Paddles! The Huggable Polar Bear

Paddles and Bracken and all the new pupils are feeling nervous and anxious - its’ their first day of school. An over confident Fagan bosses it in an impromptu game of Gaelic Football. Miss Hoot the Teacher and Uncle Liam the Head Master put the pupils into pairs in class and to their dismay Paddles and Fagan are put together - it looks like they have nothing in common. It’s going to be a long day. Paddles discovers that Fagan is nervous too, and finds the toy that Fagan made and then lost. Everyone is impressed with Fagan’s inventiveness. Fagan is relieved and at the end of the day everyone else is also. They’ve all made new friends and had a great day. Same time tomorrow then?

It’s Halloween! The crows have been at he vegetables again, so Mr Wolfie has tasked Paddles and Bracken with the job of making a scarecrow. Fagan discovers the scarecrow and decides it might be a hoot to dress up and scare the locals. After much shrieking and screaming the whole community are convinced their village has a monster on the loose. Until Paddles figures it out and gives Fagan the fright of his life.

"It is the 83rd annual conkers competition in Drumsna and Paddles, Bracken, Bridie, Fagan and even Uncle Liam are all competing for the renowned title of “The Supreme Conqueror”. Everyone wants to win and each competitor is ready to do whatever it takes. Bracken steeps his conker in vinegar. Fagan finds a monster conker namely a coconut which fell off the back of the Drumsna delivery van. Fagan and Bracken beat all opponents and meet in the final. Fagan’s coconut is declared the winner and Mrs Hoot reprimands Bracken for using vinegar, declaring that all conkers are created equal. Paddles accidentally falls on Fagan’s coconut, which shatters revealing it is not a conker but a coconut and he is disqualified as the winner. Uncle Liam declares Paddles the winner as his conker is the only remaining one that is whole. The kids learn to play fair and have fun."

PADDLES and BRACKEN investigate mysterious activity at the village school which the OLD MOORHEN tells them is the work of the ‘little people’ who’re annoyed that the school has been built over their very own ‘fairy-road.’

After making a rocket at school, everyone decides to play a space game in the Woods, but Charlotte finds it boring and would much rather practice her dancing. Mr Wolfie finds an old telescope, and at night time they spot a shooting star. Everyone makes a wish – but soon Charlotte is regretting her wish that something exciting would happen in Drumsnella when lots of strange things start to happen. Crop circles, all manner of things disappearing, and what are those lights and noises coming from the woods? Arrgh! The aliens have landed, and they’ve taken Fergal and Fergus, or has Fagan got something to do with this…..?

The school children are putting on a play and Charlotte decides because she’s the best performer she should have all the important roles. Paddles doesn’t think he’s good enough to play anything, so Charlotte decides he can be a stage hand and dishes out an ever increasing list of jobs for him to do. The dress rehearsal is a disaster, and Paddles is very down cast – it’s all his fault. On the day of the performance more disaster strikes – Charlotte has lost her voice. Oh no, who knows all her parts and can step in to save the day? Paddles discovers his inner strength just in the nick of time!

World wide singing sensation Spaniel O’Connell visits his home town of Drumsnella, and this gives Fagan and Bracken an idea: Lightning can strike twice – let’s form a band and be rich and famous! There’s just one small problem; neither can sing a note, and their tuneless rehearsals give everyone an earbashing. Meanwhile, poor Paddles misses hanging around with his best friend. A conversation with Spaniel means it’s Paddles that grabs the headlines instead.

Charlotte is downcast when her kite zooms off and a trip to the woods for a camp out doesn’t lift her spirits. Bracken declares himself King of the Woods, but Fagan sets up a rival camp where he can issue Kingly edicts instead of doing the hard graft of den building. Alas he discovers the hard way that his den is not rain-proof, and the woods can be spooky on a wet winters night; Who can solve the puzzle of the ghost and the dragon in the trees and cheer Charlotte up in the process?

It’s the summer holidays and Paddles, Bracken and Bridie build a pirate raft to explore the river. Bracken and Bridie take charge, and poor Paddles is left to do all the hard work. Seamus and Oscar decide to scupper their game, and a daring pirate chase on the river ensues. Alas the baddie pirates have to endure the rapids. Paddles, Bracken and Bridie lose their raft and are marooned on an island in the river but are they alone? They discover an abandoned camp, but where is the treasure? Paddles earns himself a promotion to Captain, and returns triumphantly up river!

It’s the summer holidays and Paddles, Bracken and Bridie build a pirate raft to explore the river. Bracken and Bridie take charge, and poor Paddles is left to do all the hard work. Seamus and Oscar decide to scupper their game, and a daring pirate chase on the river ensues. Alas the baddie pirates have to endure the rapids. Paddles, Bracken and Bridie lose their raft and are marooned on an island in the river but are they alone? They discover an abandoned camp, but where is the treasure? Paddles earns himself a promotion to Captain, and returns triumphantly up river!

Mrs Twigg is unwell with a dose of the sniffles and leaves Fergus and Fergal in charge of running the shop and their recently introduced “home delivery service”. But the demands soon start to get a little too much for Fergal and Fergus to cope with. Paddles and Bracken arrive, note the chaos, and offer to help the twins with their home delivery service. But when the errand boys decide to customise their delivery vehicle, things quickly go from bad to worse.

In the classroom, MISS HOOT is reminding the class that tomorrow is ‘Show and Tell’ and the pupils must bring in something interesting to show the class. The most interesting exhibit will have pride of place on the ‘Nature Table’. The competition is on! PADDLES wants to find something exciting for the ‘Show and Tell’ session at school but nothing seems to go his way until his star-gazing pays off...