Publishers Weekly is reporting the exciting Nickelodeon Preschool news that Nickelodeon USA are planning to start to premiere and show Nickelodeon Preschool's brand-new CG-animated preschool series "Blaze and the Monster Machines" from October 2014! Additionally, PW is also reporting that Random House, the largest general-interest trade book publisher in the world, are planning to publish books based on Nick's upcoming preschool series in Spring 2015, marking Nickelodeon's first TV-based licensing and publishing program to hit retail less than a year after the debut of a show. Random House's "Blaze" books will be part of the book publishers 2014-2015 Nickelodeon Book slate, which will also see the publisher release titles based on "Dora and Friends: Into the City!", "Dora the Explorer", "Paw Patrol" and "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water":
Random House is also debuting books tied to a number of other Nickelodeon franchises and new shows. Paw Patrol, a series t hat premiered last fall about a pack of six puppies that undertake rescue missions, will spur a list similar to that for Dora; books and toys will be the first products on the market. Titles tied to Blaze, a STEM-themed, monster truck-centered show for preschoolers that launches this October, will start to roll out in spring 2015, marking Nickelodeon’s first TV-based licensing and publishing program to hit retail less than a year after the debut of a show. Random House also plans a novelization and other tie-in titles for The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water 3D, to premiere in February 2015.
Blaze and the Monster Machines Pictured: AJ and Blaze in Blaze and the Monster Machines set to premiere on Nickelodeon this fall. Photo Credit: Nickelodeon. ©2014 Viacom International, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
"Blaze and the Monster Machines" (20 episodes) is brand-new CG-animated series that will introduce preschoolers to the areas of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). This is the first preschool show that features a curriculum dedicated to all areas of STEM. Viewers will join an eight-year-old boy named AJ and his incredible monster truck Blaze on super-sized adventures. AJ and the viewer help Blaze as they explore the physics of how things move, master mathematics and discover how everyday technologies work. "Blaze and the Monster Machines" is created by Jeff Borkin ("Team Umizoomi", "Blue's Clues") and Ellen Martin ("Bubble Guppies", "The Backyardigans").
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