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The Magic Paintbrush
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  • Published: 3 September 2024
  • ISBN: 9780593179932
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: $36.00

The Magic Paintbrush

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23 Sept 2025
EBook
21 May 2024
Audiobook
21 May 2024
Hardback
3 Sept 2024
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21 May 2024
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In this highly illustrated series launch, Amy, an Asian American girl picks up an ancient paintbrush and unwittingly unleashes the power to make her art real—and sometimes dangerous. Perfect for fantasy readers who love Dragons in a Bag and the Dragon Pearl series.

In this highly illustrated series launch, Amy, an Asian American girl picks up an ancient paintbrush and unwittingly unleashes the power to make her art real and sometimes dangerous. Perfect for fantasy readers who love Dragons in a Bag and the Dragon Pearl series.

“Gorgeous and gripping, The Magic Paintbrush swoops readers off on rip-roaring fantasy adventure that unfurls like a magnificent scroll…Brimming with imagination and heart…” Soman Chainani, author of THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL series

Amy has always loved art, but lately her drawings have been less than impressive. There's no passion, no personality, no...magic. Until Amy visits her Lao Lao, her grandmother, and finds an ancient paintbrush that brings anything Amy creates to life!

Now her creation Luna has taken over her bedroom and is running through the streets of Flushing, Queens. What awaits: an international adventure filled with an ancient Chinese legend, a greedy adversary and ghastly beasts!

Award-winning author Kat Zhang teams up with Eric Darnell, the writer and director of the Madagascar series and the Chief Creative Officer of Baobab Studios, to create a captivating highly-illustrated middle grade series debut about finding your own path, the power of imagination, and the strength of family.
  • Published: 3 September 2024
  • ISBN: 9780593179932
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: $36.00
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About the authors

Kat Zhang

Kat Zhang started writing her first novel at age twelve and hasn't let up since. In high school, she wrote What's Left of Me, which expanded into her Young Adult series, The Hybrid Chronicles. Since then, she's also published multiple Middle Grade novels and worked with the creators of AVATAR: The Last Airbender to create an AVATAR picture book. Her popular Amy Wu series has been featured by the New York Times, Parents magazine, NPR, and the 2021 Read for the Record Campaign, where over 2 million readers came together to read one of Amy's stories.
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Eric Darnell

Eric Darnell is Chief Creative Officer and Co-Founder of Baobab Studios, the world's leading independent interactive animation studio. Under Eric's leadership, Baobab Studios has won 5 Emmys, 2 Annie's, and first ever SIGGRAPH Immersive Best in Show Award. Baobab's latest VR piece, Baba Yaga, made its world premiere at the 2020 Venice Film Festival.

Eric's career spans 25 years, and he is the second highest box office grossing writer and director of animated feature films, and was the director and screenwriter on all four films in the Madagascar franchise and an executive producer on The Penguins of Madagascar. Previously, Eric directed DreamWorks Animation's very first animated feature film, Antz
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