{"id":10059,"date":"2016-05-12T10:01:45","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T14:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/simon-schuster-on-board-eones-pj-masks\/"},"modified":"2016-05-12T11:09:33","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T15:09:33","slug":"simon-schuster-on-board-eones-pj-masks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/simon-schuster-on-board-eones-pj-masks\/","title":{"rendered":"Simon &amp; Schuster On Board eOne\u2019s PJ Masks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK: Entertainment One (eOne) has named Simon &amp; Schuster Children\u2019s Publishing as the master publishing partner for its animated preschool series <em>PJ Masks<\/em> in North America.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>PJ Masks<\/em> book collection will hit shelves this fall, bringing to life the adventures of the pajama-clad preschool superheroes Catboy, Gekko and Owlette. The collection\u00a0from Simon &amp; Schuster will include a mix of story, novelty and board books, as well as Ready-to-Read titles.<\/p>\n<p>The books join an introductory range of toys and playthings from master toy licensee Just Play, which will launch at retail across North America this fall before expanding into international markets in next year. In addition to the upcoming licensed products, a new <em>PJ Masks<\/em> website, a free app and music videos are all due to roll out this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to team up with Simon &amp; Schuster on a \u2018super\u2019 collection of <em>PJ Masks<\/em> books that will help young children develop a love of reading as they join in the heroic adventures of the PJ Masks,\u201d said Joan Grasso, the VP of licensing for North America at Entertainment One. \u201cThe appointment of Simon &amp; Schuster is part of our ongoing strategy to select best-in-class partners for the brand, and we look forward to working together to develop an even broader range of books for young fans to enjoy this fall and in the years ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the superhero craze reaching even our youngest readers, we were looking for a property with adventure and spirit, but one that was perfectly targeted for preschoolers,\u201d said Valerie Garfield the VP and publisher of novelty and licensed publishing at Simon &amp; Schuster Children\u2019s Publishing. \u201cIt was PJ Masks to the rescue!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Produced by eOne and Frog Box in collaboration with French animation studio TeamTO, along with Disney Junior and France 5, <em>PJ Masks<\/em> is based on French author Romuald Racioppo\u2019s picture-book series <em>Les Pyjamasques<\/em>. <em>PJ Masks<\/em> airs on the Disney Junior Block and the Disney Junior channel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK: Entertainment One (eOne) has named Simon &amp; Schuster Children\u2019s Publishing as the master publishing partner for its animated preschool series PJ Masks in North America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":9326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[112,255,296,1228,95],"class_list":["post-10059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-disney-junior","tag-entertainment-one","tag-pj-masks","tag-simon-schuster-childrens-publishing","tag-teamto","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Simon &amp; Schuster On Board eOne\u2019s PJ Masks - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/simon-schuster-on-board-eones-pj-masks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Simon &amp; Schuster On Board eOne\u2019s PJ Masks - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NEW YORK: Entertainment One (eOne) has named Simon &amp; Schuster Children\u2019s Publishing as the master publishing partner for its animated preschool series PJ Masks in North America.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/simon-schuster-on-board-eones-pj-masks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-05-12T14:01:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-05-12T15:09:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/09\/PJ-Masks-eOne.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/simon-schuster-on-board-eones-pj-masks\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/simon-schuster-on-board-eones-pj-masks\/\",\"name\":\"Simon &amp; Schuster On Board eOne\u2019s PJ Masks - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-05-12T14:01:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-05-12T15:09:33+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/simon-schuster-on-board-eones-pj-masks\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/simon-schuster-on-board-eones-pj-masks\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/simon-schuster-on-board-eones-pj-masks\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Simon &amp; Schuster On Board eOne\u2019s PJ Masks\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\",\"name\":\"TVKIDS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\",\"name\":\"Sara Alessi\",\"description\":\"Sara Alessi is the associate editor of World Screen. She can be reached at salessi@worldscreen.com.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/author\/salessiworldscreen-com\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Simon &amp; Schuster On Board eOne\u2019s PJ Masks - TVKIDS","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/simon-schuster-on-board-eones-pj-masks\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Simon &amp; Schuster On Board eOne\u2019s PJ Masks - TVKIDS","og_description":"NEW YORK: Entertainment One (eOne) has named Simon &amp; Schuster Children\u2019s Publishing as the master publishing partner for its animated preschool series PJ Masks in North America.","og_url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/simon-schuster-on-board-eones-pj-masks\/","og_site_name":"TVKIDS","article_published_time":"2016-05-12T14:01:45+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-05-12T15:09:33+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/09\/PJ-Masks-eOne.jpg","width":1,"height":1,"type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Sara Alessi","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sara Alessi","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/simon-schuster-on-board-eones-pj-masks\/","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/simon-schuster-on-board-eones-pj-masks\/","name":"Simon &amp; Schuster On Board eOne\u2019s PJ Masks - TVKIDS","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-05-12T14:01:45+00:00","dateModified":"2016-05-12T15:09:33+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/simon-schuster-on-board-eones-pj-masks\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/simon-schuster-on-board-eones-pj-masks\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/simon-schuster-on-board-eones-pj-masks\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Simon &amp; Schuster On Board eOne\u2019s PJ Masks"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/","name":"TVKIDS","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418","name":"Sara Alessi","description":"Sara Alessi is the associate editor of World Screen. She can be reached at salessi@worldscreen.com.","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/author\/salessiworldscreen-com\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/477"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}