[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-kevins-great-escape-the-london-launch":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Yesterday was our big London launch day for the second book in our Reeve & McIntyre Roly-Poly Flying Pony series, \u003Ci>\u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/kevins-great-escape/\">Kevin's Great Escape\u003C/a>\u003C/i>! And here we are, presenting a copy to one of the two superstars to whom we dedicated it: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/809810_original-c9329b72fe.jpg\" width=\"550\">\\r\n\\r\nBig thanks to everyone who came along, we had fun! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/807582_original-5076deefe1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/809077_original-e2f4774082.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for lots more under the cut!-->\\r\nAnd it was great to get messages like this: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/807052_original-ca2448104c.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Clj-embed id=\"4487\"/>\\r\n\\r\n'Were there biscuits?' you ask...\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/808447_original-f4732586cb.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nYES, there were biscuits! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/807719_original-0cc095c5ce.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nWe tested out drawing Cardigan Faun, one of the mythical creatures in the book, and everyone's turned out remarkably well! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/810089_original-82588143fa.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/808591_original-e9f5413423.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/808736_original-ae2ef3e5b6.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nHuge thanks to Samantha Meeson, Jack and everyone on the Daunt team who hosted us! Here's the \u003Ca href=\"https://www.dauntbooks.co.uk/marylebone/\">Daunt website\u003C/a>, and you can follow this gorgeous, well-stocked shop on Twitter at \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Dauntbooks\">@Dauntbooks\u003C/a> and Instagram, \u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/dauntbooks/\">@dauntbooks\u003C/a>.   \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/809221_original-70d19c611a.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nNext stop was Muswell Hill \u003Ca href=\"https://www.childrensbookshoplondon.com/\">Children's Bookshop\u003C/a> for a bustling signing, hosted by Sanchita Basu de Sarkar (third from the left) and this excellent team (photo by bookseller \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/AndreaJStewart\">Andrea Stewart\u003C/a>): \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/807365_original-e9dd81af33.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nLast year Andrea knitted us a gorgeous Kevin, and she's done it again, this time working out a pattern! Fingers crossed, she says she'll let me post it on our website activities pages, so stay tuned... You can follow the Children's Bookshop on Twitter \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/childrensbkshop\">@childrensbkshop\u003C/a> and Facebook \u003Ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/ChildrensBookshopLondon/\">here\u003C/a>. And find lots of fun, free drawing activities based on \u003Ci>Kevin's Great Escape\u003C/i> \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/kevins-great-escape/\">here on the book's webpage\u003C/a>. We've left some signed copies of our books at both bookshops if you weren't able to come along to the events! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/809480_original-536863b03c.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nThanks so much to both bookshop teams, to everyone who made the effort to show up for bookish shenanigans, and to publicist \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LizScottPR\">Liz Scott\u003C/a> and OUP's \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hannahepenny\">Hannah Penny\u003C/a>, who made it all come together so wonderfully!","2019-09-15T14:00:00.000Z","kevins-great-escape-the-london-launch",[],"kevin's great escape, the london launch!",1776628730314]