Question: John Peterson wrote the novel "The Secret Hide-Out" as well as this series of children's novels which were adapted into a TV series that aired from 1983-1985?
Context: Merrill Daniel Peterson (31 March 1921 – 23 September 2009) was a history professor at the University of Virginia and the editor of the prestigious Library of America edition of the selected writings of Thomas Jefferson.  Peterson wrote several books on Jefferson, including "The Jefferson Image in the American Mind" (Oxford University Press, 1960; reprinted with new foreword, University Press of Virginia, 1998), and "Thomas Jefferson and the New Nation" (Oxford University Press, 1970).  Other works include "Lincoln in American Memory" (Oxford University Press, 1994), "John Brown: The Legend Revisited" (2002), and most recently "Starving Armenians: America and the Armenian Genocide, 1915-1930 and After" (Univ. of Virginia Press). The Secret Hide-Out is a children's novel written and illustrated by children's author John Peterson, who also created "The Littles".  It was originally published as a hardback title by Four Winds Press in 1965, then became a long-running paperback for Scholastic Press and its book clubs, through the 1970s. John Garbett is an American film producer from Utah.  He was the producer of "The Other Side of Heaven" (along with Jerry Molen) and also of "The Legend of Johnny Lingo" (2003) for which he also wrote the screenplay.  This was loosely based on the screenplay his mother-in-law Claire Whitaker Peterson wrote for the film "Johnny Lingo". The Littles is an animated television series, originally produced between 1983 and 1985.  It is based on the characters from "The Littles", a series of children's novels by American author John Peterson, the first of which was published in 1967.  The series was produced for the American broadcast network ABC by the French/American studio DIC Entertainment, with the animation production outsourced overseas to the Japanese studio TMS Entertainment.  It was post-produced by a Canadian animation studio, Animation City Editorial Services. The Littles is a series of children's novels by American author John Peterson, the first of which was published in 1967.  Sixteen years later, Peterson's books were adapted into "The Littles", an animated series by DIC Entertainment.  The television show ran on ABC Saturday mornings from September 10, 1983 to November 2, 1985 for three seasons and 29 episodes.  In 1985, DiC released an animated feature film spun off the series titled "Here Come the Littles". Oscar's Orchestra is a British children's animated TV series that ran from 1994 to 1996 comprising a total of three seasons and 39 episodes.  The series was produced by the popular British animation studio Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment (who is also famous for producing other such animated TV series and films as "Dennis the Menace", "Captain Zed and the Zee Zone", "The Secret Show" and "Rarg") in association with Warner Music Vision and Europe Images and was originally shown on the BBC as part of their children's block CBBC.  It also aired on the British children's cable networks The Children's Channel (TCC) and Nickleodeon and has broadcast in over more than 100 different countries worldwide such as ARD in Germany, France 2 in France and ABC in Australia. John Lawrence Peterson (February 10, 1924 – November 2002) was an American author of children's books.  He is best known as the creator of "The Littles", which began as a series of books in 1967, later adapted into an animated cartoon series by DiC Entertainment.  Peterson was also the author of "The Secret Hide-Out", a popular Scholastic Books title in the 1960s and 1970s. Here Come the Littles is a 1985 animated fantasy film produced in France by DIC Entertainment and distributed by Atlantic Releasing.  It was directed by Bernard Deyriès and adapted by Woody Kling from John Peterson's series of books, "The Littles", and also based on the ABC television show of the same name. Ed Whitmore is a British screenwriter.  He has written for a number of successful British TV series such as "Waking the Dead".  In 2003 he wrote the "Waking The Dead" episode "Multistory", directed by Robert Bierman, which won the show an Emmy for Best International Drama Series.  He adapted the book "Hallam Foe" into a successful film, for which he was subsequently nominated at the Moët et Chandon British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) for Best Screenplay, (losing to Patrick Marber's "Notes on a Scandal)", as well as the BAFTA-winning "Sea of Souls", for which he won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Episode in a TV Series.  Most recently, he created and wrote ITV drama "Identity", which was aired on British TV in the summer of 2010; the remake rights were then sold to the ABC Network in America. Redwall is a series of children's fantasy novels by Brian Jacques.  It is also the title of the first book of the series, published in 1986, as well as the name of the Abbey featured in the book and the name of an animated TV series based on three of the novels ("Redwall", "Mattimeo", and "Martin the Warrior"), which first aired in 1999.  The books are primarily aimed at older children.  There have been twenty-two novels and two picture books published.  The twenty-second, and final, novel, "The Rogue Crew", was posthumously released on May 3, 2011.
Answer: The Littles