[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-thatch-the-moon-a-new-reeve-mcintyre-story":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"\u003Cfont size=\"3\">Reeve & McIntyre have come up with a new story! \\r\n\\r\n\u003C/font>\u003Ci>\u003Cb>Thatch the Moon\u003C/b>\u003C/i> comes in five daily parts, launching today, read by wonderful actor \u003Cb>Amy Sutton\u003C/b> (who starred in T\u003Ci>he Pugs of the Frozen North\u003C/i> play and Philip's \u003Ci>The Ministry of  Biscuits\u003C/i>). \\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https://youtu.be/-Y_PxMTL08U\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/931590_original-8d979a468c.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nWhile I had a lot of fun learning about animation to make this trailer, the story's an audiobook, not illustrated. \u003Cfont size=\"3\">Which means there's lots of room for YOUR illustrations! \u003Cu>We're very much hoping both children and grownups will grab drawing supplies and \u003Cb>draw along as you listen\u003C/b>\u003C/u>\u003C/font>, making this a very interactive activity! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Clj-embed id=\"4600\"/>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cfont size=\"3\">If you create any drawings, please post them on the \u003Cb>#ThatchTheMoon\u003C/b> hashtag so we can see!\u003C/font> \\r\nYou might draw exactly what's happening in the story, some of the characters, or even take the themes of the story to spark off your own ideas - what would your own house or block of flats, or your school, or even your own head look like with elaborate thatching done to it? Be as over-the-top and ridiculous as you like! I love drawing straw textures, they're a lot of fun.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cfont size=\"3\">\u003Cb>So where did this story come from?\u003C/b>\u003C/font>, you might ask. It started out as a series of playful cartoons I was drawing for this LiveJournal blog, back in 2008, about a family-run thatching business. (I come frome Seattle, where thatching is very much Not a Thing, so the thatched cottages here intrigued me greatly!) While I was coming up with blog story, I didn't have a child audience in mind (or any audience really, I had about ten followers) and story had a real dark side to it. I did have the whole story plotted out for turning it into a mini comic, and I can't remember why I didn't draw the last few pages. But nearly a decade later, I showed the blog posts to Philip Reeve, and we had a good laugh over it; I let him take it away and have a play with it, and he created the main character of Lily and her dog Ponty, who are much more likeable. And I was doing events in big mad hats (see \u003Ca href=\"https://jabberworks.livejournal.com/575183.html\">the cling-film wig for \u003Ci>Oliver and the Seawigs\u003C/i>\u003C/a>)...\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for more under the cut!-->\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/blast_seawigs_philsarah_ship2_zps7c8ef6dd-064d1e436f.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Cfont size=\"1\">\u003Ci>Photo by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.blastphoto.co.uk/\">Blast Photo\u003C/a>\u003C/i>\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\n...so Philip threw big, silly headgear into the mix with another character who arrives fairly early on. You can read more about the process \u003Ca href=\"https://philipreeveblog.blogspot.com/2020/05/thatch-moon.html\">over on Philip's blog!\u003C/a> Here are my original blog pictures (but for a very different story): \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/937186_original-86ac93da44.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/937266_original-b051859b40.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/937722_original-f4099833e4.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/937745_original-3495cc2920.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/937995_original-ba05ef3886.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/938404_original-d8bd5f6267.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/938738_original-d23c491bd2.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/938754_original-e5134ed086.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nThank you, Philip, for giving the story a whole new life and putting such a fun twist on it! Now, the story doesn't have the most obvious commercial hook ('What?' you respond indignantly...' Thatching is all the rage with kids these days!') but we hope that its utter absurdity will make you laugh, and hopefully inspire some artwork, too! \\r\n\\r\nFor the animation, \u003Cb>Sarah Reeve\u003C/b> composed an original soundtrack to give it unique flair - thank you, Sarah!! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: #6b61ff;\">\u003Cb>LINKS\u003C/b>\\r\n* \u003Ci>\u003Ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/user/jabberworks/videos\">Here's a link to my YouTube channel if you want to subscribe\u003C/a>\u003C/i>\\r\n* Find lots more \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/books\">free Reeve & McIntyre book-related activities on my website\u003C/a>\\r\n* Follow our \u003Ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/reeveandmcintyre/\">Reeve & McIntyre Facebook page\u003C/a>\\r\n* Follow Philip Reeve on Twitter (\u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/philipreeve1\">@philipreeve1\u003C/a>), Instagram (\u003Ca href=\"https://instagram.com/thesolitarybee/\">@thesolitarybee\u003C/a>) & Facebook (\u003Ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/philipreeveauthor/\">philipreeveauthor\u003C/a>)\\r\n* Follow me on Twitter (\u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jabberworks\">@jabberworks\u003C/a>), Instagram (\u003Ca href=\"https://instagram.com/jabberworks/\">@jabberworks\u003C/a>) & Facebook (\u003Ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/illustratrix/\">illustratrix\u003C/a>)\\r\n\\r\n* Follow Brighton-based actor Amy Sutton on Twitter (\u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/theladyamelia\">@TheLadyAmelia\u003C/a>) and Instagram (\u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/theladyamelia/\">@theladyamelia\u003C/a>)\\r\n* Follow musician and Dartmoor photographer Sarah Reeve on Instagram (\u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/moorland/\">@moorland\u003C/a>) and Twitter (\u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SarahReeve3\">@SarahReeve3\u003C/a>)\u003C/span>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https://jabberworks.co.uk/books/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/934072_original-15b2894c9b.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nDedicated to \u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/m_mcintyre77/\">Mary McIntyre\u003C/a> on her birthday xx","2020-05-04T08:01:00.000Z","thatch-the-moon-a-new-reeve-mcintyre-story",[],"Thatch the Moon - a new Reeve & McIntyre story!",1776628730563]