[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-kevin-dreams-of-biscuits-with-the-northamptonshire-childrens-book-group":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Thanks to the \u003Cb>Northamptonshire Children's Book Group\u003C/b> for hosting our virtual Author Visit yesterday, with several schools in the area! My co-author \u003Ca href=\"https://philipreeve.com/\">Philip Reeve\u003C/a> and I did a reading from our book, \u003Ci>\u003Ca href=\"https://jabberworks.co.uk/kevin-vs-the-unicorns/\">Kevin vs the Unicorns\u003C/a>\u003C/i>, talked a bit about the inspiration behind Kevin and this particular story, then everyone drew a picture of themself riding Kevin. There were some great results! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sundaygirly/status/1458073111656546317?s=20\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1131388_original-3e4eb91e04.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nThanks so much to \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Joyisreading\">Joy Court\u003C/a> for moderating and fielding questions, and to \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LouWordthreads\">Louise Stothard\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/triciaad\">Tricia Adams\u003C/a>, Ellie Rutherford, Emma and Stacey for your support! And of course, all the schools for taking part: \u003Cb>Helmdon Primary School\u003C/b>, \u003Cb>Chacombe CEVA Primary School\u003C/b>, \u003Cb>St Loys CEVA Primary Academy\u003C/b>, and \u003Cb>Mawsley Community Primary School\u003C/b>. If anyone would like more book-related activities, be sure to check out my website, \u003Ca href=\"https://jabberworks.co.uk/books/\">jabberworks.co.uk\u003C/a>. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1131566_original-e965036f38.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nYou can follow the NCBG on Twitter - \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NorthantsCBG\">@NorthantsCBG\u003C/a> - and \u003Ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/NorthantsChildrensBookGroup/\">on Facebook here\u003C/a>. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1132027_original-0e2a258855.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nThanks also to the local bookshops who helped provide books to the children (and they'll still be offering books if any children missed out): \u003Cb>The Old Hall Bookshop\u003C/b> in Brackley (tel: 01280 704146) and \u003Ca href=\"https://marketharborough.com/places/leicestershire/market-harborough/book-shops/quinns-bookshop/\">Quinn's Bookshop\u003C/a> in Market Harborough\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1132083_original-d0cf51ca0e.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nLovely message from teacher Natalie Coates: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ci>Thank you again – my children thoroughly enjoyed the zoom earlier and were so inspired – I’m not sure I will be able to teach any other texts this term as they want to read all of the Kevin books. Our other class, year 5 and 6, were equally enthralled.\\r\n\\r\nI’ve attached some examples of their illustrations.\\r\n\u003C/i>\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/1131108_original-5bacf65832.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">","2021-11-10T15:02:00.000Z","kevin-dreams-of-biscuits-with-the-northamptonshire-childrens-book-group",[],"Kevin dreams of biscuits with the Northamptonshire Children's Book Group",1776628731328]