[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-discover-storycloud":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Now here's something I've been involved with. (Remember Monsterville? Well, these are the same excellent dudes at the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.discover.org.uk/\">Discover Centre\u003C/a>.) See the \u003Cb>PULL ME\u003C/b> sign? My dad used to have me pull his finger and a dreadful thing would happen, and that experience still influences my work today... \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/storycloud_mcintyre-e59f0214e9.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nDirector Sally Goldsworthy approached me about working together with tall beardy man \u003Ca href=\"http://www.philipardagh.co.uk/\">Philip Ardagh\u003C/a> on a story: Philip would tell the story, and I'd work with their team to create a series of interactive pictures to go with it online. Philip writes (on Facebook, which I just nicked): \u003Ci>DOWN THE PLUG HOLE, written by me and illustrated by Sarah, is of course, brilliant. The rest of the stories may be a bit ropey, but who cares? There's always ours to look forward to and then back on AND it's an official part of the Cultural Olympiad... the part bearded/part American part.\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/hay_festival_3-5c16d50954.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThe Discover Centre plans to unveil them week by week, along with a great programme of stuff that encourages kids to make their own stories. Illustrators include fab people such as \u003Cb>Chris Riddell, David Roberts\u003C/b> and \u003Cb>Guy Parker-Rees\u003C/b>, and excellent writers \u003Cb>Michael Rosen, Malorie Blackman, David Almond, Jamila Gavin, Andy Stanton\u003C/b> and four kids from east London. \u003Ca href=\"\\r\nhttp://www.discover.org.uk/about/project/storycloud-london-2012-festival/\">Here are more StoryCloud details\u003C/a>, and I'll give you a shout when the whole thing goes live on \u003Cb>18 June!\u003C/b>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Clj-embed id=\"1536\"/>","2012-05-03T15:28:00.000Z","discover-storycloud",[],"discover storycloud",1776628721746]