Judy Rothman and Alex Rockwell wrote the lyrics for the show's numerous songs, which used melodys from well-known classical compositions. The character designs were created by Peter Brooke, based on the stoybooks' original illustrations. They would always say, 'we don’t want to model that behavior, or show a kid that's upset or doesn't want to give her sister her birthday present.' We had difficulty selling the show. It was difficult to sell the show originally, because broadcasters were afraid of Frances not being an ideal kid. And we really wanted to create a series that captured those two things. And that is modeled very well in the books. They are very patient with her, and they have this way of not crushing her spirit. And the other beauty of the books that we wanted to preserve is that her parents are extremely good parents. And we were attracted to that, and really wanted to bring that to television. When you're reading those books, you see that it's such an honest portrayal of that kind of a kid. She has temper-tantrums, she is stubborn, she is highly high-spirited, and highly imaginative. And the reason I think I was attracted to them for many years is that they so beautifully represent a very authentic kid. Obviously it's based on the books and those books are truly brilliant. Quite a few years ago – I think seven or eight years ago – we decided to develop Frances. Three episodes of the series were released on DVD, with the release of Bedtime for Frances in March 31, 2009. The series was finally premiered on Jon PBS Kids Sprout, as part of the channel's "Summer Fun Fridays" programming block. But it came back on Apand can be seen after the premiere of Wilbur on 12:30 PM. Participants will work with the principles of what brings life to a puppet breathing, intention, direction, material, and object animationand then apply those principles to simple robots. HIT Entertainment did not say when it will be releasing a second release of Frances on DVD either, which was a disappointment to the Jim Henson Company. This workshop will explore simple robots with DC motors, servo motors, 3D Printing, and Arduino Programming in reference to puppetry. As of December 23, 2006, Frances was pulled off the air. The series was first premiered on Octoon TLC and Discovery Kids, as part of the channel's "Ready Set Learn" programming block. Frances is an American computer animated children's series produced by the Jim Henson Company and HIT Entertainment that brings the storybook character of Frances, a young badger from the book series by Russell Hoban, to life with the use of digital puppetry.
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