Creator Profile: Ted Staunton + Josh Rosen
Ted Staunton
Home Location: Port Hope, Ontario
Website: tedstauntonbooks.com
Josh Rosen
Home Location: Toronto, Ontario
Website: www.joshdraws.com
Ted Staunton
Craft: Author
Genre: Picture Books, Early Chapter Books, Middle-Grade Fiction, Teen Fiction, Non-Fiction, Graphic Novels
Josh Rosen
Craft: Illustrator
Genre: Middle-Grade Fiction, Graphic Novels
Available (Ted and Josh Together) for virtual visits in: Quebec and BC (Kootenays)
Target Audience: Grades 5-8
Cost for School and Public Presentation with CCBC subsidy: $200.00, plus applicable taxes
Presentation/Workshop Information:
STANDARD PRESENTATION
SUMMARY: A lively, interactive co-presentation by the creators of The Good Fight, a graphic novel based on the infamous anti-Semitic Riot at Christie Pits in 1933 Toronto. Josh and Ted’s book is an adventure story that exposes the historic roots of prejudices still lurking in Canada today. They also share writing and drawing tips – and instructions on how to pick pockets!
GRADES 5-8 / AUDIENCE SIZE 100 + / 1 HOUR APPROX.
NEEDED: WHITE BOARD/FLIP CHART, MARKERS, SCREEN OR SMART BOARD W/COMPUTER HOOKUP.
TEXT: The Good Fight (graphic novel)
GRAPHIC NOVEL WORKSHOP
SUMMARY: A fast paced, fun, and highly interactive workshop on creating a graphic novel episode based on The Good Fight. Ted and Josh lead students through group drawing, brainstorming, and planning exercises that help them create a basic storyline and begin to tell it on an eight-panel comics storyboard that they can complete later.
GRADES 5-8 / GROUP SIZE 20-40 PARTICIPANTS / 1 ½ HOURS APPROX
NEEDED: WHITE BOARD/FLIP CHART, MARKERS, SCREEN OR SMART BOARD W/COMPUTER HOOKUP.
PHOTOCOPIES OF STORYBOARDS, CHARACTER SHEET, AND DRAWING PREP SHEET FOR EACH STUDENT (WE PROVIDE MASTERS)
PENCILS, ERASERS
TEACHERS NEED TO BE MONITORING THE PROCESS SO THEY’LL KNOW HOW TO LEAD FOLLOWUP WORK/ACTIVITIES
TEXT: The Good Fight (graphic novel)
Book List (Ted Staunton)
The Good Fight, graphic novel, illus. Josh Rosen, Scholastic, 2021
Friends for Real, picture book, illus. Ruth Ohi. Scholastic, 2020
It Seemed Like a Good Idea: Canadian Facts, Feats, and Flubs, non-fiction, with Will Staunton, Scholastic, 2020
What Blows Up, middle-grade novel, Almost Epic Squad series, Scholastic 2019
Harry and Clare’s Amazing Staycation, picture book, illus. Mika Song, Tundra Books 2017
Bounced, middle-grade novel, Scholastic 2017
Jump Cut, Coda, Speed, YA & middle-grade novels, in The Seven Series, Orca, 2016, 2014, 2012
Who I’m Not, YA novel, Orca 2013
Puddleman, picture book, illus. Brenda Clark, Kids Can Press, Red Deer Press
The Morgan series, 14 early chapter books, Formac
Hope Springs a Leak, middle-grade novel, Red Deer Press, 1998
Book List (Josh Rosen)
The Good Fight, graphic novel, illus. Josh Rosen (Scholastic, 2021)
History Comics: WWII Fight on the Homefront, graphic novel, written by Kate Hannigan (First Second Books, 2023)
“Toronto Comics Volume 3” (TO Comix Press 2016)
“Chilly Tales: Comics from the Canadian Undertundra” (11th Dimension Press 2014)
Biography
Ted Staunton is the author of over 40 books for young people of all ages. His is a winner of the CCBC John Spray Mystery Award and has numerous nominations for tree awards across Canada for various books. An experienced presenter to all age/grade groups in many different settings, Ted brings a mixture of humor, music, and audience participation to his presentations. His most recent book is The Good Fight, (Scholastic, 2021) a graphic novel based on the infamous real-life Riot at Christie Pits in 1933, a key moment in Canada’s evolving attitudes to immigrants, inclusiveness and the corrosive power of discrimination.
Josh Rosen (he/him) is a Toronto-based cartoonist and illustrator. A graduate of the Center for Cartoon Studies, Josh has done illustration work for magazines, animation projects, documentary films and tabletop roleplaying games, as well as a slew of small-press comics work. His first graphic novel, The Good Fight (Scholastic Canada 2021, with author Ted Staunton), was long-listed for the City of Toronto Book Award. His next graphic novel, History Comics: WWII Fight on the Homefront (First Second Books, with author Kate Hannigan) is set to release in fall of 2023. He enjoys making comics about spooky stuff, nerdy stuff, and real-world history. When not actively drawing, Josh works in children’s arts and literacy education.
