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the raggy rat saturday 3 august 2024 susie the dorchester cat susie the dorchester cat is still enjoying life owning all the shops in town her facebook group has grown and she has sold many postcards in support of feral cat care here in dorset the image above is drawn from a gorgeous photo shared in the group and thanks to a local cafe you can now have this printed on a mug there s even more merch available and more to come as well as a really nice cup of coffee while you are there get in touch with the cafe to order your susie merch and get excited there will soon be something amazing on that shelf https craftycuppa uk posted by raggy rat no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels art cats charity illustration merch raggyrat saturday 9 march 2024 book review made for us polly owen daniel duncan i m in a scbwi group with the author of this new book and she sent me a copy to review i was interested in seeing it because i ve been working with adults who have learning and other disabilities and have been considering issues such as accessibility this builds on my connection with sweet cherry publishing who recently launched a more accessible imprint every cherry it made me wonder if made for us also comes in other forms like simplified text symbols or audio especially as the three characters that we meet in the book are shown listening to audiobooks this book was surprising because i didn t realise that everyday inventions that help me do things better were actually created to make life easier for someone with a disability for example typing to assist a blind person to communicate by letter and touch screens because typing can be difficult for some people i benefit every day from these inventions i like the way that the objects and the inventors were drawn they felt friendly and kind the three main characters were more cartoon style and they helped make the book look fun i am a volunteer school reader and lots of my year three readers bring non fiction books to me i think they would really like this one it s by oxford university press and has a reading level of 11 to help you choose posted by raggy rat 5 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels book review children s nonfiction picture book saturday 2 march 2024 susie dorchester susie has captured more than a few hearts since her arrival in the town when i discovered her i offered to design a postcard to raise funds for a local charity and feral cat care dorset have been benefiting from this modest venture i ve also posted some of the cards on request so this is an option if you live far away susie started out by exploring weymouth and even visited portland so i wrote a story for 50preciouswords about her and created an illustration too if you want to find out more about susie pop along to her facebook group susie s travels in dorchester posted by raggy rat no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels cat dorchester susie famous kitten monday 9 october 2023 little mole goes to school book review great to see little mole again in a third adventue i should not have been worried that a book about starting school might not have been different to others in the genre it was i want his lunch box btw it is fabulous as are his shoes we also get to see little mole at the start of autumn and not in winter as in previous stories so as well as back matter giving information on the animals featured in the story and some good advice for nervous little people starting school you have a third story about everyones favourite mole how he coped with the things he was worried about and a sweet celebrations of differences and working together we still love little mole more please sally and glenys posted by raggy rat no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday 27 june 2023 michael the amazing mind reading sausage dog i don t just make plush from picture books of course i love to recreate all kinds of kidlit characters so meet michael and yes i read the whole book before i made him it s as hilarious and delightful as the cover by tim budgen suggests i decided to recreate a scene from chapter one when michael meets stanley bog dog his part played by daisy s ikea dog who is only ever referred to as dog the oak tree is played by my gorgeous hawthorn here when we moved in amazingly i got to share michael s book and his plush self with a local primary school i volunteer in and then attend the book launch in london the next day terrie let me do the big reveal while tim snapped this photo of us there were a few ooohs and aaahs i think but i did feel a little out of my comfort zone tim signed my book too and i can confirm from the conversations that book 2 is well underway year four will be pleased that was one of their questions one extract and the whole class wanted a copy of book one terrie sent this picture i ll treasure it as well as the memory of how much michael s waistcoat sparkled under the lights all the best book launches involve cake did you know that i managed to get one of these gorgeous cakes back to weymouth for my lunch the following day but back to plush michael i ve now seen a class of children react to one of my pieces and it was really fun i just know terry is going to enjoy having him alongside her for future school visits and events i think she really likes him posted by raggy rat no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels book launch book review kidlit plush from books terrie chilvers tim budgen monday 19 june 2023 sad sad bears i made five bears from a teenager s jacket and it was tough going i shouldn t have been doing it it felt appropriate that the fabric was hard to work with one bright stunning superdry coat i m glad the bears are loved but i shouldn t have had to to it memory bear making can be very grounding posted by raggy rat no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels loss memory bears roxy teenager wednesday 24 may 2023 plush from books ellie a pair of paws balance on a book while i needle sculpt their toes this book is perfect for anyone who s about to expand their family or recently has it s relatable for anyone who ever suddenly found themselves a big sister or brother to be as a three year old i can recall the chaos in the house starting the night my sister was born at home and snippets of memories like tip toeing past a pram or the poo landing on the carpet one nappy change oops i was excited to receive an early copy of since the baby came by my good friend kathleen long bostrom and illustrated by janet samuel because i knew i was going to be making a plush from this lovely story told in poems the family is adorable and i m sure my sister and i both identify with the children s gorgeous curly hair however i made their dog this is ellie can you see the e on her collar the awesome publishers offered to include kathleen s dog when they discovered the sad loss of the real life ellie and sent photographs to janet just like in the story ellie has a sweet tag on her collar with the letter e i carefully embroidered this on thick felt i also enjoyed making those expressive ears soon i will send plush ellie across the pond and i will miss her company i like dogs a lot and i love that our protagonist has a faithful companion in every spread there are 16 kinds of poems in the book with helpful back matter explaining and naming each kind i usually do learn from each picture book i read but there was a lot i didn t know about poetry maybe i ll write in rhyme for a change haha ellie dog is posing on a quilt i made in my 20s from an idea i had when i was 16 i shaded her ears with chalk and set them with a short spray of fixative i think about the artist at work on the illustrations when i do things like this most of all i love ellie s toes and 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