By Sharon Giltrow Humour connects, engages, and draws people in. It is a powerful tool that can be used to deliver important messages. Gavin Aung Than, New York Times best selling cartoonist, uses humor in his graphic novel , SUPER SIDEKICKS BOOK 2 - OCEAN'S REVENGE to introduce young readers to... "A giant whirlpool of rubbish soup the size of a small country"- Gavin Aung Than SUPER SIDEKICKS BOOK 2 – OCEAN’S REVENGE Written and Illustrated by: Gavin Aung Than Published by: Penguin Random House Australia, September 2019 US release: July 2021 The Super Sidekicks are back! An unidentified object is heading straight for the city, moving fast! Something fishy is going on . . .The world’s superheroes are missing, and humankind is under threat from an ancient underwater menace! Can the super sidekicks save the planet before it’s too late? OCEAN’S REVENGE, won the 2020 Environment Award for Children's Literature in Australia. Let’s see how Gavin adds humour to this serious subject… G-"Here, the Super Sidekicks prepare to meet an underwater enemy headed their way. We see how they use teamwork to overcome any obstacles, while also being close enough to make fun of each other at the same time. Just wait until to you see what they find in the ocean!" In the first spread Gavin uses a funny premise- What if you could hear other people’s thoughts? And their biggest fear is a swimming clown. The second spread uses great super silly words – FHOOF! SCHURLLP. As well as a pun on godspeed – GOOspeed! Well, that’s it from me this month, see you in July, with another great Aussie book. Share a laugh and connect with someone today. GIVEAWAY For a chance to win a copy of SUPER SIDEKICKS BOOK 2 – OCEAN’S REVENGE 1. Comment on this blog post 2. Share this blog post on social media 3. Follow Sharon on twitter 4. The winner will be announced on twitter on Monday 5th June BIO:
Sharon Giltrow grew up in South Australia, the youngest of eight children, surrounded by pet sheep and fields of barley. She now lives in Perth, Western Australia with her husband, two children and a tiny dog. Sharon has taught for all of her career. Previously a teacher of children who are hearing impaired and Deaf-Blind, she now teaches young children with Developmental Language Disorder. Her humorous debut PB BEDTIME DADDY! released May 2020 through EK books. Sharon’s humorous follow up PB GET READY, MAMA! Is due to be released through EK books in 2022. She was awarded The Paper Bird Fellowship for Writers in 2019, during this time she wrote her early middle grade book SAMARA RUBIN AND THE UTILITY BELT, which will be released in 2021 through Clear Fork Publishing’s new imprint &MG. She was recently awarded a U-15 K Arts Grant to further develop her early middle grade series – THE UTILITY BELT. CONNECT: https://www.instagram.com/sharongiltrow1/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/sharongiltrowwriter/ https://twitter.com/sharon_giltrow https://sharongiltrow.weebly.com/
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6/28/2021 04:40:41 am
Sharon, Thank you for this great article! I love Gavin's work. Using humor to deliver important messages will be a home run with kids! And, how perfect is the word SCHURLLP! :)
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Sharon Giltrow
6/28/2021 04:46:45 am
It is a great word isn't it :-). Thanks for the praise.
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Lou
6/28/2021 04:17:19 pm
Thoroughly agree with your praise for Gavin’s ability to share an important message with his readers through humour. Nothing brings me more joy as a teacher librarian than having a student laughing as they read and wanting to discuss the content with me.
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Sharon Giltrow
6/28/2021 04:37:37 pm
So true and important. Thanks Lou
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Sharon Giltrow
7/5/2021 07:38:24 pm
Congratulations Lou (Louise Brooks) you won the giveaway. I will DM you with details. Thanks for entering.
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Completely concur with your commendation for Gavin's capacity to impart a significant message to his perusers through humor. Nothing gives me more pleasure as an educator curator than having an understudy snickering as they read and needing to talk about the substance with me.
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