A Message from the Author and Illustrator
I'm really excited to be writing Adventure Park for Badger Learning. The series revolves around Emily, one of the luckiest girls in the world. She's lucky because her Grandad, Albert Sparkle-Trousers is the owner of the best theme park on the planet, Adventure Park. Like Albert, the theme park is a little bit magic and a little bit crazy. Emily tests the rides with her best friend Jacob and her pet hamster Frank - and nothing ever goes right! Throughout the series, our heroes find themselves sent spinning through times, hijacked by a pirate, chased by aliens and menaced by monsters.
Best of all, I'm working with the wonderful Abby Bulmer, who is bringing the stories to life with her amazing illustrations. I first worked with Abby years ago on some comic strips and so when the good people at Badger Learning started talking about illustrations I knew exactly who I wanted to draw Adventure Park. There's just so much energy in her artwork, which will help engage even the most reluctant of readers.
Cavan Scott
I've had a wonderful time working on Adventure Park so far. Every book seems to contain some of my favourite subjects to draw: aliens, monsters, dinosaurs and dragons! It's just perfect. And the characters are a blast. I think Albert and Frank are my favourite characters to draw so far, but I LOVE drawing Emily's hair. It's just a big fun scribble! It's great to get to work on something like this for youngsters who find reading a challenge, when I was young picture books and comics were a huge inspiration. If my silly drawings can be an encouragement to kids to get into books then I'll be thrilled!
Abby Bulmer
The 8 Adventure Park titles will be as follows:
Dinosaur Danger
Monster Mayhem
Pirate Peril
Candy Crisis
Cosmic Chaos
Rainforest Riot
Medieval Madness
Pyramid Panic
We are confident that the combination of simple language, short sentences and well-developed, humorous characters will provide an accessible yet enjoyable reading experience for the age group, without being patronising.
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