Papa Beaver's Storytime

Papa Beaver's Storytime (known in French as Les Histoires du Pere Castor or The Stories of Pere Castor, is a French and Canadian, animated, literary anthology television series. It was created by publisher's editor Paul Faucher and the segments are based on the kids' storybooks authored by Pere Castor. Several of the adaptations of the various stories are by him, but others, like Goldilocks and The Three Bears are by other authors. The production was by CINAR (later renamed Cookie Jar Entertainment and currently, WildBrain).

Overview
The series is formatted as having wraparounds and a couple of segments between them in each episode. Papa Beaver is the caretaker, father figure, and, most significantly of all, storyteller to three, younger beavers. Each episode begins with the younger beavers having some discord amongst themselves and they go to him to see if he can help them resolve the issue. Papa Beaver then tells the youngsters a fairytale or fable that involves a situation similar to whatever the three siblings are trying to settle at the moment. After the stories are told, they end with moralities of which the siblings become better informed and take seriously.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The wraparounds with the beavers are nicely entertaining and the story segments are fine adaptations of Pere Castor's works.
 * 2) The art is well-drawn enough and the animation isn't that bad either.
 * 3) It's just as great and brilliantly written for both the wraparounds and adaptations of Castor's stories.
 * 4) With so many of the fairytales and fables featured, there's a large variety to choose from as favorites.
 * 5) Many characters to choose from as favorites as well and many of them are great in their own ways for one reason or another, including Papa Beaver.
 * 6) The theme song for the English version is warm, pleasant, and serene.
 * 7) The voice acting for the English dub sounds pleasant enough.
 * 8) Plenty of great moments to keep viewers engaged.
 * 9) The aforementioned moralities may be the main thing to take from this and they're presented well.
 * 10) It's just as good as many of the other literary anthology series.
 * 11) It mostly makes for wholesome viewing.