[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-its-goblins-costume-time":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Okay, everyone knows I'm a huge fan of \u003Ca href=\"http://www.philip-reeve.com/goblins.html\">Philip Reeve\u003C/a>'s books because I kept pestering him until he agreed to make books WITH ME. But aside from our joint books (which, of course, are sure to be top-notch), I'm a big fan of his books \u003Cb>\u003Ci>Goblins\u003C/i>\u003C/b> and the upcoming \u003Cb>\u003Ci>Goblins vs Dwarves\u003C/i>\u003C/b>, with illustrations by the excellent \u003Ca href=\"http://www.davidsemple.co.uk/\">David Semple\u003C/a>. I've been a \u003Ci>Lord of the Rings\u003C/i> fan for ages, and \u003Ci>Goblins\u003C/i> is set in Clovenstone, a similar kind of world. But whereas Tolkien writes off the orcs and goblins as all bad, \u003Ci>Goblins\u003C/i> swaps around the perspective so we're right there with the goblins, who are much more of a mixed lot than you'd expect. It's a book I'd recommend to adults and children alike; it's beautifully written and very funny. (\u003Cb>Sister Spooky\u003C/b> backs me up over on \u003Ca href=\"http://networkedblogs.com/DsOis\">her review today of \u003Ci>Goblins\u003C/i>\u003C/a>!)\\r\n\\r\nAND... it's an excellent opportunity for \u003Cb>DRESSING UP\u003C/b>. Yes! You'll never guess what I've made as my Hallowe'en costume this year:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/goblin_mask_photo-d88f037e32.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd you, too, can make your own GOBLINS MASK! (Which will also be handy if you're stuck for a costume on World Book Day, or your class decides to write a Goblins play.) Here's a printable sheet, which I may or may not have had something to do with. Colour it by hand, colour it on the computer, \u003Cb>add your own bruises, bumps, lumps, scrapes, scars, scarification patterns, warts, boils, piercings, tattoos\u003C/b>, whatever you think will make your goblin look particularly bad-ass.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/goblins_mask-3799fa497d.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>\u003Cfont size=\"4\">Links to Download!\u003C/b>\u003C/font> You can make a big mask by downloading it as an \u003Cb>A3 PDF\u003C/b> sheet \u003Ca href=\"http://pdfcast.org/pdf/goblins-mask-a3\">here\u003C/a>, or a smaller mask as an \u003Cb>A4 PDF\u003C/b> \u003Ca href=\"http://pdfcast.org/pdf/goblins-mask-a4\">here\u003C/a>. (Please let me know if the links don't work for you!) And I'd love to see photos of people in costume. I already hear from one mum who says her son's dressing up this year as the pirate \u003Ca href=\"http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l27/jabberworks/Uploads2011/draw_capn_waffle1.jpg\">Captain Waffle\u003C/a> from \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/princess-pirate.php\">\u003Ci>You Can't Scare a Princess!\u003C/i>\u003C/a>, hurrah!\\r\n\\r\nAnd have you had a chance to play the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.scholastic.co.uk/bratapult-game\">BRATAPULT WARS\u003C/a> online game? If you like \u003Ci>Angry Birds\u003C/i>, this one has similarities, but it's wonderfully goblin-ish.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.scholastic.co.uk/bratapult-game\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/bratapult_wars_1-8c66b14200.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nAnd, of course, you can find out more about \u003Ci>Goblins\u003C/i> over on \u003Ca href=\"http://www.philip-reeve.com/goblins.html\">Philip's website.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.philip-reeve.com/goblins.html\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/reeve_goblins_dwarves-1f63b054df.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nI'm also very curious to see the new stop-motion animation \u003Ci>\u003Cb>Paranorman\u003C/b>\u003C/i>. Have you seen it yet? \u003Ca href=\"http://www.laika.com/blog/?p=1042\">LAIKA\u003C/a> is the film studio who made \u003Cb>\u003Ci>Coraline\u003C/b>\u003C/i>, which was excellent, and the next film they're scheduled to make is - you guessed it - \u003Cb>\u003Ci>GOBLINS\u003C/b>\u003C/i>! Fingers, fangs and claws crossed that it all happens.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Clj-embed id=\"2244\"/>","2012-10-15T06:41:00.000Z","its-goblins-costume-time",[],"it's goblins costume time!",1776628725284]