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    Harold’s New Friends R Aliens! | Book Spotlight

    Bianca SchulzeBy Bianca Schulze3 Mins Read General
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    Announcing the exciting book release of Harold’s New Friends R Aliens!, based on the script written by multi award-winning team David Witt and Melanie Alexander.

    Harold’s New Friends R Aliens! is a unique format, an imaginary world introducing new and exciting characters, with big hearts and even bigger attitudes. A creative tool to tacitly teach children the value of trying again.

    Harolds New Friends R AliensHarold’s New Friends R Aliens!

    Story by David Witt based on the Script written by David Witt and Melanie Alexander

    Illustrated by Janet English

    Publisher’s Synopsis: Harold is a young boy who really wants to be hero but he just can’t seem to make it happen. All of a sudden he has 3 crazy little aliens in a ‘Birdship’ that want to help him out. Iggy, Tsk-Tsk and Duke have a secret rewind button and their own ideas on what he should do, but it’s all down to Harold to get it right …!

    Ages 5-8 | Publisher: Sagacious Vision Pty Ltd | February 6, 2019 | ISBN-13: 978-0763677534

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    About David Witt

    David has worked on more than 100 television, radio and stage productions, ranging from sitcoms to quiz shows and from light entertainment to drama. For the past 25 years David has concentrated on children’s television – both live-action and animated, pre-school and primary school, as a writer, script editor, story consultant, series developer and voice director. David has worked on the award-winning animation series Guess How Much I Love You™ by Sam McBratney, Kitty is Not a Cat created by Bruce Kane & Maurice Argiro and Dumb Bunnies by Dav Pilkey. David is a published children’s book author for the ABC and his work has been nominated for four Australian Writers Guild awards and has won one.

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    About Melanie Alexander

    Melanie is a multi-award winning screenwriter and has been the Script Producer and Editor of successful SLR brands such as Lexi & Lottie: Trusty Twin Detectives, Guess How Much I Love You™, The Skinner Boys – Guardians of the Lost Secrets, Captain Flinn and The Pirate Dinosaurs and Teenage Fairytale Dropouts. Melanie has been in the industry for 18 years and teaches Writing for Children’s Television at the Australian Film, TV and Radio School. She is a highly acclaimed children’s television writer for award winning series like Blinky Bill, Flipper & Lopaka, Tabaluga, CJ the DJ, Milly Molly, Dive Olly Dive, Play School, Bambaloo, Zigby, Penelope K By The Way, Sally Bollywood and Beat Bugs!

    About Janet English

    Janet has been working professionally as an artist and musician for twenty years. A member of the internationally renowned music band SPIDERBAIT. Janet has created successful music video clips, produced short animations for ABC TV, in addition to writing and producing several multi-platinum albums. Janet has been nominated for numerous ARIA awards and has won one. Janet holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design from Monash University and will soon graduate with a Psychology Degree from Swinburne University, Melbourne.

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    Bianca Schulze is the founder of The Children’s Book Review. She is a reader, reviewer, mother and children’s book lover. She also has a decade’s worth of experience working with children in the great outdoors. Combined with her love of books and experience as a children’s specialist bookseller, the goal is to share her passion for children’s literature to grow readers. Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, she now lives with her husband and three children near Boulder, Colorado.

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    1. Pingback: Enter For A Chance To Win A Copy Of Harold’s New Friends R Aliens – Ends April 13 – Last Minute Giveaways

    2. Bianca Schulze on April 15, 2019 9:39 am

      Congrats to these 5 lucky winners who will each be receiving a digital copy of Harold’s New Friends R Aliens!: Ep. 1 The Bullies and the Billy-Cart!

      Elizabeth B., Susan P., David, S, Debbie I., and Nancy J.

      Not one of the winners? You can snap a copy here: https://amzn.to/2IjM6rb

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