In this highly illustrated series launch, Amy, an AsianAmerican girl picks up an ancient paintbrush and unwittingly unleashes thepower to make her art real and sometimesdangerous.Perfectfor fantasy readers who loveDragons in a Bagand the DragonPearl series.

Gorgeous and gripping,The Magic Paintbrushswoops readersoff on rip-roaring fantasy adventure that unfurls like a magnificentscrollBrimming with imagination and heart Soman Chainani, author of THESCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL series

Amy has always loved art, but lately her drawings have been less thanimpressive. There’s no passion, no personality, no…magic. Until Amy visitsher Lao Lao, her grandmother, and finds an ancient paintbrush that bringsanything Amy creates to life!

Now her creation Luna has taken over her bedroom and is running through thestreets of Flushing, Queens. What awaits: an international adventure filledwith an ancient Chinese legend, a greedy adversary and ghastly beasts!

Award-winning author Kat Zhang teams up with Eric Darnell, the writer anddirector of the Madagascar series and the Chief Creative Officer of BaobabStudios, to create a captivating highly-illustrated middle grade series debutabout finding your own path, the power of imagination, and the strength offamily.

About the Author

Kat Zhangloves traveling to places both realand fictionalthe former have better souvenirs, but the latter allow fordragons, so its a tough pick! She wrote the young-adult series The HybridChronicles, the middle-grade novelsThe Emperors RiddleandTheMemory of Forgotten Things, and the Amy Wu picture book series. Like Amy,Kat once thought being serious about art meant losing her childish fun butsoon came to realize that fun was the most important part of all.

Eric Darnellis Chief Creative Officer and Co-Founder of BaobabStudios, the world’s leading independent interactive animation studio. UnderEric’s leadership, Baobab Studios has won 10 Emmys, 2 Annie’s, and first everSIGGRAPH Immersive Best in Show Award. Baobab’s latest VR piece,BabaYaga,made its world premiere at the 2020 Venice Film Festival.

Eric’s career spans 25 years, and he is the second highest box office grossingwriter and director of animated feature films, and was the director andscreenwriter on all four films in the Madagascar franchise and an executiveproducer on The Penguins of Madagascar. Previously, Eric directed DreamWorksAnimation’s very first animated feature film,Antz.

Phoebe Zhongis a character designer, visual developmental artist,and illustrator based in Beijing