Maybe you've seen the commercials on TV for the new movie coming out next week- The Rise of the Guardians [2]. But did you know that it is based on a book?
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William Joyce, author/illustrator of favorites such as George Shrinks [4], Rolie Polie Olie [5], and Santa Calls [6] (one of *my* favorite Christmas picture books), recently started a series of chapter books called The Guardians [3]. The first one is Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King. The publisher says the story is "Nicholas St. North, a daredevil swordsman seeking treasure in the fiercely guarded village of Santoff Claussen finds, instead, the great wizard Ombric Shalazar and a battle against the Nightmare King and his evil Fearlings--a battle Nicholas can win only if he finds five other Guardians in time." The second is E.Aster Bunnymund and the Warrior eggs at the earth's core [7].
We'll have to see how close the movie follows the book - we already know that they've changed the look of the bunny, as you can tell by the cover of the second book:
- Childrens [8]
