A number of books were produced such as Ice and Lullabies, The Big Race, Shrieks and Showers, Summer Sleep, Whizzing Through the Woods and Finders Keepers.
[2] In 1990, Martin Lee teamed up with established songwriter Paul Curtis and the unknown David Kane to write a musical based on the books and the characters.
The show was intended, like the books, for children and the songs, while essentially pop, had a range of styles including rap, rock 'n' roll and country and western.
Just three months later, the show transferred to the larger Kings Theatre in Glasgow and ran for two weeks, beginning with a royal command performance in front of HRH Princess Margaret.
The show transferred in late 1992 to London's West End for a limited period but with new script and production team, it didn't live up to its previous incarnation.