[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-morris-how-to-win-friends-and-horrify-your-teacher":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Ha ha! This tweet from \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Librarydotcolm\">Colm Linnane\u003C/a> in Edinburgh cheered me hugely when it rolled in last night:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/morris_colm_tweet-ce2d6b89d8.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/morrisdan-c482ae66cd.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Cfont size=\"1\">\u003Ci>Artist and web designer \u003Ca href=\"http://www.hammerheadrabbits.com/\">Dan Fone\u003C/a> couldn't resist coming up with his own recipe for super-snot.\u003C/i>\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\nThanks for standing up for \u003Ci>Morris the Mankiest Monster\u003C/i>, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.joedecie.com/\">Joe Decie\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/slormes\">@slormes\u003C/a>!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/morris_joe_tweet-c811f136be.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n...But it's highly debatable whether Morris is a 'nice' book. It's writer, \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/373399.html\">Giles Andreae\u003C/a>, has argued that it's actually a love poem, about the sort of love - and conflicted emotions - a parent has for a child who's covered in filth and comes running toward them, wanting a cuddle. But I'm not so sure that makes it nice. Last night I looked up \u003Ca href=\"http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/0552559350/ref=cm_cr_dp_see_all_btm?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending\">Morris on Amazon\u003C/a> and was pleased to discover it has 14 reviews now, 13 of them glowing with praise. But the other one is still my all-time favourite: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/0552559350/ref=cm_cr_dp_see_all_btm?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/morris_gisi_amazon-b9afcfcaad.gif\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nThis is a more standard review. And I'm glad the book inspired the class to write their own poetry. (Thank you, Peter!)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/0552559350/ref=cm_cr_dp_see_all_btm?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/morris_peter_amazon-93a4a250e0.gif\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nAnd don't forget, if you want some activity sheets to go along with the book, or free material for throwing your own \u003Cb>Morris the Mankiest Monster Party\u003C/b>, you can download them \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/morris.php\">from my website here\u003C/a>. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/morris.php\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/make_monster-037b4d8639.gif\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nThis video also just rolled in via Twitter! It was made by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/user/carlloughlin\">Carl Loughlin\u003C/a>, aka Grandpa Joe, and is even harder to get through than the Morris book. WELL MANKY. (Thanks, Carl!)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Clj-embed id=\"2211\"/>\\r\n\u003Cfont size=\"1\">\u003Ci>\u003Ca href=\"http://youtu.be/8HsTheqpI2A\">Direct YouTube link\u003C/a>\u003C/i>\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\nSpeaking of monsters, check out this link to \u003Ca href=\"http://monstersuniversity.com/edu/\">Monsters University\u003C/a>, a spoof website for the sequel to \u003Ci>Monsters, Inc\u003C/i>. (Link via \u003Ca href=\"http://www.fumboo.com/\">Jamie Smart\u003C/a>.) Ha ha, I love the \u003Ca href=\"http://monstersuniversity.com/edu/store.html\">four-armed hoodie\u003C/a> in the shop!","2012-10-09T07:30:00.000Z","morris-how-to-win-friends-and-horrify-your-teacher",[],"morris: how to win friends and horrify your teacher",1776628724275]