With Christmas only a day away, I wanted to share with you a present from my creative pal, the amazing Mike Deas.
Introducing Tank & Fizz, monster detectives extraordinaire:
Tank & Fizz monster detectives and their pals.
They are also stars of Tank & Fizz Mysteries my brand new series, illustrated by Mike Deas and forthcoming from the amazing Orca Publishers.
This series has been in development for a while, but I’ve kept quiet about around here. With these rough character sketches from Mike, the series is officially underway!
If I had to describe the series in one (really long) sentence, this would be it:
Tank and Fizz Mysteries is a monster and magic-filled dieselpunk-fantasy-noir mystery series for young readers gaining confidence with chapter books.
Think Max Finder Mystery meets Monster Manual for readers in Grade 1 – 3 and you’re getting there.
Expect to hear a lot more about this new series and these characters from Mike and I in the coming months.
In the meantime, here are a few more beasties young readers will get to know very well:
The rest of the monstrous characters.
Big thanks to Mike Deas for sharing the illustrations, Orca Publishers for agreeing that a detective series starring a troll and a goblin would be a good idea.
So, what do you think? Do you see giving Tank & Fizz Mysteries to a young reader in your life? Let me know in the comments below!
