[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-the-new-neighbours-in-the-alligators-mouth":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Have you ever been to \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thealligatorsmouth.co.uk/\">The Alligator's Mouth\u003C/a> bookshop in Richmond? It's a real treasure box of an independent bookshop, with the most lovely carefully selected range of top children's books. And last week, I got to visit and present my brand-new picture book, \u003Ci>\u003Cb>\u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.co.uk/the-new-neighbours/\">The New Neighbours\u003C/a>\u003C/b>\u003C/i>! \u003Ca href=\"http://philip-reeve.com/\">Philip Reeve\u003C/a> took this photo out front: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/375163_original-7c90b1e1ce.jpg\" alt=\"alligator's mouth\" title=\"sarah mcintyre alligator's mouth\">\\r\n\\r\nThe little events area in the back was packed, and I did some reading:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/375414_original-599a0f73c7.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for more under the cut!-->\\r\nAnd we all did some drawing. (You can learn how to draw a bunny step-by-step \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.co.uk/the-new-neighbours/\">here on my website\u003C/a>.) Photo by \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Fi_BGB\">Fiona Barker\u003C/a>: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/376003_original-4c5731fca6.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nAt the end, Philip and I both signed books:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/375636_original-20572b764a.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nThen we got to out for tea with excellent local chilren's book author \u003Ca href=\"http://www.smriti.co.uk/\">Smriti Prasadam-Halls\u003C/a> and her family. Big thanks thanks to everyone who came along, and to David Fickling Books \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sabs_m\">Sabina Maharjan\u003C/a> for her help on the day! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/376713_original-9283ed9c60.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nLots of love to the energetic team who keep this wonderful place going: Tony West, \u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/markpembrey/\">Mark Pembrey\u003C/a>, Margaret Wallace-Jones and \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/watchingsparks\">Helen\u003C/a>. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/376533_original-6ce26d1f1b.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nYou can follow The Alligator's Mouth on social media: Twitter - \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/alligatorsmouth\">@alligatorsmouth\u003C/a> - Instagram - \u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/alligatorsmouth/\">@alligatorsmouth\u003C/a> - and \u003Ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/alligatorsmouth/?ref=br_rs\">Facebook\u003C/a> - and keep an eye \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thealligatorsmouth.co.uk/blog\">on their blog for book reviews written by their staff\u003C/a>! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/376177_original-5b0e27c188.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">","2018-03-10T19:20:00.000Z","the-new-neighbours-in-the-alligators-mouth",[],"the new neighbours in the alligator's mouth!",1776628729475]