{"id":100385,"date":"2019-06-14T16:43:57","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T05:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/?p=100385"},"modified":"2019-06-18T16:33:28","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T05:33:28","slug":"listen-matt-stanton-on-funny-kid-slapstick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2019\/06\/14\/listen-matt-stanton-on-funny-kid-slapstick\/","title":{"rendered":"LISTEN: Matt Stanton on Funny Kid Slapstick!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Every kid wants to laugh, but Matt Stanton is the author who can make it happen!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matt is the author of the mega-bestselling Funny Kid<\/a><\/em> series about a kid named Max, the lovable class clown who has delighted thousands of kids across Australia and beyond with his hilarious antics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The latest book in the series is Funny Kid Slapstick<\/a><\/em> and it grew out of Matt\u2019s love of 90\u2019s sport comedy movies – think The Mighty Ducks<\/em>, Cool Runnings<\/em> and Little Giants<\/em>. In Funny Kid Slapstick<\/em>, Max is forced to join his local ice hockey team\u2026 which means we can expect to see lots of classic fall-on-your-butt action!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe reason I chose ice hockey is because I think ice hockey is the funniest of all sports,\u201d says Matt. \u201cIt\u2019s the only sport where the first thing you have to do is just learn how to not fall over\u2026 and so that provides lots of slapstick humour opportunities!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Matt Stanton with a mountain of copies of Funny Kid Slapstick<\/em> (and he signed them ALL!)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Matt Stanton came to Booktopia\u2019s offices this week to sign some copies of Funny Kid Slapstick<\/em>, and to sit and chat with Sarah McDuling and myself about the book and his upcoming role as an ambassador for Australian Reading Hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Australian Reading Hour is an awesome nationwide event that encourages people to make time for reading – all you have to do is stop everything and read for an hour! September 19 is the date for this year\u2019s Reading Hour, and Matt is super excited to be playing such an active part in this year\u2019s event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe idea with the Australian Reading Hour campaign is to really champion reading across the country. It\u2019s an industry-meets-government kind of initiative to really encourage the value of reading both for kids and for adults. It\u2019s wonderful to be part of that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like his fellow ARH ambassadors Sally Rippin (Billie B. Brown<\/a>, Hey Jack<\/a><\/em>) and Mick Elliott (Squidge Dibley Destroys the School<\/a><\/em>), Matt has written an exclusive mini Funny Kid<\/em> book – Funny Kid Next Level<\/em>. That book will be out very soon (watch this space!), but Funny Kid Slapstick<\/em> is just days away from release so order yourself a signed copy before they sell out!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen to our chat with Matt below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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