Monthly Archives: July 2010
mr fart bubble
My Space Hop workshop yesterday at the Paddington Children’s Library went well. The librarian Laurence Foe even donned a Storm Trouper outfit and the staff wore antennae so we’d all be space themed! We designed aliens and some of the … Continue reading
space hopping
Today the Space Princess lands at Paddington Children’s Library at 2:30. I hope I’m hovering over the right planet (looks like Earth, but there seems to be a slight pinkish haze). Space Hop request permission to land. Still trying to … Continue reading
draw serge
Here’s my contribution to Jonathan Edwards’ Draw Serge site, where about a zillion people have already drawn French legend Serge Gainsbourg. Early this year, Ellen Lindner and I went to see the new film, Gainsbourg, Vie héroïque, when we were … Continue reading
i played the shape game!
It’s not a bad little set of online tools, really. You, too, can play the shape game! I wish there was an online gallery to see other people’s shapes, but a whole bunch of famous illutstrators have painstakingly transferred the … Continue reading
when titus took the train – brand new board game!
I had so much fun putting this together! Then Stuart and I tried it out and got REALLY into playing it. We had to settle for best game of three when Stuart’s canoe kept sinking in the first round. My … Continue reading
space hop to leicester!
Whoo hoo! Here’s me pretending to drive Eric, one of the two Leicester library buses. Librarian storyteller Ian Burley and I set up shop in sunny Abbey Park and had a blast drawing aliens with all the little astronauts we … Continue reading
sally nicholls and now tom nicholls
So it’s official, novelist Sally Nicholls is hitched and Tom Harris is now Tom Nicholls, good man. Here’s a quick drawing I made of Sally dancing in front of the massive bonfire, and the sparklers and firework display. It was … Continue reading
‘you can’t eat a princess!’ on cbeebies!!!
Hurrah! It’s up on the BBC iPlayer! Thanks to the fab Gina McKee for reading You Can’t Eat a Princess for CBeebies! She did a brilliant job. I’ve read it so many times now in schools that it was fascinating … Continue reading
gina mckee reads ‘the quiet woman and the noisy dog’
Yay! Gina McKee did a fabulous job reading You Can’t Eat a Princess!, that was exciting! I think CBeebies will post it online, but I just discovered that, until then, you can watch Gina read my friend Sue Eves‘ book … Continue reading
gina mckee
For today’s morning sketch, I made a quick drawing of British actress Gina McKee, who’s going to be reading You Can’t Eat a Princess! on CBeebies at 6:50 this evening. I’m really glad it’s Gina, I loved her playing the … Continue reading
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