1989. Since then, the character has been the subject of an animated TV series, where he was voiced by British actor Jim Broadbent.

As the brand celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, there has been a range of activity around the park keeper, including a partnership with National Trust at Blickling Estate and Dunham Massey, featuring online activity including story time with Nick himself.

“We are absolutely delighted to be working with Anne and the specialist team at Poetic on this truly magical range of products,” says Olivia Wiggett, senior commercial executive, The Point.1888. “

Percy

is a brand dear to so many families, across the generations – and we look forward to expanding this brand to retail across various categories in 2021.”