Day 129 (Sarahthon Day 19): Drawing Trevor from Dinosaur Police

Hungry T-Rex on the rampage!



Red Alert! How will Dinoville’s police squad catch Trevor the T-Rex, who’s at the pizza factory, gobbling up all the pizzas meant for the town fair? Inspector Sarah Tops and Seargeant Stig O’Saurus race after him in their car, sirens blazing, with Officer Brachio galloping alongside. Trevor turns out to be terribly troublesome, but when he goes charging through a building site - and WET CEMENT - the Dinosaur Police may just be able to bring him to justice…

You can buy the book right here!
In hardcover
In paperback

Don't forget to visit Sarah's Web site to keep the party going!

Day 128 (Sarahthon Day 18): Drawing a Pirate from You can't Scare a Princess

Check  You can't Scare a Princess's special web page for more fun and adventure!



Everyone knows that pirates are BRAVE and pirates are BOLD. And they don’t take orders from a princess… or DO THEY?

You can buy the book right HERE!

in hardcover

or in paperback

Day 127 (Sarahthon Day 17): Drawing Lettuce from Vern and Lettuce

Check Vern and Lettuce's web page!

Welcome to Pickle Rye, home of best friends Lettuce the rabbit and Vern the sheep. Join them for baking, birthdays, bunny-sitting and a quest for fame in the Big City!



Vern and Lettuce reach for the stars, but there's danger lurking just beneath their feet…

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Furry escapades from the DFC Library

Day 126 (Sarahthon Day 16): Drawing Vern from Vern and Lettuce

Check Vern and Lettuce's web page!

Welcome to Pickle Rye, home of best friends Lettuce the rabbit and Vern the sheep. Join them for baking, birthdays, bunny-sitting and a quest for fame in the Big City!



Vern and Lettuce reach for the stars, but there's danger lurking just beneath their feet…

Buy the book HERE!

Furry escapades from the DFC Library

Day 125 (Sarahthon Day 15): Drawing Superhamster from Superkid

Check Superkid's web page for more fun!



Never fear – SUPERKID IS HERE!

With zooming speed, X-ray vision and bravery by the bag-load, Superkid is always on hand to save the day! He knows just how to tackle a plateful of soggy broccoli, he can make pirates surrender and even tame greedy, snapping sharks.

You can buy the book right HERE!
in hardcover
or in paperback

Day 124 (Sarahthon Day 14): Drawing an Alien from You Can't Eat a Princess

Check Sarah's special web page for You Can't Eat A Princess!



When King Cupcake is kidnapped by hungry aliens, it’s up to his feisty daughter, Princess Spaghetti, to save him from becoming their dinner.

She blasts off into space to show those naughty aliens who’s boss – and introduces them to a delicious alternative to people: chocolate!

This hilarious romp will delight chocolate-lovers everywhere!

You can buy the book right HERE!

Day 123 (Sarahthon Day 13): Drawing the Space Ship from You Can't Eat a Princess

Check the fabulous page of You Can't Eat a Princess for more fun and games!

When King Cupcake is kidnapped by hungry aliens, it’s up to his feisty daughter, Princess Spaghetti, to save him from becoming their dinner.

She blasts off into space to show those naughty aliens who’s boss – and introduces them to a delicious alternative to people: chocolate!

This hilarious romp will delight chocolate-lovers everywhere!

You can buy the book right HERE!

Day 122 (Sarahthon Day 12): Drawing a Sea Monkey from Oliver and the Seawigs

Check Oliver and the Seawigs special  page!

Oliver grew up in a family of explorers - but his biggest adventure is about to begin! Along with his new friends, a grumpy old albatross, a short-sighted mermaid and a friendly island called Cliff, Oliver goes off in search of his missing parents.

But before he can put his rescue plan into action there’s the evil Stacey de Lacey and an army of greasy, green sea monkeys to contend with…

You can buy the book right HERE!

Day 121 (Sarahthon Day 11): Drawing a Monster

Exclusive Morris interview! (Borrowed from Sarah's Web site)

Today we’re going to speak with the star of the new book, Morris the Mankiest Monster! I’m just walking up to his house, through the mud, and… fwooie! What is that SMELL??! … Oh, hello, Morris!

Sarah: Morris, I don’t mean to be rude or anything, but is your house made of… um… dung?

Morris: Poo! Urrhgh hahahaha…

That’s just lovely. So, what was it like working with a famous guy like Giles? Did he come visit you so he would know what to put in the book?

Urk, snurrfff wooo hee hee hee!…

Ew, what is that COMING OUT OF YOUR NOSE?!!!

Numm……!!!

NO!!! Don’t wipe it there! Oh, noooooooo.

Keekeekeee wurfffff hunnkf!!!

I totally didn’t want to see that. So, Morris, is it true, do you really floss your teeth with fresh slugs?

Grrrrnnn.

Er, those ones don’t even look fresh to me… I think you still have one stuck in your teeth. Yeah, right there, on the left.

Ummm!!!

What? No, that’s all right, you don’t need to thank me! WHAT? You want to give me a KISS?! Aaaaaaahhhh!!!Well, that ended my interview with Morris. I'm sorry, the only word he said that I could understand was ‘poo’, so really, that was probably the worst interview ever.

I don’t think you should buy the book, it might rub off on you or something. Go buy a book about princesses or soap or something nice, so you’ll never have to find out just how disgusting Morris really is.



It's years since he last changed his t-shirt

It's crusty and crawling with ants

His shoes are all slurpy and squelchy inside

And potatoes grow out of his pants

Morris is sweet, charming... and completely disgusting!

Kids will absolutely LOVE him.

You can buy the book right HERE!

Don't forget to visit Sarah's Web site for more monstrous fun!

Day 120 (Sarahthon Day 10): Drawing Jampires

Check the Jampires' delicious Web site for more yummyness!

“THERE’S NO JAM!” yelled Sam. “This doughnut is wrinkly! This doughnut is jamless and dry!
Someone has got to this doughnut before me and sucked out the jamminess! WHY?”

Who are the culprits? Sam sets a trap to catch the jam thieves and gets a surprise! It’s the JAMPIRES: friendly little creatures whose love of jam and sweet things gets them into trouble!

They fly off with Sam to their magical land sitting in the clouds, where doughnuts grow on trees, jam tarts sprout like flowers, and castles are made of jammy sponge cake.

It’s a delightful, slurpalicious, JAM-tastic adventure!

JAMPIRES is available in hardback and paperback formats from 4th September 2014.

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Day 119 (Sarahthon Day 9): Drawing a Shark in the Bath

Sarah shares the story behind the Story (borrowed from her amazing Web site):

For awhile, my little sister was scared to go in swimming pools because she thought there might be sharks in them. So I thought I’d take that fear and turn it into something we can laugh about. And while visiting schools, I noticed that kids love it when I draw things with BIG TEETH. So this is a book for all of you. And sharks are awesome.

Feel free to tweet pictures of your drawings at me! And kids, I'd love to see your handmade books, too! (I’m @jabberworks.)

 

Check Sarah's special Web page for There's a Shark in the Bath for more activities, games and even coloring pages! 

Day 118 (Sarahthon Day 8): Drawing Anansi the Spider from Mythical Maze

Check Sarah's awesome video (below) to learn how to draw your own Anansi!

Remember to visit Sarah's Web site to keep the party going!

Day 117 (Sarahthon Day 7): Drawing a Pirate Treasure Map from You Can't Scare a Princess!

Everyone knows that pirates are BRAVE and pirates are BOLD. And they don’t take orders from a princess… or DO THEY?

You can buy the book right HERE!

in hardcover

or in paperback

Day 116 (Sarahthon Day 6): Drawing Inspector Sarah Tops from Dinosaur Police

Hungry T-Rex on the rampage!



Red Alert! How will Dinoville’s police squad catch Trevor the T-Rex, who’s at the pizza factory, gobbling up all the pizzas meant for the town fair? Inspector Sarah Tops and Seargeant Stig O’Saurus race after him in their car, sirens blazing, with Officer Brachio galloping alongside. Trevor turns out to be terribly troublesome, but when he goes charging through a building site - and WET CEMENT - the Dinosaur Police may just be able to bring him to justice…

You can buy the book right here!
In hardcover
In paperback

Don't forget to visit Sarah's Web site to keep the party going!

Day 115 (Sarahthon Day 5): Drawing Pilbeam and Cake from Cakes in Space

Check Sarah's Cakes in Space Web page to program your own robot!

Astra’s family plan to sleep for the 200 years it takes their spaceship to reach their new home on Nova Mundi. But halfway there, Astra finds herself WIDE AWAKE! With her robot friend, Pilbeam, she goes off exploring and soon finds out the ship is in deep trouble. It’s been knocked off course and invaded by a gang of Poglites, an alien salvage crew searching for spoonage. But even the Poglites need Astra’s help when they discover something far more sinister lurking in the canteen. Sure, they’re cakes; but no one would describe them a sweet.

You can buy the book HERE!

Remember to visit Sarah's Web site to keep the party going!

Day 114 (Sarahthon Day 4): Drawing a Spatial Cake from Cakes in Space

Check Sarah's Cakes in Space Web page to bake your own spatial cakes!

Astra’s family plan to sleep for the 200 years it takes their spaceship to reach their new home on Nova Mundi. But halfway there, Astra finds herself WIDE AWAKE! With her robot friend, Pilbeam, she goes off exploring and soon finds out the ship is in deep trouble. It’s been knocked off course and invaded by a gang of Poglites, an alien salvage crew searching for spoonage. But even the Poglites need Astra’s help when they discover something far more sinister lurking in the canteen. Sure, they’re cakes; but no one would describe them a sweet.

You can buy the book HERE!

Remember to visit Sarah's Web site to keep the party going!

Day 114 (Sarahthon Day 3): Drawing Astra from Cakes in Space

Interview with Sarah McIntyre (borrowed from her Web site)

Where did you and Philip Reeve get the idea for Cakes in Space?
Philip was reading my blog and spotted a little painting I’d made on a postcard, of an astronaut and an alien and he thought, Hey, we should try a story with aliens! He’d already seen me draw organic matter – seaweed, fish, beach scenes – for Oliver and the Seawigs, and he thought it would be fun to see how I’d draw machinery and robots. He had the idea of a child wandering around in a spaceship, and then I came up with the idea of a malfunctioning food machine and mutant killer cakes. We sat in cafes and ate quite a lot of cakes together, in the name of research.

How did you create the illustrations?
I first sketched out the pictures in pencil. Then, using my lightbox, I traced over them with a quill dip pen and India ink. I scanned the black lines into my computer, then added the orange and grey colours in Photoshop.

What was one of the most interesting challenges of this book?
Zero gravity! Through most of the book, there’s no up or down, everything floats. Occasionally in the text, we’d forget, and have someone dropping something, or something liquid dripping, and we had to go back and fix those things to reflect the weightless environment. And it’s fun to draw people floating upside down on the page!

Astra’s family plan to sleep for the 200 years it takes their spaceship to reach their new home on Nova Mundi. But halfway there, Astra finds herself WIDE AWAKE! With her robot friend, Pilbeam, she goes off exploring and soon finds out the ship is in deep trouble. It’s been knocked off course and invaded by a gang of Poglites, an alien salvage crew searching for spoonage. But even the Poglites need Astra’s help when they discover something far more sinister lurking in the canteen. Sure, they’re cakes; but no one would describe them a sweet.

You can buy the book HERE!

Day 113 (Sarahthon Day 2): Drawing Trevor The T-Rex from Dinosaur Police

In this pic, you can see that Trevor got a bit excited in a Micareta (it's an off-season celebration similar to Brazilian Carnival -Brazilians dig Carnaval so much they celebrate it ALL YEAR LONG!!!).

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Hungry T-Rex on the rampage!



Red Alert! How will Dinoville’s police squad catch Trevor the T-Rex, who’s at the pizza factory, gobbling up all the pizzas meant for the town fair? Inspector Sarah Tops and Seargeant Stig O’Saurus race after him in their car, sirens blazing, with Officer Brachio galloping alongside. Trevor turns out to be terribly troublesome, but when he goes charging through a building site - and WET CEMENT - the Dinosaur Police may just be able to bring him to justice…

You can buy the book right here!
In hardcover
In paperback

Don't forget to visit Sarah's Web site to keep the party going!

Day 112 (Sarahthon Day 1): Drawing Sarah McIntyre

You all know how much I admire Sarah's work, and how much I admire Sarah, not only as an artist and as an author, but also as a person -because she's one of the kindest and most adorable souls I've ever met... So to celebrate book day (just in case you didn't know, here, in Uruguay, we celebrate book day on May 26) I'll be organizing a Sarahthon! 

I was surfing around her amazing Web site last week and found tons of marvellous tutorials (I found a few of her video-tutorials on YouTube too), and well... just couldn't resist! For the next few days I'll go on a treasure hunt to find a few more -hope I get to find all of them!-, and every day I'll work on one of her guides, getting to know her characters a bit better, diving into the wonderful worlds she has created.

Remember to visit Sarah's Web site for more fun!