StoryMakers with Steven Banks MIDDLE SCHOOL BITES: OUT FOR BLOOD
Which would you rather be: a vampire, a werewolf, or a zombie? Well, after bites from ALL THREE monsters, Tom Marks has become the first Van-Wolf-Zom. Could it get any worse? There's just the matter of having to go to middle school! Learn all about Tom's latest adventure on StoryMakers as author (and former Head Writer for SpongeBob SquarePants) Steven Banks shares details about the newest book in the MIDDLE SCHOOL BITES series, OUT FOR BLOOD.
About The Book
Tom the Vam-Wolf-Zom is back–and so is the werewolf that bit him–in this monstrously funny series about a boy who’s dying to fit in. Eleven-year-old Tom was bit by a vampire, a werewolf, and a zombie right before the first day of middle school. It was a weird and crazy day. And he didn’t even get excused from sixth grade! Now he’s being hunted down by the werewolf that bit him. Should Tom join a wolf pack? On the one hand, he could give up school and homework forever. (He really doesn’t want to do his history report.) On the other hand, he’d miss his band, his friends, and Annie, his maybe-possibly-someday girlfriend. He might even miss his big sister, Emma. Then the vampire that bit him returns with a warning: the werewolf is dangerous. Perhaps Tom should stick with sixth grade–even if it’s mostly talent show disappointments, detention, and chicken-turkey-salami-roast beef sandwiches. Created by an Emmy-nominated writer for SpongeBob, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, and CatDog, this hilarious series is illustrated with clever, cartoon-style art on every spread. Perfect for fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and The Last Kids on Earth.
About Steven Banks
Steven Banks is an American musician, comedian, actor, and New York Times–bestselling writer. He has worked on Nickelodeon TV shows, including CatDog, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, and SpongeBob SquarePants, for which he was the story editor and head writer. His books include King of the Creeps and the SpongeBob SquarePants story Show Me the Bunny!
🦒🦈🪶 On Monday, BAD KITTY creator Nick Bruel - The Bad Kitty Guy showed kids how to draw a GIRSHARKSTRITCH chimera on Ready Set Draw! We’ve been wondering what your kiddos came up with ever since. 👀
🍎 Teachers, librarians, & parents: here’s a 10-minute Friday activity for your class or after-school club: 1️⃣ Watch Nick’s READY SET DRAW! 👉 www.kidlit.tv/ReadySetDrawWithNickBruel 2️⃣ Pull three animals out of a bowl & draw a chimera 3️⃣ Post a 📸 of your kiddos’ art in the comments 👇 4️⃣ Get featured! 🌟
🗣️ Tell us what they named it! We are VERY excited for more words like Girsharkstritch. 😄
📣 KIDLIT TV KID QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “The best biography book ever!” 📚✨
🖍️ 🥰 We can't argue with this kiddo's thoughts about THE CRAYON MAN, Natascha Biebow's inspiring picture book biography of Edwin Binney, the inventor of Crayola crayons. It won the 2020 Irma Black Award from Bank Street College -- a prize judged by children! So, our reviewer is clearly spot on! 🏆 Join Natascha as she shares it on Read Out Loud 👉 www.kidlit.tv/THECRAYONMANReadOutLoud
🍎 Teachers, librarians, & parents: we want to hear YOUR kids' thoughts about their favorite book featured on ANY KLTV video. Send us their reviews & we’ll share our favorites here! 👇
Make this Halloween a little more spooky with these Diverse Books and Crafts! 👻🎃📚
From making Boo Stew 🧙♀️to designing vampire clothes 🧛 to extra creepy sheep 🐑👻, kids in the classroom and at home will love these fun interactive projects!🎃📚
🦒🦈🪶 What do you get when you add a giraffe’s head to a shark’s body and give it an ostrich’s legs? A GIRSHARKSTRITCH!
It's a CHIMERA straight out of the imagination of Nick Bruel, creator of the New York Times bestselling Bad Kitty series. It's also a super fun way to introduce a character from Greek mythology to your class or after-school club in UNDER 10 MINUTES! All you need is paper and something to draw with, and Nick will show your kiddos how to sketch a CHIMERA of their own. 🎨
🖍️ Here's how it works: get your class to think of animal names and write them on scraps of paper. Drop them in a bowl & pull out three at random -- first is the head, second the body, third the legs. Then draw!
💡 Nick’s got a group version to try, too. One child picks an animal & draws the head, then passes the paper on; the next picks & draws the body, & so on!
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