Harold's New Friends R Aliens!: Ep.1 The Bullies and the Billy-Cart

by David Witt, Janet English (Illustrator), Melanie Alexander

Overview

Harold's New Friends R Aliens!

A creative tool to tacitly teach children the value of trying again.

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.

Created by a multi award winning team, recipients of numerous nominations and awards including the Australian Writer's Guild awards (AWGIE's) and the Australian Recording Industry awards (ARIA's). Individual works include the animation series Guess How Much I Love You(TM) by Sam McBratney, Kitty is Not a Cat created by Bruce Kane & Maurice Argiro and Dumb Bunnies by Dav Pilkey.

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 ...!

In Episode 1. The Bullies & the Billy-Cart we see Harold save his bestest friend Jessica from the frightening mandibles of a huge spider, outsmart the school bullies at their own game and stumble on a 1950's billy-cart to become our Hero!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780648498025
Publisher:	Sagacious Vision Pty Ltd
Publication date:	04/05/2019
Series:	Harold's New Friends R Aliens! , #1
Edition description:	The Bullies and the Billy-Cart ed.
Pages:	56
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.15(d)
Age Range:	6 - 8 Years

About the Author

As a scriptwriter, 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.

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.

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!

Melanie has a background in teaching and spent 10 happy years teaching children ranging from 4 to 12 years, which has given her great insight into her target audience.

Table of Contents

EP 1. THE BULLIES AND THE BILLY-CART

Meet Harold

Did you say 'Birdship'?

Harold's New Friends: Iggy, Tsk-Tsk and Duke!

The Aliens can do what?

Yes, its true, they have Superpowers ..!

THE CAST - IN OUR SHOW

Let's start with the Humans:

More stuff on Harold

Harold's best friend Jessica

The Bullies

Dad

The Intergalactic Aliens:

Iggy, Tsk-Tsk & Duke!

Editorial Reviews

Amazon 5 Stars VP - 10 March 2019

Mrs Sam Hobblelen: as a mum of 3 boys, we enjoyed reading Harold's New Friends R Aliens immensely! Our boys giggled uncontrollably when introduced to one of the alien characters Iggy, and wanted to read about Iggy over and over. From a parents' perspective the messaging on resilience and bullying is very topical especially as our eldest son has just started school. I highly recommend this book, it's a wonderful read!

Amazon 5 Stars VP - 2nd March 2019

Mrs Julie Tayles: Beautifully illustrated children's book which children the importance of making good choices. The clever combination of humour and fabulously illustrated, colourful characters that children (and parents) can relate to draw the reader into the story, making it the perfect tale to share with little ones. A useful educational tool which would be an asset to any home or school library. If your kids like the Andrew Griffiths series of slightly chaotic humour, they will love this book. Refreshingly creative!

Amazon 5xStars VP - 22nd March 2019

Mr Brian Abbott: Engaging, humorous and educational. The story, characters, illustrations and the little musical ditties are absolutely enchanting. The book combines engaging characters with great humour which children and parents can each enjoy. Additionally, there are grerat educational benefits from the story as Harold embarks on his adventures. I highly recommend the book.

Amazon 5xStars VP - 23rd February 2019

Mike F: I asked my friend's seven year old to review this book and he loved it! Read it in one sitting and gave it 4.5 out of 5 stars. He loved Harold's new friends, and liked that the bullies got their own in the end.

Amazon 5xStars VP - 10 March 2019

Deborah Wilson: The story of Harold’s opportunity to ”take two” on a decision he has made, is a simple and entertaining tool for parents seeking to teach children the message of actions and their consequences. Beautifully funky illustrations and the humorous story combine to make this a fun read for children and parents alike.

Amazon 5xStars VP - 4 April 2019

Marian Cary: I would highly recommend this book. I have read it to my nieces and nephews and they loved it. Can’t wait for episode 2.

More reviews on Amazon.

Goodreads are now starting to rate Harold's New Friends R Aliens! - with 4 & 5 Stars.

Harold has only recently launched with media reviews planned - in the weeks and months ahead.

VP

Beautifully illustrated children's book which teaches children the importance of good choices.

The clever combination of humour and fabulously illustrated colourful characters that children (and parents) can relate to draw the reader into the story, making it the perfect tale to share with little ones. A useful educational tool which would be an asset to any home or school library. If your kids like the Andrew Griffiths series of slightly chaotic humour, they will love this book. Refreshingly creative!

Amazon Review: 5xStars (USA)

Mrs Sam Hobblelen: 10 March 2019

VP

As a mum of 3 young boys, we enjoyed reading Harold's New Friends R Aliens! immensely!

Our boys giggled uncontrollably when introduced to one of the alien characters Iggy, and wanted to read about Iggy over and over. From a parents' perspective the messaging on resilience and bullying is very topical especially as our eldest son has just started school. I highly recommend this book, it's a wonderful read!

Amazon Review: 5xStars (USA)

Mr Brian Abbott: 22 March 2019

From the Publisher