[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-dinosaur-police-launch-party-fun-activities":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"RAWR!!! Join me and Scholastic UK for the launch of my new picture book, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/dinosaur-police/\">\u003Ci>Dinosaur Police\u003C/i>\u003C/a>! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/DinoPolice_launch_web2_zpsu1z5xzxz-5d0a5905b5.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://talesonmoonlane.co.uk/\">Tales on Moon Lane\u003C/a>, a lovely indie bookshop in Herne Hill, south London, is hosting the big party in the afternoon (2-3pm, with a signing after), and if you can't come to that (or it's more convenient), pop over to \u003Ca href=\"http://dulwichbooks.co.uk/\">Dulwich Books\u003C/a> at 11am for a smaller storytelling, drawing and signing session. A full day of dinosaurs! And it's optional, but if you want to dress up dinosaur or police themed or both, that would be FABULOUS. There is a small booking fee for the big party (£2.50), but if you buy a book, they'll deduct if from the cost of your book. I hope you can come, and if you have any friends that might enjoy it, please let them know! Here's the \u003Ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/804555426279668/\">Facebook Event Page\u003C/a>, if you want to let me know you're coming.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/dinopolice_biopic_zpsxzanzjev-b1e6fc6a9d.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cfont size=\"1\">Photo by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.elissaelwick.co.uk/\">Elissa Elwick\u003C/a>\u003C/i>\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\nMy web designer \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/rabbitdan\">Dan Fone\u003C/a> has just posted the free activity sheets \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/dinosaur-police/\">on my website\u003C/a>, so now there are fun things built in that librarians, teachers, parents, adults who like to colour, can print out. (You could even use the colouring sheet and drawing tutorial to make a Pin-the-Pizza-on-the-T-Rex for a Dinosaur Police themed birthday pizza party!) \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/dinosaur-police/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/dino_police_3sheets_zps0heg1vef-a007076678.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nHere's a close-up of How to Draw Inspector Sarah Tops:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/dinosaur-police/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/draw_sarah_topps_web_zpslkwn76nw-1768cbb416.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nI tested this out on Twitter, to see if the steps were too complicated. So big thanks to these people for helping: \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sillyweeowl\">@sillyweeowl\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/alexthepink\">@alexthepink\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/froyoho\">@froyoho\u003C/a>:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/dinogallery1_zpsuopej3o0-608ae75fb8.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/helenclarkjones\">@helenclarkjones\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/nelliejean\">@nelliejean\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/crgn\">@crgn\u003C/a>:\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/dinogallery2_zps8oukihjc-e44110126a.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/paper_teacher\">@paper_teacher\u003C/a> took it to school and got her class to try! \\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/paper_teacher_zpsl5rhy3wf-2d58334e0d.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/MehsiLovesBooks\">@MehsiLovesBooks\u003C/a> went the whole way to lovely colour:\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/MehsiLovesBooks_zpseinc9yfs-9a1d2f0608.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nPlease to check out \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/dinosaur-police/\">the new \u003Ci>Dinosaur Police\u003C/i> web page\u003C/a>, and if you have any friends who love dinosaurs or police stories, point them in this direction! If you want to tweet or Instagram your drawings, I'd love to see them, and use the hash tag \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23DinosaurPolice&src=typd&vertical=default\">#DinosaurPolice\u003C/a>!","2015-05-08T11:17:00.000Z","dinosaur-police-launch-party-fun-activities",[],"dinosaur police launch party + fun activities!",1776628727609]