[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-pug-a-doodle-do":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Hurrah, our new book's officially out today! It's called \u003Cfont size=\"5\">\u003Cb>PUG-A-DOODLE-DO!\u003C/b>\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/283950_original-ae29e86354.jpg\" width=\"550\">\\r\n\\r\nWe honestly had so much fun making this: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/284333_original-28e5448473.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nTo come up with good material for the book, we knew we'd have to be able to bounce ideas off each other, so Philip came to London and sat right at my desk with me, and we worked like this. (We included a picture of it in the book so people could make up details.)  \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/284816_original-35e13f08e9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nPutting together an activity book's more complicated than you might think! We wanted to include characters from all four storybooks we've created, and how to get the balance right. So we had a working lunch with our editor \u003Cb>Liz Cross\u003C/b> and our designer \u003Cb>Jo Cameron\u003C/b>, who came with lots of different colour pens to keep things organised! (I was very impressed with her pens.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/285044_original-aff930593d.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here to read more under the cut!-->\\r\nWe wanted the book to be a fun read as well as a place to draw, so we included stories and comics, including several pages of this one by Philip, about a day in the life of Lord Krull, a rather imposing character in \u003Ci>Jinks & O'Hare Funfair Repair\u003C/i>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/285210_original-2fb9ff9e82.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"krull comic\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd here's Mr Culpepper from \u003Ci>Oliver and the Seawigs\u003C/i>, having a little accident. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/285518_original-9579d83b83.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"albatross poo\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd as the name suggests, the book includes lots of PUGS from \u003Ci>Pugs of the Frozen North\u003C/i>! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/284493_original-4c3c0532f0.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nBig thanks to \u003Cb>Stephen Holland\u003C/b> for giving the book a wonderful, lively and thorough review on the website of his independent Nottingham bookshop, \u003Cb>Page 45\u003C/b>. If you'd like to \u003Ca href=\"http://www.page45.com/store/Pug-A-Doodle-Do-A-Bumper-Book-Of-Fun-.html\">order it online from his shop\u003C/a> - support an indie! - he'll be glad to help you and he ships internationally. This is just a preview, below; \u003Ca href=\"http://www.page45.com/store/Pug-A-Doodle-Do-A-Bumper-Book-Of-Fun-.html\">click here\u003C/a> to read his whole review! You can also download two of the PUG COMIC pages from \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/pug-a-doodle-do/\">my website here\u003C/a>. (Feel free to use it at home, schools, libraries, etc.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.page45.com/store/Pug-A-Doodle-Do-A-Bumper-Book-Of-Fun-.html\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/283543_original-cd7b0cefe8.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"page 45 review\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nDo join us on Saturday for the launch party at excellent independent bookshop Tales on Moon Lane in Herne Hill, south London! \u003Ca href=\"https://www.talesonmoonlane.co.uk/online-booking\">Book your place here!\u003C/a> \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https://www.talesonmoonlane.co.uk/online-booking\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/272648_original-39ac9aeed7.jpg\" alt=\"pugadoodledo_toml_event_sm.jpg\" title=\"pugadoodledo_toml_event_sm.jpg\">\u003C/a>","2017-09-07T06:00:00.000Z","pug-a-doodle-do",[],"pug-a-doodle-do!",1776628729181]