[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-new-childrens-laureate-and-he-draws":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Huge congratulations to the excellent \u003Cb>Chris Riddell\u003C/b>, Britain's new Children's Laureate! And well done to \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/malorieblackman\">Malorie Blackman\u003C/a>, for being an awesome laureate for the last two years!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/chris_doodler_zpsn0vsw4hg-26f6266c06.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nI need to go to Glasgow to do a Scottish Booktrust event (in, uh, six minutes), but I'll come back and add to this blog post, since Chris being laureate means EXCITING TIMES. :D\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/riddell_laureate_zpsrovgw4ra-a1f37adc03.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nIn the meantime, you can follow Chris on Twitter (\u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/chrisriddell50\">@chrisriddell50\u003C/a>) and \u003Ca href=\"https://instagram.com/chris_riddell/\">Instagram\u003C/a>.","2015-06-10T06:29:00.000Z","new-childrens-laureate-and-he-draws",[],"new children's laureate - and he draws!",1776628727694]