April 22, 1993 (1993-04-22) – August 16, 2002 (2002-08-16)
Papa Beaver's Storytime (French: Les histoires du Père Castor) is an animated television series based on the Père Castor series of children's story books produced by French publisher's editor Paul Faucher.[1] The series which was produced by CINAR, originally aired from 1993 to 1995 and 2002 on the French channels Canal J and France 3, and later on the American channel Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block between 1994 and 1997.[2]
Synopsis
Series presenting a collection of tales based on the Père Castor series of French children's stories. Papa Beaver's Storytime is an animated television series which tells of Papa Beaver, a caretaker, a father figure, but most importantly, a storyteller.
The show starts out with some type of disagreement between the children, who then turn to Papa Beaver for a solution. He begins telling them some stories which are somehow related to the situation the children are in.
The stories are either a fable or a fairytale, ultimately using the morality of the story to teach the children a lesson about their own actions.
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