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Reading Hero: Back at the blogs

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Wednesday, 22 October 2008. Back at the blogs. Hey, did you miss us? We simply had to take some time out to work on the new drawings for the Frog Blog Dog Log video, and I find that the only way not to get distracted it to turn the computer right off! So I had a blissfull week creating some new images, and realised how little time I get to create new work for it's own sake. A piece of art always has to have a purpose, to fit a specific brief, usually to illustrate a story. I also wanted a mix of Frog in ...

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Reading Hero: We have resolved....

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Thursday, 8 January 2009. We sincerely hope that the year ahead brings you everything you need and much of what you want, that the months ahead will be strewn with opportunities, fun filled and brimming over with contentment. We want to visit more schools to excite children about befreinding books, and hope to include extra visits to out of school groups like Brownie Guides to help with their Writer's Badges. So much to do, so few fingers! To see what Frog did in the holidays.). Labels: frog five a day.

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Reading Hero: August 2008

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Wednesday, 27 August 2008. Five years of Sniffing and Wagging. Five years in business as Sniff and Wag - Frogtastic! What an eventful, exciting, and exhausting five years it has been. But it's only when reminded by family that I really look back at our various adventures. I tend to be so focussed on making the present into a successful future that it's easy to overlook just how far we have come. And yet, it feels like the beginning. It's hard to listen to the news being so negative about the economy; but...

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Reading Hero: October 2008

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Wednesday, 29 October 2008. Here it is - it's not a dogumentary, it's a pop song and vid! We'd love to know what you think - it's already proving popular with the under fives who demand to see it over and over. Make yourself a coffee, turn up the volume, and enjoy some unashamed fun! The song goes live on itunes et al on Monday 3rd November, so we've been waiting until this week to send out the promo packs to radio stations and press. Chris Carter of Bluebird Recording Studios. And I both need this to go...

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Reading Hero: September 2008

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Wednesday, 10 September 2008. Frog the Dog World theme park plans put on hold. Sadly, our dreams of buying Fleetwood Pier to build a Frog the Dog World theme park have suffered a set back - the poor old pier was burned down yesterday, the last of the old English seaside piers to be built, back in 1910. We want somewhere to relish the views across Morecambe Bay, somewhere to sit with an ice cream, somewhere to sit inside when its raining; this IS England, after all! Links to this post. We are still in the...

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Reading Hero: Dreadful Cat Doggerel

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Wednesday, 5 November 2008. We have been waiting very impatiently since Monday 3rd for our Frog Blog Dog Log Song. To go live on itunes - it's now two whole days overdue. so while we go berate the unforunates who live on the other end of the itunes helpdesk, try a bit of this, and if you don't go buy our song as soon as it IS ready, we'll just keep on writing more. You've been warned! Squeakers Maguire swaggered into the room,. The fur on his tail was quite patchy. 8221; he bawled, “Make it snappy! Becom...

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Reading Hero: Quiet classrooms - thing of the past?

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Wednesday, 28 January 2009. Quiet classrooms - thing of the past? Allow me to be unusually controversial for a while:. When I visit a class of six year olds, I expect them to be able to write their own name legibly, copy my name and a book title from the board, and write a simple sentence about the story they have just heard, this latter with some encouragement and assistance. In discussing this with staff later, I realised that the difference was not down to the ability of the children, but to the abili...

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Reading Hero: Sharing the excitement!

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Thursday, 13 November 2008. We've had a very upbeat week with the launch of our Frog Blog Dog Log Song. With great coverage in the local press, and fantastic feedback and enthusiasm from everyone who has heard the song and seen the vid. We are poised to hear it being broadcast on Radio Lancashire. Early next week, and have asked everyone we know to request it on all the local radio stations. Any suggestions and offers of help gratefully received! So we can get a crowd atmosphere to celebrate. The BFW...