Cleaning the ocean in children's book: Dutch 'Plastic Fantastic' launches internationally in Dubai and Oman schools
The new Dutch children's book Plastic Fantastic is going directly international.
Lorena Veldhuijzen’s NEW fictional children’s publication (8+) about authenticity and the plastic soup coincides with the recent launch of the Ocean Cleanup project in the Pacific. Meanwhile, Plastic Fantastic has its own unique launch: It is the first to be published on a special platform geared to people with dyslexia.
Veldhuijzen starts her international tour in Dubai, Thursday, September 20 at the international Horizon English School where she will kick off with the launch of ‘Plastic Fantastic.’ After giving the workshop ‘From Zero to Hero’ to different classes, there will be an assembly for hundreds of children from the Horizon School.
Plastic Fantastic is about Zero, an octopus without arms. Together with Hero, a fishstick who escaped from a deep fryer on a cruise ship, he has an adventurous journey to Plastic Fantastic where he hopes to get eight new arms. Ultimately, these arms will help Zero to solve the problem of the plastic soup. Much like the Dutch inventor and ‘ocean savior’ Boyan Slat who launched his Ocean Cleanup ship from San Francisco last Saturday.
Plastic Fantastic’s author emphasizes that the book not only deals with this current theme, but also touches on another important topic: authenticity. This makes Plastic Fantastic a multi-layered children's book that covers a number of contemporary issues with humor but without being judgmental.
When the bestselling author wrote this book years ago she could not have predicted that there would be an initiative to tackle the problem of plastic in the oceans. She enthusiastically supports the project and agrees that the timing of the launch could not have been any better. A percentage of the Plastic Fantastic proceeds will be donated to the Ocean Cleanup project.
Plastic Fantastic is Lorena Veldhuijzen’s third book and the first one to be published in English. Besides being a children's book author, she is a writing coach and encourages young and old to write from the heart.
The book is besides Amazon available in both regular font and in the Dyslexia font: printnl.dyslexiefontbooks.com
'Plastic Fantastic is at the crossroads of ‘Finding Nemo’ and ‘Wonder’ ... "
Bradley Charbonneau, editor
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About the kick off at Horizon college in Dubai and the ASG school in Oman
From Zero to Hero is a unique program, created by the author herself in which children are ‘writing down’ their own hero and story, by looking at their own talents.
After giving four workshops there will be an assembly which will be attended by six hundred children and parents. During this assembly there will be an official launch of Plastic Fantastic and a presentation by the author and a selection of children who attended the workshop.
Afterwards parents will have the opportunity to purchase the books, have it signed by the author and take photos together with the author, the book, and their children.