Family Moving Day
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| Family Moving Day | |
 The book's original French cover |
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| Author | Geneviève Huriet |
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| Original title | La Famille Passiflore déménage |
| Translator | (English) Patricia Lantier-Sampon (Korean) Chong-in Kim (under title Sant'okki kajok ŭi isa [산토끼가족의이사])[1] |
| Illustrator | Loïc Jouannigot |
| Cover artist | Loïc Jouannigot |
| Country |  France |
| Language | French |
| Series | Beechwood Bunny Tales (La Famille Passiflore) |
| Genre(s) | Children's fiction |
| Publisher | Éditions Milan Gareth Stevens Tonga Chulpansa (1993)[1] |
| Publication date | September 9, 1992 |
| Published in English |
December 1992 |
| Media type | Hardcover |
| Pages | 30 |
| ISBN | ISBN 2-86726-777-3 ISBN 0-8368-0911-4 |
| OCLC | 26723859 |
| Preceded by | Violette's Daring Adventure (1991) |
| Followed by | Les beignets flambés (1995)[2] |
Family Moving Day (French: La Famille Passiflore déménage) is the seventh book in the Beechwood Bunny Tales series. It was published in 1992 by Éditions Milan in France, and Gareth Stevens in the United States.
In the book, the Bellflower family of rabbits move to a new house on the other side of the hill near which they live. Everyone is delighted to go, except Periwinkle, who does not easily conform to new settings. In response, he disappears from the others' sight, and it is up to his father, Bramble, to find him.
As of 2008, this is the last book in the Beechwood franchise to have an English translation available. However, its original French counterpart is still being published, with over 30 titles to date. An animated version appeared in 2001 as the debut episode of TF1's The Bellflower Bunnies series.[3]
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[edit] Story
Because there is so little room at the home where they live, Bramble Bellflower decides that he and his family should move. He does not announce the plan until some time later, when the seven members come over to the other side of the hill and have a look at their new property. They do not know that Bramble has actually bought and remodelled the house, which is called The Berries. However, it will be eight days before the family settles in their new spot.
Periwinkle, one of Bramble's five children, is deeply affected by the change of address; he is afraid he will miss his neighbour, Pimpernelle, and his old home, in the process. He even finds his new room, which he will share with brother Dandelion, too large for his liking.
Next day, Mistletoe, another young Bellflower, insists that the house's fixing up be finished. He calls on his four siblings for the task, and they secretly set off to do it. However, when Papa enters to get a lost tool, he is dismayed at the mess they have made. Angrily, he and Aunt Zinnia send them back home, and the father cleans up after them.
Soon, he announces that two strapping rams will carry the family's furniture in carts; the Pedal Express will be involved as well. When the day comes, Bramble, Mistletoe, Poppy and the Bellflowers' neighbours help out on the goods, while Zinnia and the other children wait for them at The Berries.
Everything is in place that afternoon, but as the bunnies later find out, Periwinkle is nowhere in sight. Instead, the lonely child has set up a small canvas tent near the old home, close to a hazelnut grove.
Knowing where Periwinkle possibly could be, Papa searches for him and eventually comes across the tent. Inside, he reminds his son that no one lives at the old Bellflower home anymore. But, when Papa tells him of a housewarming at their new place, Periwinkle cheers up, and the two of them head back over the hill to join in the fun.
[edit] TV episode
| “Room to Move” | |||||||
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| The Bellflower Bunnies episode | |||||||
 The young Bellflowers worry about the disappearance of their shy brother, Periwinkle. |
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 1 |
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| Written by | Original book, Family Moving Day: Geneviève Huriet Teleplay: Valérie Baranski |
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| Directed by | Moran Caouissin | ||||||
| Original airdate | 2001 February 13, 2006[4] |
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In 2001, Family Moving Day was adapted into the first episode[3] of TF1's animated series The Bellflower Bunnies, entitled "Le déménagement" in France[5] and "Ein neues Zuhause" in Germany.[4]
As part of a marketing deal with one of the show's producers, TVA International,[6] the Utah-based Feature Films for Families released the first English-language volume of the series in 2001 (on VHS), and again on October 1, 2003[7] (on Region 1 DVD). The package contains this episode, here entitled "Room to Move," and another one called "Carnival." Those two stories were further paired with "Vive la glisse" and "En ballon"[5] in TF1's French version (also from 2003),[5] and edelkids' German-dubbed version, released on February 22, 2008.[8]
This animated version stays faithful to the book, but with a few alterations, one of which involves Magda the magpie and her "Blueberry Ghost" trick to scare the Bellflowers out of their new home.[9] In addition, the young bunnies perform an up-tempo jazz-flavoured song called "Bunnies on the Move," written by Valérie Baranski and Daniel Scott.[10]
[edit] See also
- Two other Beechwood Bunny Tales, Periwinkle at the Full Moon Ball and Violette's Daring Adventure.
[edit] References
- ^ a b 산토끼가족의이사 at WorldCat. Retrieved February 15, 2008.
- ^ The Grands livres, special-edition books in the original French series (of which eight have been published), are not regular titles, but mostly collections of previous stories. The first two such installments were published in 1992 and 1994 respectively; Beignets, a regular title, followed shortly after.
- ^ a b (French) Episode list for La Famille Passiflore at Animevous.com. Retrieved March 19, 2008.
- ^ a b (German) Episode list for The Bellflower Bunnies at Meekos Episoden-Listen. Retrieved February 15, 2008.
- ^ a b c (French) Review of La Famille Passiflore by José Evrard. DvdCritiques.com. Retrieved February 15, 2008.
- ^ Bunnies bent on broadcast (Up Next: What's developing in kids production) (2001, May 1). KidScreen Magazine. Retrieved February 15, 2008. (Registration required to read.)
- ^ Review of The Bellflower Bunnies, Vol. 1 by the Dove Foundation. ChristianCinema.com. Retrieved February 17, 2008.
- ^ (German) Die Häschenbande, Folge 1 at Brandora. Retrieved March 10, 2008.
- ^ "Room to Move". Moran Caouissin, director. The Bellflower Bunnies. TF1. 2001. 11 minutes in.
- ^ "Room to Move". Moran Caouissin, director. The Bellflower Bunnies. TF1. 2001. 11-13 minutes in.
[edit] External links
- Room to Move (Le déménagement) at the Internet Movie Database
- (German) 2-minute clip of "Room to Move" from the TV show's KI.KA site
