Pingus English Heads To The Lebanon

Linguaphone GroupInternational Publishers, will act as their official Lebanese distributor for the Group’s character-based pre-school English language program, Pingu’s English.

International Publishers SARL has an excellent reputation across the Lebanese education sector. For the last twenty years they have been the exclusive distributors of Encyclopedia Americana, the entire Grolier-Scholastic catalogue, and many titles from French publishing houses including Bordas, Universalis and Auzou.

Pingu’s English is a unique three-level language course based on the popular HIT Entertainment children’s character, Pingu™, and will be promoted through kindergartens and other retailers across the Lebanon.

Commenting on the new partnership, Nabil Komboz, Managing Director of International Publishers SARL said:

“We are delighted to have secured the rights to the prestigious Pingu’s English program from the Linguaphone Group. We look forward to working with kindergartens across the Lebanon to help give children here a better start in life”

Pingu’s English is delivered through a growing network of licensed partners across Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Pingu’s English and the Linguaphone Group will be exhibiting with The Publishers Association at the upcoming Bologna Children’s Book Fair.

The Pingu brand is owned by HIT Entertainment, one of the world's leading independent children's entertainment producers and rights-owners.