[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-tales-on-moon-lane-pug-a-doodle-do-party":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Recipe for a \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/pug-a-doodle-do/\">Pug-a-Doodle-Do\u003C/a> book launch: take one excellent co-author...\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugadoodle_dw_philbook1_zpsdfn17xlp-47d1a6c628.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cfont size=\"1\">Photo by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.pictureteam.co.uk/albums\">Dave Warren\u003C/a>\u003C/i>\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\nAnd Britain's finest pug, BENNY BEAN:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugadoodle_dw_bennybook_zpskgnlkmin-ce96890842.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cfont size=\"1\">Photo by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.pictureteam.co.uk/albums\">Dave Warren\u003C/a>\u003C/i>\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\nAdd the fabulous booksellers at south London's indie children's bookshop \u003Ca href=\"https://www.talesonmoonlane.co.uk/\">Tales on Moon Lane\u003C/a>, including \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jococadiz\">Jo Cocadiz\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jenrosebell\">Jennifer Bell\u003C/a>:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugadoodle_dw_jo_jen_zpspg7sl6xe-ef50f4322b.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cfont size=\"1\">Photo by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.pictureteam.co.uk/albums\">Dave Warren\u003C/a>\u003C/i>\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\nMix with much cuddling of celebrity pug:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugadoodle_sarahbenny_zpswetewot1-d6c419dead.jpg\">\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for lots more photos under the cut!-->\\r\n\\r\nDecorate front of bookshop with jaw-dropping skill\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugadoodle_dw_window1_zpsqqu4oyhs-d61c68c748.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cfont size=\"1\">Photo by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.pictureteam.co.uk/albums\">Dave Warren\u003C/a>\u003C/i>\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\nOr as best you can, anyway:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugadoodle_talesonmoonlane_zpsj4gzfyy3-200883af49.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nGet some help from the pen-loving pug:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugadoodle_sarahbennypen_zpsgwsfeakh-838df42524.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAdd a healthy sprinkling of families who love to doodle: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugadoodle_dw_drawing1_zps0c5xgybm-b0757910d0.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cfont size=\"1\">Photo by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.pictureteam.co.uk/albums\">Dave Warren\u003C/a>\u003C/i>\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\nHave them create bunting for you:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugadoodle_pugsonplane_zpseus4oehb-aa480cb617.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nDistribute biscuits:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugadoodle_cookie_zpsy4zgfvqi-545a3f8d07.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd you have a Pug-a-Doodle-Do party! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugadoodle_dw_game1_zpsacf1ujeq-81c1124170.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cfont size=\"1\">Photo by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.pictureteam.co.uk/albums\">Dave Warren\u003C/a>\u003C/i>\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\nThanks so much to everyone who came along! It's amazing how that little shop opens up like a Tardis when they clear the central space, and we had so much fun getting to draw and chat with everyone, including lots of kids who had read many or all of my four other books with \u003Ca href=\"http://philip-reeve.com/\">Philip Reeve\u003C/a>: \u003Ci>\u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/oliver-and-the-seawigs/\">Oliver and the Seawigs\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/cakes-in-space/\">Cakes in Space\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/pugs-of-the-frozen-north/\">Pugs of the Frozen North\u003C/a>,\u003C/i> and \u003Ci>\u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/jinks-o-hare-funfair-repair/\">Jinks & O'Hare Funfair Repair\u003C/a>\u003C/i>. A couple parents even told us that our books were what got their children into reading, which was amazing to hear. This fantastic artist had brought along his drawing of Cliff, a Rambling Isle from Oliver and the Seawigs, with the Crisp family house perched on top:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugadoodle_cliffdrawing_zpsbtqb9l2z-8b60e3bc61.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd here's his picture of the Nameless Horror from Cakes in Space: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugadoodle_namelesshorror_zps64ohzsqj-1c1d47db9f.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere are Philip and me, teaching everyone how to draw their own pug: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugadoodle_dw_sarahdraw_zps5m7wj24h-bdaa7bd9a7.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cfont size=\"1\">Photo by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.pictureteam.co.uk/albums\">Dave Warren\u003C/a>\u003C/i>\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugadoodle_dw_philipdraw_zpsbfc74ywy-c34d638bf8.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cfont size=\"1\">Photo by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.pictureteam.co.uk/albums\">Dave Warren\u003C/a>\u003C/i>\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\nAt the end, we signed and doodled lots of books and chatted with everyone. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugadoodle_signing1_zpszxrzgnxz-74c2afe9db.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cfont size=\"1\">Photo by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.pictureteam.co.uk/albums\">Dave Warren\u003C/a>\u003C/i>\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugadoodle_dw_signing2_zpsm9gcdfxz-76b2caa28d.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cfont size=\"1\">Photo by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.pictureteam.co.uk/albums\">Dave Warren\u003C/a>\u003C/i>\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\nI'll just post a bunch of photos from the day, mostly because I don't want to forget anything! I love coming back and looking at photos from old blog posts. :) \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugadoodle_dw_guests_zpsvvv8w9ix-0e64aad466.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cfont size=\"1\">Photo by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.pictureteam.co.uk/albums\">Dave Warren\u003C/a>\u003C/i>\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\nHere's an eager Benny Bean at the start, who loves meeting people and doesn't exist on the same horizontal plane that the rest of us do. That's his lovely owner, Sam Scott-Mance (\u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/dottyscotty01\">@dottyscotty01\u003C/a> on Twitter).  \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugadoodle_bennysam1_zpszazqgbta-dac73b4516.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nBenny Bean is SUCH a heartbreaker. He came along to our \u003Ca href=\"https://jabberworks.livejournal.com/718729.html\">London Pugwalk\u003C/a> a couple years ago and I fell so in love with him that I actually got a bit teary when I had to say goodbye. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugadoodle_dw_benny_closeup_zpsomfhqy0r-3d22f2011f.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cfont size=\"1\">Photo by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.pictureteam.co.uk/albums\">Dave Warren\u003C/a>\u003C/i>\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\nSome more fine artwork: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugadoodle_mermaid_draw_zpsrb2gpvdt-fed11cfecf.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugadoodle_pugbunting_zps0xx6cqub-6c2b0d7b5b.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugadoodle_het_zpszleaasbk-8ce5241e3a.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugadoodle_pugbunting2_zpsif4v6puh-01798fc43d.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugadoodle_dw_drawing3_zpsabpxgp79-1e78bda015.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cfont size=\"1\">Photo by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.pictureteam.co.uk/albums\">Dave Warren\u003C/a>\u003C/i>\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\nThis girl and her mum came a long way from the launch and I kept accidentally calling her 'Emily' because she did such a convincing job dressing up as Emily from \u003Ci>Jinks & O'Hare Funfair Repair\u003C/i> for World Book Day! (\u003Ca href=\"https://jabberworks.livejournal.com/771324.html\">Check out her costume here!\u003C/a>) \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugadoodle_emilyjinks_zpsyepzdpag-bf3d2f02f1.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere are the fab people from Oxford Children's Books who planned the party with Tales on Moon Lane: \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/voegich\">Manuela Vogel\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LizScottPR\">Liz Scott\u003C/a> Thanks, Liz & Manuela!! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugadoodle_dw_manuela_liz_zpsxsvkg9cq-d7b377441d.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cfont size=\"1\">Photo by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.pictureteam.co.uk/albums\">Dave Warren\u003C/a>\u003C/i>\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\nA few more pics: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugadoodle_sarah_window_zpsfo7qoxdq-31b729c45f.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.pictureteam.co.uk/albums\">Dave Warren\u003C/a> came all the way from Birmingham to take photos. Thanks, Dave!! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugadoodle_dw_posey4_zpsyyckusls-1a8b52ae6f.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cfont size=\"1\">Photo by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.pictureteam.co.uk/albums\">Dave Warren\u003C/a>\u003C/i>\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugadoodle_dw_header_zpstzh9gvao-e087fc4720.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>\u003Cfont size=\"1\">Photo by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.pictureteam.co.uk/albums\">Dave Warren\u003C/a>\u003C/i>\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\nAnd after all the excitement, a very tired Benny Bean. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugadoodle_sleepybenny2_zpsagk6bzvm-8efd0fa0ef.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/pugadoodle_sleepybenny_zps1a4bpqp6-ddaabc20d7.jpg\">","2017-09-11T16:42:00.000Z","tales-on-moon-lane-pug-a-doodle-do-party",[],"tales on moon lane: pug-a-doodle-do party!",1776628729206]