Kids on the coast

The Fairies - an Australian made live-action musical series for preschoolers featuring fairies called Harmony and Rhapsody – is taking the world by storm with a new televison series, retail stores, website and stage shows all planned for 2009. Since April 2006, more than 120,000 DVDs have sold in Australia and live tours have sold over 80,000 tickets. Creator of the series, South Australian mother-of-three, Jen Watts, has gone from being a copywriter and homemaker to running the multi-million dollar children’s brand. When Jen’s first daughter Abbie was two years old, and with a five week old son in arms, she searched desperately for a girl’s TV show to keep Abbie occupied. Finding nothing to suit, Jen was inspired to create a show full of magic, sparkles, glitter and everything little girls love and The Fairies was born. For more information, visit www.thefairies.com