{"product_id":"the-magic-paintbrush-1","title":"The Magic Paintbrush","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this highly illustrated series launch, Amy, an Asian\nAmerican girl picks up an ancient paintbrush and unwittingly unleashes the\npower to make her art real and sometimes \u003ci\u003edangerous.\u003c\/i\u003e Perfect\nfor fantasy readers who love \u003ci\u003eDragons in a Bag \u003c\/i\u003eand the Dragon\nPearl series.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e“Gorgeous and gripping, \u003ci\u003eThe Magic Paintbrush\u003c\/i\u003e swoops readers\noff on rip-roaring fantasy adventure that unfurls like a magnificent\nscroll…Brimming with imagination and heart…” Soman Chainani, author of THE\nSCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAmy has always loved art, but lately her drawings have been less than\nimpressive. There's no passion, no personality, no...magic. Until Amy visits\nher Lao Lao, her grandmother, and finds an ancient paintbrush that brings\nanything Amy creates to life!\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nNow her creation Luna has taken over her bedroom and is running through the\nstreets of Flushing, Queens. What awaits: an international adventure filled\nwith an ancient Chinese legend, a greedy adversary and ghastly beasts!\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAward-winning author Kat Zhang teams up with Eric Darnell, the writer and\ndirector of the Madagascar series and the Chief Creative Officer of Baobab\nStudios, to create a captivating highly-illustrated middle grade series debut\nabout finding your own path, the power of imagination, and the strength of\nfamily.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eKat Zhang\u003c\/b\u003e loves traveling to places both real\nand fictional—the former have better souvenirs, but the latter allow for\ndragons, so it’s a tough pick! She wrote the young-adult series The Hybrid\nChronicles, the middle-grade novels \u003ci\u003eThe Emperor’s Riddle\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe\nMemory of Forgotten Things\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Amy Wu picture book series. Like Amy,\nKat once thought being serious about art meant losing her “childish” fun but\nsoon came to realize that fun was the most important part of all.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEric Darnell\u003c\/b\u003e is Chief Creative Officer and Co-Founder of Baobab\nStudios, the world's leading independent interactive animation studio. Under\nEric's leadership, Baobab Studios has won 10 Emmys, 2 Annie's, and first ever\nSIGGRAPH Immersive Best in Show Award. Baobab's latest VR piece, \u003ci\u003eBaba\nYaga,\u003c\/i\u003e made its world premiere at the 2020 Venice Film Festival.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nEric's career spans 25 years, and he is the second highest box office grossing\nwriter and director of animated feature films, and was the director and\nscreenwriter on all four films in the Madagascar franchise and an executive\nproducer on The Penguins of Madagascar. Previously, Eric directed DreamWorks\nAnimation's very first animated feature film, \u003ci\u003eAntz\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePhoebe Zhong\u003c\/b\u003e is a character designer, visual developmental artist,\nand illustrator based in Beijing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44824720113871,"sku":"9780593179963","price":15.81,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_585f1d72-7584-4f97-bfe7-7d25e383a5d2.jpg?v=1770093058","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/the-magic-paintbrush-1","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}