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  • Published: 30 April 2024
  • ISBN: 9780593464687
  • Imprint: Viking
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 80
  • RRP: $26.99

Surfin' Sharks




"This sweet early reader comic can be read simply as an enjoyable story, or it can be a catalyst for discussion with younger readers about their sense of self."
School Library Journal

Surf's up! Another fin-tastic graphic novel adventure awaits with your favorite shark princesses, Kitana and Mack!

"This sweet early reader comic can be read simply as an enjoyable story, or it can be a catalyst for discussion with younger readers about their sense of self."
School Library Journal

Surf's up! Another fin-tastic graphic novel adventure awaits with your favorite shark princesses, Kitana and Mack!

Shark princesses Kitana and Mack are back, just in time to attend the ocean's first Surfin' Sharks competition! Surfing is Mack's favorite sport, and he's been working really hard on his routine. But after a high-flying performance, he becomes discouraged once he sees a more talented shark and decides to quit for good.

But after some helpful encouragement from Kitana and a young shark who admires his skills, Mack learns that surfing isn't all about winning or losing—it's about having fun!

  • Published: 30 April 2024
  • ISBN: 9780593464687
  • Imprint: Viking
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 80
  • RRP: $26.99

About the author

Nidhi Chanani

Nidhi Chanani likes to dream kind and creative dreams. She's the author of the graphic novel Pashmina and the bilingual board book Shubh Raatri Dost/Good Night Friend, as well as the illustrator of the picture book I Will Be Fierce. Nidhi draws and dreams in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, child, and cat. Find more of her work at everydayloveart.com.

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Praise for Surfin' Sharks

Praise for the Shark Princess series:
"Glides along on a warm current of affirmation that princesses, despite their differences, are united in a love of adventure." —Kirkus Reviews

"The story is overt in its message of self-love, and the digitally rendered artwork is clean and simple with calming washes of ocean blue and scattered bursts of fun color. A wholesome addition to the growing collection of early graphic novels for beginning readers." —Booklist

“Who gets to be a princess? That’s the crux of this firmly inclusive, emotionally generous graphic novel by Chanani. Readers are immersed in an undersea cartoon world where Kitana, a whale shark sporting a seashell-and-starfish crown, is the self-declared 'first shark princess.' Mack worries that [his] dangerous teeth and severe allergies are instant disqualifiers [to be a princess], but it’s his realization that expression and identity aren’t about rules or permission that make this series starter sparkle.” —Publishers Weekly