LOS ANGELES, July 28, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- SoulPancake
and HarperCollins Children's Books are giving the world a new
reason to dance with their announcement today of the brand-new
book, KID PRESIDENT'S GUIDE TO BEING AWESOME.
Kid President is delivering his hilarious, uplifting and
inspirational messages through a new medium: a 240-page, full-color
GUIDE TO BEING AWESOME. 10-year-old Robby
Novak, along with his brother-in-law and co-creator of Kid
President, Brad Montague, have
inspired millions to take part in a joyful rebellion to make the
world more awesome through random acts of kindness, hope, and
spontaneous dance parties. Kid President made the announcement on
YouTube today and opened up pre-sales for the book. (Link to video
here: http://bit.ly/KPBookNews)
KID PRESIDENT'S GUIDE TO BEING AWESOME is a book for all ages,
set to be released in the U.S. on February
3rd, 2015, through HarperCollins Children's Books.
"Writing a book is as cool as pizza... no wait... dancing,"
Novak says.
Actor Rainn Wilson, co-creator of
SoulPancake (producers of Kid President), will be writing the
book's introduction. "Kid President is all about getting kids and
grown-ups to work together to make the world more awesome," Wilson
explains. "We believe this book will take people on a joyful
adventure by offering tons of creative, hilarious ideas and
inspiration for awesomeness. Plus, it will help our secret agenda
to start corndog parties in bookstores and libraries
everywhere."
David Linker, Executive Editor of
HarperCollins Children's Books agrees: "If anyone can make the
world more awesome just by writing a book, it's Kid President. The
book's got it all -- humor, advice, corndogs, and awesome
interviews with awesome people. Parents and kids are going to love
this."
This interactive and inspirational book will be jam-packed with
pep talks, a list of 100 awesome ideas to help make the world more
awesome, stories of inspiring kids who are changing the world,
contributions from fans, guest columns and essays, and interviews
with Kid President's famous friends. (In the past, Kid President
has interviewed President Barack
Obama, Steve Carell, and
Beyonce, just to name a few!)
The motivation to create the book is summed up by Brad Montague: "My favorite thing about what has
happened with 'Kid President' is that we've gotten to meet and
learn from thousands of people who care about making the world a
little more awesome. For me, this book will be a success if people
not only read it, but live it out."
North American rights were negotiated by David Linker, Executive Editor, HarperCollins
Children's Books and Lisa Sharkey,
Senior VP, Director of Creative Development, HarperCollins
Publishers with Shabnam Mogharabi,
CEO/Executive Producer at SoulPancake and talent and literary
agency, WME.
The book is available for pre-sale immediately online at
retailers like Amazon, Barnes & Noble, IndieBound, and more,
and retails for $21.99.
ABOUT KID PRESIDENT
Brad
Montague and Robby
Novak are co-creators of Kid President, the
popular web series featured on Rainn
Wilson's SoulPancake YouTube channel. Together the two have
created a movement of joy and fun and created work seen by tens of
millions. With a passion for helping foster creativity and
compassion in young people, Brad is also the director of GO! Camp,
an experience for teenagers who want to change the world, and
co-founder of Love In Stereo, a collective of artists striving to
create work that matters. Robby is in fourth grade. He likes
basketball, football, soccer and making the world better. The two
live and work in Tennessee.
ABOUT SOULPANCAKE
SoulPancake is actor
Rainn Wilson's media and production
company that creates content to explore the human experience. We
have an Emmy Award-winning television division, a digital platform
and Webby Award-winning premium YouTube channel
(youtube.com/soulpancake), and a first-rate creative agency
services team. Our content is joyful, thought-provoking, quirky,
cinematic, and full of heartfelt emotion. You can find us on
Twitter and Facebook @soulpancake.
ABOUT HARPERCOLLINS CHILDREN'S BOOKS
HarperCollins
Children's Books is one of the leading publishers of children's
and teen books. Respected worldwide for its tradition of publishing
quality, award-winning books for young readers, HarperCollins is
home to many timeless treasures and bestsellers such as
Charlotte's Web, Goodnight Moon,
Where the Sidewalk Ends, Where the Wild Things Are, The Graveyard
Book and series including The Chronicles of Narnia, Ramona,
Warriors, Pete the Cat, Fancy Nancy, Divergent, and The Selection.
Consistently at the forefront of digital innovation, HarperCollins
Children's Books delights readers through engaging storytelling in
all formats, including ebooks and apps. HarperCollins Children's
Books is a division of HarperCollins Publishers, one of the leading
English-language publishers in the world and a subsidiary of News
Corp (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV). Headquartered in
New York, HarperCollins has
publishing groups in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New
Zealand, and India. You can
visit HarperCollins Children's Books at
www.harpercollinschildrens.com and
www.epicreads.com and HarperCollins Publishers at
www.harpercollins.com
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