I have just heard that David Tennant, former Doctor Who is going to record the audio CD for Supermarket Zoo!! How cool is that! They are recording tomorrow, so I'm hoping to get a signed copy! The CD will be released in July 2011. Supermarket Zoo the book is out this July and it's looking FANTABULOUS!!!
This morning I have not one, but two exciting packages on my doorstep!
My first hardback copy of Rhino? What Rhino? is now here! It looks absolutely fabulous! Bright and funny and quirky thanks to Sarah Horne's amazing illustrations! And second, the roughs have arrived for Dinosaur Seeds, which is the sequel to Supermarket Zoo! Ed Eaves is the illustrator and he is doing a wonderful job so far! I can't tell you how exciting it is to see my story coming to life! Contact me via my website or email me if you would like to buy a signed copy of Rhino? What Rhino?!
Here I am, doing what I enjoy most.
I've just finished a long walk through one of the most beautiful places in the world with two of my favourite friends in the world. In this picture, we are drying out in The Old Smithy cafe, our wet socks steaming on the radiator, large mugs of tea in our hands and in front of us a gut-buster Full English - salty bacon, fried egg, perfectly blackened sausages, mushrooms, tomatoes, baked beans and chips. These are the simple pleasures of an author's life in the Peak District! Add a Comment
I am just about to launch a new programme of environmental and literacy workshops for schools within the Peak District National Park.
Look Where We Live is aimed at children growing up in the Peak District. The workshops give children the chance to tell the world what they think about their own environment.Children explore their surroundings using environmental games, role play and other thought-provoking activities. They use descriptive writing, poetry, drama, illustration and video to communicate their thoughts and feelings to others. The best work will be published on the project website for friends, family, residents, visitors and environmental managers to see.
Thanks to some of my writer and illustrator friends, I now have my very own page on Amazon's Author Central!
You can follow my blog, see my books and have a generally very good nosey around! Only one of my books is listed so far, others to follow on publication! Visit my website to find out more: www.carylhart.com
We were searching for this word on Google, and it just wasn't there! So we thought we'd add it to my blog and then see if it came up.
Why don't you try typing in nonesense words and see what you can find! floogledeboogledebob!!!! Add a Comment
My doggie don't wear glasses
So they're lying when they say
That a dog looks like its owner
Aren't they?
This is my tip top favourite poem - it's by John Hegley.
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Angels and Urchins have just published their list of Best Books of the Year, 2009. Don't Dip Your Chips in Your Drink, Kate, has been voted as one of their favourites!!
Follow this link to find out more http://www.angelsandurchins.co.uk/news/item/599/Books-of-2009 Add a Comment
I asked Roo to wish you a Happy Christmas
But this is what she said!
So you'll have to settle
For Christmas wishes
From Caryl and family instead!
Ooooh, I LOVE my job!
What are the loveliest things about being an author?
Last week I spent a very happy day with some children at The Children's Hospital, Sheffield. We had a great time making rhyme machines, and rhino mobiles and making up rhymes. The hospital has a number of amazing classrooms, to help children keep up with their schoolwork while they are receiving treatment. The staff are amazing as are the children, so I can't wait for my next session in a couple of weeks' time.
Thanks go to Decathlon, for giving me a trolley to cart my stuff around with, and to John Lewis for donating some lovely ribbons and bibbons and sparkly stuff. Add a Comment
Don't Dip Your Chips in Your Drink, Kate! was officially launched on Thursday 22nd October at Sheffield Central Children's Library. Check out my website to see what we got up to!
Oh, and sorry, we've eaten all the cake and didn't save you any! http://www.take2theweb.com/pub/litton/ca/af.html Add a Comment
We're getting ready for Hallowe'en, so here is a funny rhyme to get you in the mood.
Vampire Fred When Freddy the vampire went shopping
Check out my new Kids' Club
You can read each other's poems, make a rhyme machine and find some great links too.
http://www.take2theweb.com/pub/litton/ca/i.html
Go on! It's FUN!! Add a Comment
Visit the National Poetry Society website, and you can knit yourself a poem!
Simply type your poem in, and it will appear in knitted squares before your eyes!
There are bats in my attic
And I know they are there
Sleeping in the darkness
Of their little batty lair
I wrote this poem because my daughter swears she heard bats above her ceiling in the night. Bats are very very special because they are so rare and clever. If you have bats in your attic make sure you take good care of them.
Kseniya Simonova is a Ukrainian artist who just won Ukraine's version of "America's Got Talent." She uses a giant light box, dramatic music, imagination and "sand painting" skills to interpret Germany's invasion and occupation of Ukraine during WWII.
There's a spider in my bedrrom
Its legs are long and hairy
Its sitting just above the door
Looking mean and scary
I' d call my mum to help me
But she won't be any use
she's just as scared as I am
when a spider's on the loose
Here is a poem I wrote in my head, in the car, just now.
My book is in the window of my local book shop! How about that then?!
It was behind another book, but my sneaky kids went inside and moved it a bit! Well you've got to, haven't you?
I'm having a book launch!
It's going to be on Thursday 22 October at Sheffield Central Children's Library! If all goes according to plan it's going to be fun fun fun fun! Let me know if you'd like to come! Yippeeee!
Why is it always so hard to say goodbye?
Am I just a starter and not a completer-finisher? Probably!I find endings so very difficult, especially in a picture book where you haven't got much room to play with. And there is always the conflict between wanting my characters to learn their lesson, versus wanting to let the little anarchists get their own way. Well hopefully my latest story gives a bit of both. Here's how it starts: I wanted a train set, some skates and a cat
Yesterday I went to Waterstones to see if my book was in. It wasn't. Which isn't surprising as it's not launched till 1 October. Still, I looked myself up on their in-store computer. I just couldn't help leaving the page open, showing the beautiful front covers of CHIPS and Rhino? What Rhino?
Then I went into the iPhone store and googled myself on a few iPhones. I left the shop with several phones tuned into to my listings on Amazon!Call me narsissistic!Bet you would have done the same! Add a Comment