[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-world-book-day-2019-school-visits":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"What does World Book Day mean? It means EARLY MORNING STARTS! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/663872_original-70aa658608.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for lots more under the cut!-->\\r\nIt's been a real whirlwind here, but I just wanted to quickly blog three school visits so I don't forget them. Actually, the first one, on the day before World Book Day, was nicely sedate; I didn't start until after lunch! I have a couple lovely sessions with the children at \u003Ca href=\"https://www.dunraven.org.uk/\">Dunraven Primary School\u003C/a> in Streatham, south London, talking about \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.co.uk/dinosaur-firefighters/\">\u003Ci>Dinosaur Firefighters\u003C/i>\u003C/a> and \u003Ci>\u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.co.uk/the-new-neighbours/\">The New Neighbours\u003C/a>\u003C/i>. I only managed to grab a snapshot with librarian Jonathan Peters and the nice guy who helped us set up the tech. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/664154_original-8107d12b84.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nThe next day was FULL ON! I spent the first day with Adriana Pray Haines from \u003Ca href=\"http://peagreenboatbooks.co.uk/\">Pea Green Boat Books\u003C/a>, and on the second day, her partner Richard picked me up and drove me to Walthamstow in North London, to \u003Ca href=\"https://www.forest.org.uk/\">Forest School\u003C/a>. I was first video-interviewed by these two children (Mary Poppins and Saucepan Man) about being a writer-illustrator, then did a couple \u003Ci>Dinosaur Firefighter\u003C/i> sessions. We had one brief lull where Richard was able to play on the venue's white grand piano, and we got to meet Suneetha Goring (also Mary Poppins) and her team of librarians. (The school has THREE librarians - wow!)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/664372_original-a018b14482.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/664802_original-42150ed4a4.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nThe last school I visited was \u003Ca href=\"https://www.haaf.org.uk/Hatcham-Free-School\">Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College Temple Grove Free School\u003C/a> (always one for the short, snappy name) and I didn't manage to get a single photo - argh! But we had fun with \u003Ci>The New Neighbours\u003C/i> and \u003Ci>\u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.co.uk/the-legend-of-kevin/\">The Legend of Kevin\u003C/a>\u003C/i>, and I think the teacher who was helping us was very glad to take off his Fantastic Mr Fox mask which was giving him a rash. Thanks to all the schools for inviting me, and to Adriana and Richard for organising!","2019-03-12T21:48:00.000Z","world-book-day-2019-school-visits",[],"world book day 2019 school visits",1776628730057]