[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-sea-monkeys-on-the-loose":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"I just discovered this \u003Ci>Oliver and the Seawigs\u003C/i>-inspired artwork by children over on the Booktrust website! Check out Oliver and his parents, trapped in glass fishing balls:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/seawigs_booktrust_art1_zps58a3846d-82fb44797f.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nWhen I saw this next one, I thought it was going to be detailed review, and then I looked at the words more closely. Ha ha! The Sea Monkeys would be SO PROUD. :D \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/seawigs_booktrust_art2_zps2af8bf23-7539f96ed1.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere are some reworkings of the front cover:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/seawigs_booktrust_art3_zps5c7f674e-82d7ec6fb0.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for more under the cut!-->\\r\nAnd you can see the rest of the artwork on \u003Ca href=\"http://www.booktrust.org.uk/blue-peter-school-judges\">this page\u003C/a> (scroll down to the bottom). You'll also find artwork inspired by the other two shortlisted books for the Blue Peter Award (\u003Ci>Whale Song\u003C/i> and the winner, \u003Ci>Rooftoppers\u003C/i>).\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/seawigs_booktrust_art4_zpsd016d79e-97a2eba5a5.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nGosh, the Sea Monkeys have been BUSY! They're up in Manchester, getting ready for the \u003Cb>\u003Cfont size=\"3\">Manchester Children's Book Festival, 26 June - 6 July\u003C/b>\u003C/font>. Check out this little guy they \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/mcbf2014\">tweeted\u003C/a>, making cupcakes! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/mcbf1_zps74d562c6-634114545c.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThe Sea Monkeys will also be bringing a bit of cheeky chaos into Manchester Children's Hospital School, as part of the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.readwell.org.uk/about-us/\">ReadWell\u003C/a> campaign to bring clean, new books to children in hospital and in isolation units. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/mcbf2_zps1c3c3ee2-cf4dc4639e.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThere's so much happening in Manchester on \u003Cb>Family Fun Day on Sat, 28 June!\u003C/b> \u003Ca href=\"http://www.mcbf.org.uk/whats-on/events/festival-family-fun-day?utm_source=mcbf&utm_campaign=festival-family-fun-day\">Check it out here!\u003C/a> \\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/mcbf3_zps17335a54-9744c14a80.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd, of course, \u003Ca href=\"http://philipreeve.blogspot.co.uk/\">Philip Reeve\u003C/a> and I will be leading the \u003Cfont size=\"3\">\u003Cb>SEAWIGS PARADE\u003C/font>\u003C/b>, followed by our \u003Ca href=\"http://www.mcbf.org.uk/whats-on/events/philip-reeve-and-sarah-mcintyre-oliver-and-the-seawigs\">\u003Ci>Oliver and the Seawigs\u003C/i> event\u003C/a>! Lots of chances to make your own Sea Monkey and build your own Seawig! (There's a \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/oliver-and-the-seawigs/\">Seawigs template and a Sea Monkey knitting pattern here\u003C/a>, if you want to print out the sheets.) Hope to see you there. Manchester, ahoy!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.mcbf.org.uk/whats-on/events/philip-reeve-and-sarah-mcintyre-oliver-and-the-seawigs\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/manchester_bookfest_zps24729afd-d39327c275.jpg\">\u003C/a>","2014-05-19T09:42:00.000Z","sea-monkeys-on-the-loose",[],"sea monkeys on the loose",1776628726423]