[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-polar-ices":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"I'm so chuffed, I even managed a morning sketch on a Saturday. Stuart gave me the ice cream van idea. The one outside our house, Ali Baba, is very very loud, and waits until it gets right under my window to give a sharp blast of a German oompa song, and give me a heart attack.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1361/1345262721_8779805e30_o.jpg\" />\\r\n\\r\nSome updates: \\r\nI've been selected as \u003Ca href=\"http://www.britishscbwi.org\">Featured Illustrator\u003C/a> for the UK's Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators. Hooray! \\r\nI've also posted two more book reviews:\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.writeaway.org.uk/component/option,com_mtree/task,viewlink/link_id,2116/Itemid,99999999/\">The Tinderbox\u003C/a>, illustrated by someone who's a fantastic discovery for me, Russian illustrator Bagram Ibatoulline;\\r\nand \u003Ca href=\"http://www.writeaway.org.uk/component/option,com_mtree/task,viewlink/link_id,2117/Itemid,99999999/\">The Animals' Christmas Carol\u003C/a>, not so much my kind of book, but Helen Ward paints animals better than almost anyone.\\r\n\u003Ci>edit\u003C/i>: And I'm sure I had fellow Seattlite David Lasky's \u003Ca href=\"http://dlasky.livejournal.com/63741.html\">polar bear comic\u003C/a> in mind when I did this picture!","2007-09-08T09:45:00.000Z","polar-ices",[],"polar ices",1776628721098]