In Shark Princess: Shark Party! by Nidhi Chanani, Kitana and Mack return for a shark shindig! The second guide within the Shark Princess collection for younger readers will likely be revealed on May 2nd, 2023.
To rejoice the most recent launch within the Shark Princess collection, The Beat caught up with Chanani over e-mail to study extra concerning the genesis of the collection, ask about aquariums, and study which sharks current the best inventive problem!
AVERY KAPLAN: While it’s alluded to by the dedication for Shark Princess, are you able to share the genesis of this story with our readers?
NIDHI CHANANI: Of course! For my daughter’s fourth celebration, I made a decision to attract on plain paper luggage that we had for goody luggage. Around the 20th bag, I ran out of concepts and I turned to her and requested what I ought to draw. She mentioned “A shark princess” and I shortly drew a shark with a crown. As I completed the baggage I assumed to myself… that’s an incredible idea! Has it been carried out earlier than? Turns out it hadn’t and so I started writing the collection shortly after! All because of her.
KAPLAN: What goes into drawing an lovely shark?
CHANANI: Haha! Well, years of follow helps! I spent a considerable amount of time watching shark documentaries to review their physique motion and perceive how one can simplify their shapes and fins. So loads of follow and watching numerous shark movies!
KAPLAN: Both Shark Princess and Shark Princess: Shark Party! function boatloads of wordplay. Did you’ve got a specific pun that was you had been particularly excited to incorporate?
CHANANI: Fintastic is certainly one! I wished to incorporate gil-stopper like heart-stopper however I believe it isn’t proper for the age group – however I nonetheless adore it.
KAPLAN: What do you hope younger readers take away from the adventures of Kitana the whale shark and and Mack the mako shark?
CHANANI: The message of accepting your pal and serving to them settle for themself is the guts of the collection. And that princesses (and sharks) aren’t one fastened factor however might be adventurers, harmful, introverted… all of the issues! Complex and lovable.
KAPLAN: Are you a fan of aquariums? Do you’ve got a favourite that you simply’ve visited?
CHANANI: I really like the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Truly, I’m a fan of the ocean. It’s my joyful place. I go to aquariums with my household and we attempt to snorkel within the ocean just a few instances a 12 months. I’m consistently wowed by how lovely, huge and totally different the world is once you dip your head beneath the floor of the water. It’s magic.
KAPLAN: Both Shark Princess and Shark Princess: Shark Party! function again matter that features details about sharks. What was the method of researching this data like? Did you’ve got a specific shark truth you had been most stunned to study?
CHANANI: I really like {that a} group of sharks is named a shiver. I additionally cherished studying about sharks thriving in underwater volcanoes. How some can lose 35,000 enamel throughout their lifetime! That many have to remain in movement to remain alive. And that whale sharks have distinctive spot patterns like fingerprints. There are extra, however these are a few of my favourite details!
KAPLAN: Were there any explicit comics, books, films, music, or every other type of media that was particularly inspiring to you whereas working on the Shark Princess books?
CHANANI: Absolutely! I watched so many National Geographic documentaries on sharks, whales and the ocean. There’s a whale documentary narrated by Sigourney Weaver that I notably cherished.
KAPLAN: Shark Princess: Shark Party! lives as much as its title, together with a number of two-page spreads that every function all kinds of species of shark! Did you’ve got a favourite to attract? Did any present a specific problem?
CHANANI: I really like drawing Kitana and Mack, in fact! I additionally loved drawing tiger sharks and carpet sharks. I discover hammerheads probably the most difficult particularly when I’ve to attract them turning or in profile.
KAPLAN: Can you give us a touch about what the long run holds for Kitana and Mack?
CHANANI: More adventures! In every guide I need to delve additional into their characters and take them out of their comfy currents into new and thrilling waves. In the third guide I take them a bit out of the water! It releases in early 2024 so the wait received’t be too lengthy to see their subsequent journey.
Shark Princess: Shark Party! will likely be accessible at your native bookstore and/or public library starting May 2nd, 2023.
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