Ni Hao, Blinky Bill!

Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, the cutesy gumnut babies, imagined in the form of tender Eucalyptus (gum tree) kernels, will soon invade Chinese nurseries.

The red kangaroo who befriended the little lost girl Dot looking for her pet rabbit in the woods is already there. And so is Blinky Bill, the mischievous koala and his extended family of other animals Splodge, the kangaroo, Flap, the platypus and Mr Wombat or Wombo.

Thanks to the dedicated efforts of the Australia-China Council, the University of Western Sydney, and the People's Literature Publishing House in China, stories that have brought immense joy and wisdom to Australian children for close to 100 years, can now be shared by children in China.