[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-flight-time-stories-monkey-on-a-plane":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Do you recall the \u003Cb>Emirates Flight Time Stories\u003C/b> competition \u003Ca href=\"http://www.philip-reeve.com/\">Philip Reeve\u003C/a> and I were taking part in? Well, it's resulted in a brand-new picture book! Presenting... \u003Ci>\u003Cb>Monkey on a Plane\u003C/b>\u003C/i>! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https://www.emiratesflighttimestories.com/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/185722_original-1b29f3f394.jpg\" alt=\"monkey on a plane\" title=\"emirates flight time stories\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nYou can read the whole book online, over on the \u003Ca href=\"https://www.emiratesflighttimestories.com/\">Flight Time Stories website\u003C/a>! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https://www.emiratesflighttimestories.com/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/185982_original-093dcbc926.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nOur book was loosely inspired by \u003Ca href=\"https://www.emiratesflighttimestories.com/story-library/story/6199110716671131648\">the story and picture\u003C/a> submitted by the competition's winner, four-year-old \u003Cb>Maddison Penney\u003C/b>. I liked her cover image and used its basic design on our title page! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/186296_original-119db2be86.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nMy favourite part was drawing Enrico the monkey, I love how he's earnest and cheeky at the same time, and he has this quiff of hair that sticks up no matter how often his mother tries to lick it down. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/186405_original-953008b01f.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nEmirates also announced today a \u003Cb>competition for World Book Day\u003C/b>, giving young readers the chance to win a holiday to Dubai for themselves and their family. Families can enter the World Book Day (Thursday 2nd March) competition by sharing pictures of their children dressed up as their favourite storybook character on social media, including the Emirates social handles (Twitter \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/emirates\">@emirates\u003C/a> / Facebook \u003Ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Emirates/?fref=ts\">Emirates\u003C/a>) and the hashtags \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=%23FlightTimeStories&src=typd\">#FlightTimeStories\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&q=%23WorldBookDay&src=typd\">#WorldBookDay\u003C/a> in their post. (Check out the hashtags to see other people's entries!) Emirates judges, Philip and I will select the final winner, and competition runners up will also receive a copy of \u003Ci>Monkey on a Plane\u003C/i>!.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/186797_original-aa1967cd49.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nI'm also looking forward to visiting the Emirates Festival of Literature next week, launching \u003Ci>Monkey goes on a Plane\u003C/i>! Philip Reeve and I have LOADS of fun events with schools and families happening while we're there! \u003Ca href=\"http://www.emirateslitfest.com/?s=mcintyre\">Here's a link to my events\u003C/a>, and \u003Ca href=\"http://www.emirateslitfest.com/\">check out the overall schedule\u003C/a>, it's jam-packed with great stuff by other children's book writers and illustrators, too, including local writer-illustrator Maitha Al Khayat (we're doing a pirate picture book event together!), Candy Gourlay, Smriti Prasadam-Halls, Francesca Simon, Abi Elphinstone, Andy Stanton, Eleanor Updale, Frances Hardinge, Jon Klassen, Kevin Crossley-Holland, Michael Foreman and Tanya Landman.","2017-03-02T22:13:00.000Z","flight-time-stories-monkey-on-a-plane",[],"flight time stories: monkey on a plane!",1776628728880]