[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-adventuremice-southwest-tour-exeter":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Today, for the next leg of our Adventuremice Southwest Tour, my co-author Philip Reeve and I met up with India and Dan from the Exeter branch of Waterstones bookshop for two school visits and an in-shop signing. Besides hauling some heavy boxes of books around, and drawing with us, they also did some otter-wrangling throughout the day (thanks, India and Dan!). \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1237453_original-9dbb920cc0.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nThe first school we visited was \u003Ca href=\"https://www.newtown.devon.sch.uk/\">Newton Primary School\u003C/a>, which had a lovely big assembly hall painted bright yellow. (WHY didn't I get a picture in there? It was such a lovely colour!) Big thanks to  Jo Kingscott for looking after us!\\r\n \\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for more photos under the cut!-->\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1236879_original-61284038a5.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nWe had a great time drawing Pedro with the children, and I managed to grab a couple quick snaps of a their drawings: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1237187_original-858752a531.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nThen we went on to \u003Ca href=\"http://www.stdavidsprimary.devon.sch.uk/website\">St David's CofE Primary School\u003C/a>, conveniently walking distance from the main bookshop. We had a positively royal welcome, look at our thrones!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1238333_original-2279a87fa0.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nWe presented Adventuremice: Otter Chaos to teacher Paige Bassett's Year 2 class, who were wriggly and excited and absolutely full of great ideas for inventing islands. And I love seeing how children draw Pedro, the variations can be fascinating.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1237577_original-2d4e3ac9b4.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nThanks so much for hosting us, St David's! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1237867_original-74243b82d0.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nAfter the second event, we walked back to the main Waterstones Exeter branch (by John Lewis) and signed and doodled a huge stack of books. So if you're in the area soon and fancy a book or two, do stop by there!","2023-03-24T21:36:00.000Z","adventuremice-southwest-tour-exeter",[],"Adventuremice Southwest Tour: Exeter!",1776628731707]