Indie children’s publisher Little Tiger and Banijay Media’s Tiger Aspect Kids & Family are joining forces to develop book-based animated and live-action content.

Little Tiger books such as Karl Newsome’s I Really, Really Love You So (pictured) offer great source material for Tiger Aspect, which tends to focus on strong characters, fun and emotional exploration, says Tom Beattie, the British studio’s managing director.

Little Tiger’s catalogue features titles spanning from preschoolers all the way up to YA readers, and covering themes such as family and friendships, science, fairytales and bedtime stories. On its roster are Now We’re Together by Nicola Edwards, Mums Are Magnificent by Simon Philip and a Fairytale Classics collection of timeless fables.

Tiger Aspect hasn’t locked down which books it will adapt first yet, but the team is looking at both upcoming and already published works, says Beattie. Kidlit-based content is familiar terrain for the studio, which developed an adaptation of The Gruffalo writer Julia Donaldonson’s What the Ladybird Heard book series for TV. And just last month, the BBC announced that it has greenlit Tiger Aspect’s 2D-animated series inspired by Matty Long’s Super Happy Magic Forest publishing brand.