Tyler Knott Gregson and Sarah Linden have been collaborating on writing a new picture book entitled North Pole Ninjas: Mission: Chrismas!. Piper Thibodeau has signed on to create the illustrations for this project.
The book will be packaged with an envelope that contains 50 missions of kindness and good will as well as a “sensei” plush doll. Grosset & Dunlap, a Penguin Young Readers imprint, has scheduled the publication date for October 18.
Here’s more from the press release: “The book and missions ask that families think not just about ‘naughty or nice’ but challenge them to further the holiday spirit by giving back to their communities, whether it be teachers, friends, in their homes, or in their larger communities…Anyone who receives the North Pole Ninja box is called upon to help carry out top secret missions with a bit of stealth and an open heart. The picture book retells the ancient legend the North Pole Ninjas use for new recruits.”