Animated Preschool Collection Impressed by 13-12 months-Previous Sofia Sanchez and Scholastic Titles You Are Sufficient and You Are Liked
NEW YORK, Dec. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Scholastic Leisure, the media division of Scholastic, is partnering with Gaumont to co-develop and co-produce Rocket Park, a brand new animated preschool sequence impressed by Sofia Sanchez, a 13-year-old Down syndrome self-advocate, actress, mannequin and inspiration for the youngsters’s books You Are Sufficient and You Are Liked, each written by Margaret O’Hair, illustrated by Sofia Cardoso, and revealed by Scholastic. Consisting of 11-minute episodes and unique music, the uplifting sequence will give attention to 4 youngsters who work collectively to assist their neighborhood, and in doing so educate younger viewers concerning the energy of embracing and celebrating variations, accepting others and themselves, and loving family and friends for precisely who they’re.
The challenge is at the moment in improvement, with Scholastic Leisure and Gaumont hooked up to provide. Rocket Park is the primary challenge that Scholastic Leisure and Gaumont will work on collectively following the profitable launch of Stillwater for Apple TV+, primarily based on the Zen image ebook sequence by Jon J Muth and winner of the Peabody and two Daytime Emmy® Awards. Dublin-based sketch comedy and improv writing and performing duo Amy Stephenson and Shane Langan will function showrunners for the challenge. Awarded “Greatest Preschool Author” on the 2019 Irish Animation Awards, Stephenson and Langan’s different preschool credit embody Becca’s Bunch, Jessy & Nessy, Kiva Can Do, Alva’s World, Ladybird Lu and Foolish Sundays. Scholastic Leisure President Iole Lucchese (Clifford the Huge Crimson Canine), SVP & Basic Supervisor Caitlin Friedman (Stillwater), and VP of TV Growth Jef Kaminsky (Indicators of Survival) will government produce for Scholastic Leisure. Gaumont Vice CEOs Sidonie Dumas and Christophe Riandee, President of Gaumont, U.S., Nicolas Atlan, EVP, Inventive Content material, U.S., Terry Kalagian, and VP, Inventive Growth, Animation & Household, Michelle Sullivan will government produce for Gaumont.
“We’re thrilled to work with Sofia Sanchez to amplify her voice and create an area for the numerous youngsters and households who establish together with her story, and proud to companion once more with Gaumont to deliver Rocket Park to the display,” mentioned Lucchese. “We hope to unfold the messages of affection and acceptance, and introduce extra kids to Sofia’s books.”
“Rocket Park builds upon Scholastic Leisure’s mission to develop an inclusive slate of programming for all kids, simply as Scholastic publishes tales the place all youngsters can discover themselves within the pages,” added Friedman.
“We’re delighted to proceed partnering with Scholastic Leisure by means of this new challenge and sit up for constructing on the success of our award-winning sequence, Stillwater, at the moment accessible on Apple TV+. We’re excited to be working with the gifted Sofia Sanchez. As an inspiring younger ambassador of inclusion and empowerment, using her genuine voice and distinctive perspective, she will likely be key in serving to to deliver the joyful characters of Rocket Park to life,” mentioned Atlan.
“I can not wait to show kids the way to be good helpers,” mentioned Sanchez. “That is going to be a lot enjoyable!”
Sofia Sanchez is exclusive, but her message is common: all of us belong. You Are Sufficient, an inclusive and empowering image ebook that features a huge set of child characters with all types of backgrounds, experiences and skills, reminds readers how necessary it’s to embrace your variations, be assured, and be happy with who you’re. The upcoming companion ebook, You Are Liked (to be revealed March 2023), introduces readers to all various kinds of households—from Sofia’s adopted household to blended households, these with two mothers and two dads or single mother and father, blended race households, and youngsters raised by grandparents, guardians, or older siblings—and shares the necessary message that households are greater than the folks you reside with, however the folks you select, and who love you simply the best way you’re.
About Scholastic Leisure
Scholastic Leisure brings high-quality, family-oriented content material throughout a number of platforms to audiences of all ages. Amongst its award-winning productions are the animated sequence CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG for Amazon Prime and PBS Children, a live-action CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG function for Paramount, Peabody and Daytime Emmy® Award-winning STILLWATER, an animated sequence for Apple TV+, and three live-action TV films for Hallmark. Scholastic Leisure continues to construct celebrated kids’s manufacturers worldwide by bringing each nostalgic Scholastic properties and thrilling new voices to the display. A few of its current tasks embody EVA THE OWLET, an upcoming animated sequence for Apple TV+ primarily based on the New York Occasions bestselling Scholastic ebook sequence Owl Diaries, and a brand new live-action GOOSEBUMPS sequence in improvement with Disney+. Scholastic Leisure is the media division of Scholastic Company (NASDAQ: SCHL), the world’s largest writer and distributor of kids’s books, a number one supplier of literacy curriculum {and professional} providers, and a producer of academic and entertaining kids’s media.
About Gaumont
With places of work in Paris, Los Angeles, London, Köln, Berlin, and Rome, Gaumont is an business chief in producing and distributing high-quality TV programming and movies. Specializing in producing native tales with world enchantment, Gaumont’s present slate contains talent-driven, various, and distinctive titles throughout a number of languages for the world’s main world streaming platforms and channels. Amongst these is breakout sensation Lupin, Netflix’s most-watched non-English sequence and second most-watched sequence total so far. Different productions for Netflix embody Narcos, the German historic drama Barbarians, animated sequence F is for Household, and Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles, primarily based on the comedian books by Stan Sakai. For Amazon Prime Video U.S., Do Re & Mi with Kristen Bell, Worldwide Emmy® Award-nominated El Presidente co-created by Armando Bó and Pablo Larraín in Latin America, and motion thriller Totems in France. For Disney+, Kaiser Karl is predicated on the lifetime of the long-lasting designer. For Apple TV+, productions embody Stillwater, winner of the celebrated Peabody and two Daytime Emmy® Awards, primarily based on the Zen ebook sequence of Jon J Muth. Gaumont additionally produces a number of TV sequence, co-produces, and distributes movies for theaters and boasts a movie library encompassing over 1,500 titles from prestigious administrators comparable to Louis Malle, Jean-Luc Godard, and Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano for The Intouchables.
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