Sue Monroe

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Sue Monroe
Occupation(s)Actress, voice actress, presenter, writer
Known forPresenting CBeebies (2002–2006)

Sue Monroe is a British television presenter, actress, and author best known for hosting CBeebies, and playing Poppy in Playdays . [1]

Career

Monroe presented, voiced and puppeteered Poppy the Cat in Playdays from 1990 to 1997. In February 2002, she became one of the first presenters on CBeebies, with Chris Jarvis, Sidney Sloane, and Pui Fan Lee. [2] She voiced Tigs the Tiger in the CBeebies show The Shiny Show. In 2006, Monroe presented Wakey Wakey on GMTV.

Monroe now writes children's books, the series 'The Magnificent Moon Hare' and 'The Magnificent Moon Hare and the Foul Treasure' have been translated into five languages. Monroe owns a children's shop called P.J and The Hare (a nod to her books) based in Cuckfield, West Sussex. [3] The latest book in the Moon Hare series was published in 2022. [4]

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References

  1. "Sue Monroe". ReadingZone. 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  2. "A decade of CBeebies and CBBC". BBC. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  3. Logan, Jennifer (27 September 2017). "'Quirky' children's shop opens in town". Mid-Sussex News. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  4. "Book review: The Magnificent Moon Hare and the Ghostly Goings On". School Library Association .