[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-karl-ibou":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/karlibou_2-a9dca14503.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nKarl Ibou hates everything, even chips. And no one likes him, either. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/karlibou_1-7aeb1df5f9.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nBut he likes going for walks to the bridge and looking out over the city at all the smoke coming from people's chimneys. He decides he would really like someone to sit with him in front of his fire and tell him stories, and he could give that person handmade gifts. Karl Ibou goes out, but fails to make friends until he meets the Detestable Child.\\r\n\u003C!--more More Karl Ibou under the cut-->\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/karlibou_5-8ed14743f0.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nI found the French edition of this lovely book in Brussels, by Italian writer and illustrator \u003Ca href=\"http://www.beatricealemagna.com\">Beatrice Alemagna\u003C/a>. I don't love every page, but the pages I do love, I absolutely adore. Lovely colour palette, interesting textures and playful perspectives.\\r\n\\r\nHere's a picture when Karl Ibou cuts off his beard. (Be warned, beardies, this book is rather beardist.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/karlibou_6-b1236bd4a2.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/karlibou_7-5180acd8e2.jpg\"> \u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/karlibou_8-b735e92568.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd look at these great endpapers! This book is packaged so beautifully.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/karlibou_3-4850d4c2e2.jpg\"> \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/karlibou_4-418b8b4a6e.jpg\">\u003Ci>(detail)\u003C/i> \\r\n\u003Ci>Edit:\u003C/i> My friend Mags writes: \u003Ci>Did you know that 'hibou' in French is an owl?\u003C/i>\\r\nYou can buy it from the publisher, \u003Ca hrf=\"http://www.autrement.com/ouvrages.php?ouv=2746711358\">Autrement Jeunesse\u003C/a>, from \u003Ca href=\"http://www.amazon.co.uk/Karl-Ibou-Beatrice-Alemagna/dp/2746711354/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263332851&sr=8-1\">Amazon.co.uk\u003C/a> or from \u003Ca href=\"http://www.amazon.fr/Karl-Ibou-Beatrice-Alemagna/dp/2746711354/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263332908&sr=8-1\">Amazon.fr\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\nExciting thing, \u003Cb>\u003Ci>Morris the Mankiest Monster\u003C/i> appeared on CBeebies today!\u003C/b> The presenter read it and showed the pictures, hilariously inappropriately placed for the LUNCHTIME story. Way to put everyone off their lunches, BBC! :D Suddenly I notice Morris is \u003Ca href=\"http://www.amazon.co.uk/Morris-Mankiest-Monster-Giles-Andreae/dp/0385615116/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1253090176&sr=8-1\">out of stock\u003C/a> - again - on Amazon.co.uk, but there are still some copies left from the alternative sellers. I'm hoping the BBC will post the clip on \u003Ca href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/tv/cbeebies/2010-01-12\">CBeebies iPlayer\u003C/a> so I can link it here... fingers crossed!","2010-01-12T21:46:00.000Z","karl-ibou",[],"karl ibou",1776628733819]