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Explore OoberKidsRepublic
Join the funHere's a bird's eye view of OoberKidsRepublic
Get to know the republic's inhabitants, their homes, their friends and favourite hang outs.
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Meet the Crew - People
Here are our friends - are you ready to meet them all?
Meet the People:
This is Imogen
Imogen runs, leaps, skates, climbs trees, sings and laughs with her friend Zaid. She never stops!
When she is tired, she plays with her vain dog, Chou Chou. She lives right by the green with her father, Dave, and their flatmate, Alfonsa Van Der Boom.
Imogen likes Alfonsa because she takes her on long bike rides, tells her about her travels around the world and teaches her about different animals. She always shows her interesting, beautifully illustrated books too. But she likes her most of all because Alfonsa does not make Imogen dress up. Her mum, Anne Marie, is a fashion designer in Paris and is always asking Imogen to wear smart and trendy clothes.
Imogen's House
Come and meet her, her father, Dave, her puppy, Chou Chou, and their flatmate, Alfonsa van der Boom.
Come in
She lives there with her dad, Dave, and their flatmate, Alfonsa van der Boom. Her mum, Anne Marie, lives in Paris, where she designs clothes. Anne Marie Loves designing beautiful clothes but it's hard work and she is far from her family. She misses her family and calls them nearly every day.
Here's Imogen's room
Check out Chou Chou's luxury tent! He is one posh dog.
Chou Chou (Shoo- Shoo)
Pronounce his name ‘Shoo-Shoo' or this terrier will get cross and will bark ‘Riff Raff' at you!
Chou Chou thinks he is more elegant and better than everybody else on the green because of his fancy French name. Imogen’s mother, Anne Marie, bought Chou Chou in Paris.
Every day Chou Chou and Imogen walk to the green; they are always together apart from when:
- Imogen climbs trees
- Imogen is at school
- When it is too muddy for Chou Chou to get his paws dirty (Chou Chou hates this!)
If you want the latest style, go straight to him; if you want to have a laugh just look at this terrier whenever he meets Mirella the Duck. He has a MASSIVE crush on her...
Dave
Dave is Imogen's cool and relaxed dad. He loves computers, websites and reading all about the internet.
Imogen and Dave are always baking on Saturday afternoons. They have baked: cookies, pizza, focaccia bread, sponges. They used to leave their cookies on the kitchen windowsill to cool, until Liam the Fox helped himself to the whole lot!
Dave is married to Anne Marie, Imogen's glam mum! She lives in Paris and designs clothes but she is also interested in hats and shoes. The three of them meet in Paris, at Dave and Imogen's or when they go on holiday together with Chou Chou.
The awesome three
Dave, Imogen and Chou Chou are usually together on Saturdays, unless Dave is on a deadline at work. If he has a deadline he works through the weekend but he tries to make up for it the following weekend.
Dave's Office
Imogen's oober dad writes awesome codes! Dave works from home. Here's his office. It's 100% green and energy efficient. Dave is busy but he always makes time for Imogen and tries to spend every Saturday with her.
Alfonsa van der Boom
You'll hear Alfonsa before you see her. She is loud and bright and cheerful. She wakes up at dawn to go for a bike ride and then goes to work, managing OoberKidsRepublic's Adventure Playground.
In her spare time, Alfonsa swims, writes adventure stories and listens to conversations between animals. That's right! She's found the key to animal language in an old book she bought in Timbuktu during one of her adventures. She hasn't told anyone yet but she might tell Zaid or Imogen... She hasn't decided yet. Which of the two will Alfonsa reveal her secret to?
Alfonsa's room
Welcome to Alfonsa’s oober sporty room. She is hardly at home in the week. She works, cycles, trains, laughs and is always busy. She enjoys every minute of her life.
Alfonsa's job
Check out Alfonsa's playground. She is in charge of this oober fun green space
Zaid in 60 seconds
Only Zaid can match Imogen's energy.
He climbs trees, races Imogen around the green, explores the city on his bike, eats jam sandwiches, reads comics and loves atlases because he wants to be an explorer.
When he is not with Imogen, he is with Alfonsa van der Boom. Zaid also likes Alfonsa and enjoys hearing about her worldly travels. He wants a pet but is not allowed one so he sometimes sneaks Mino the hedgehog into his room while his mother, Rhiannon, is out.
TROUBLE HQ
Step right in. This is the hallway. Can you spot signs of Zaid's presence?