I Got a Emmy!

I got a ROCKET!, the animated series based on Dean Gorissen and Matt Zurbo's Crichton award-winning picture book been announced as:

WINNER, NEW APPROACHES - DAYTIME CHILDREN'S ENTERTAINMENT,
35th ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS, 2008

Congratulations to producer Suzanne Ryan of SLR Productions, Director Glenn Kirkpatrick and their teams, plus Taffy Entertainment, KIKA, and The New South Wales Film and Television Office.

I Got a Rocket! screens on Kabillion USA. Ten Network Australia, Nickelodeon Australia, KI.KA Germany and Gulli TV France.

http://www.slrproductions.com/
http://www.igotarocket.com/
http://www.mattzurbo.com/

Punktuition

Punktuition is a new concept in teaching, It's genesis lies in the teaching of punctuation, utilising a cast of characters led by 'Mr PT', street poet, troubadour, musician and emergency teacher. There's the Marks Brothers, Exclamation and Question; Miss Apostrophe, scatterbrained, prone to getting lost, but who really just wants to belong; Primadonna Comma, who simply demands attention, the implacable Full Stop and more.

© Punktuition® LLC. All Rights Reserved. Punktuition created by Sally Boyden & Jason Lake. Character, Environment and Logo designs by Dean Gorissen

http://www.punktuition.com/

Ten Little Elvi

Count with the King. Published by Tricycle Press, Berkeley, California. written by Laura J. Henson and Duffy Grooms 'Ten Little Elvi' is a counting book that rocks.

Featuring Elvis in all his incarnations, with guest appearances by Ann
Margaret, Ed Sullivan and Memphis, Tennesee, and soon to be classic lines such as 'Eight Little Elvi singin' about heaven...One went to Graceland and then there were seven'

US Release November 2004. Available at Amazon.com

'...Gorissen's Acrylics sparkle with all the glitter of a Vegas performance'
Publishers Weekly New York

DEADLY!
The Animated Series

The Best Selling Book Series by Paul Jennings and Morris Gleitzman, with cover illustrations by Dean Gorissen, is now a cool animated series featuring characters based on Dean's original designs. Additionally, Dean did further character development work throughout the production to translate the characters from cover to screen. Produced by Yoram Gross EM-TV, Deadly is a 13 Part series coming to the Nine Network Australia

http://www.slrproductions.com/shows_deadly.html

I Got A Rocket!
The Animated Series

I got a TV series! Matt Zurbo and Dean Gorissen's turbo charged Crichton award-winning picture book, I Got a Rocket! is an explosive, fast-paced comedy for everyone, no matter how artificial their intelligence! Set in a colourful, urban environment, I Got a Rocket! mixes kid-relatable stories with the exciting twist of seeing the world through the eyes of a Rocket packed with personality, enthusiasm and liquid oxygen. From the schoolyard to the solar system, every episode sees Vinnie and the über-enthusiastic Rocket blasting off on another OTT adventure full of squid-munching pirates, ninjas and city-slicker farmers that'll fire your funny bone into orbit.

Produced by SLR Productions Sydney, Taffy Entertainment Los Angeles and Sunwoo Entertainment, I got a Rocket! is screening on network Ten Australia.

http://www.slrproductions.com/shows_rocket.html
http://www.igotarocket.com/