[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-gearing-up-for-the-summer-reading-challenge":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Hurrah! The Reading Agency of just released the trailer video for this year's \u003Ci>Mythical Maze\u003C/i> \u003Ca href=\"http://readingagency.org.uk/children/news/welcome-to-mythical-maze-summer-reading-challenge-2014.html\">Summer Reading Challenge\u003C/a>! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/src_mythical_maze1_zps680a7721-23bd18d83b.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHey, look, a little Sea Monkey even manages to sneak in right at the end! Eep!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Clj-embed id=\"2652\"/>\\r\n\\r\nCheck with your local library, there's a very good chance they'll be taking part in it. (More information \u003Ca href=\"http://readingagency.org.uk/children/news/welcome-to-mythical-maze-summer-reading-challenge-2014.html\">here on The Reading Agency's website\u003C/a>.) Here's animator superhero \u003Ca href=\"http://www.stevemay.biz/home/\">Steve May\u003C/a>, who animated the characters I'd drawn, and added all the funny bits. (He's the guy who designed the Discover centre's \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/472225.html\">Superheroes\u003C/a> exhibition.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/steve_may_sarah_zpsabc29f74-e56c468429.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd here's a peek at the Mythical Maze's mythical creatures, when I first started drawing them. They changed a bit, but you can still see a lot of familiar traits in them. Here we have Nessie, Yeti, Unicorn, Minotaur, Dragon and Mermaid.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/src_6maincharacters_zps276e2c3d-80a91c1872.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd here are Leprechaun, Garuda, Anansi and Medusa. I think the last two are my favourite. I might just have to make a Medusa hat for the Summer Reading Challenge launch.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/src_6minorcharacters_zpsa9a78e6b-8975441814.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd then my challenge was to draw a maze to house them all, each with their own little section. Here I am, tracing the pencil rough in ink, on my lightbox. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/src_mythical_maze_drawing_zps006c8185-1022cdfe92.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnother cool thing I spotted was a Summer Reading Challenge comics competition, started off by the amazing Jamie Smart! I love his \u003Ci>Bunny vs Monkey\u003C/i> comic strip in \u003Ci>The Phoenix Comic\u003C/i>. Here's the competition winner's entry (Laura M), and you can see more \u003Ca href=\"http://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/news/general/spring-finish-the-comic-competition\\r\n\">on The Reading Agency website here\u003C/a>. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/news/general/spring-finish-the-comic-competition\\r\n\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/src_comic_comp_zps736a7f4c-a89107e406.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nOh, and check it out, there's also a video in Welsh! The Welsh translation of 'Mythical Maze' is 'Chwilfa Chwedlau'. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Clj-embed id=\"2653\"/>","2014-06-05T06:45:00.000Z","gearing-up-for-the-summer-reading-challenge",[],"gearing up for the summer reading challenge",1776628726482]