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Hattie B, Magical Vet
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Discover a secret world of fairy-tale creatures. On her tenth birthday, Hattie B is swept into the magical Kingdom of Bellua where she meets a little pink dragon who needs her help.
Evil King Ivar of the Imps has stolen the dragon’s magical voice and Hattie is the only one who can help her get it back. Buy this book…
Time Traveller’s Journal: Design + Win!
W
e’ve teamed up with the official Doctor Who Tumblr to offer you the chance to win copies of the Time Traveller’s Journal, a very cool Doctor Who fill-in book.
To enter just unleash your creativity and fill in the spread below posting your entry on Tumblr with a tag #TimeTravellersJournalUK
Five winners will win two copies of the Time Traveller’s Journal (1 for you and 1 for a friend!). Find out more at http://doctorwho.tumblr.com
Closing date: 30 September 2015
Full UK T+Cs here: http://po.st/timetravellerTCs
How to make a MENACE costume!
Paint between the lines
The Mini Menacing Squad
Gnasher lending a helping paw!
This Thursday is our favourite day of the year. Yes, you guessed it – it’s World Book Day!
If you’re yet to decide who to dress up as , never fear! This year Dennis the Menace is using all his best tricks and pranks to turn World Book Day into World MENACE Day, and he’s recruiting a team of top menaces to help him out. Here they are to show you how to dress the part.
Click here to download the Book Aid International template and discover Dennis’ most cunning pranks and plots by exchanging your Work Book Day token for his extra-special diary!
Fancy winning the ultimate Dennis the Menace pranking pack? Head over to the World Book Day website for the chance to win.
If you dress up for World Book Day, tweet tweet @puffinbooks
For more Menacing, make-and-dos, competitions and general word juggling sign up for the monthly Puffin Newsletter, BeakSpeak!
Hattie B’s Golden Apple Slice Pancakes
‘The spicy smell grew stronger as Hattie walked. It made her think of the apple pancakes Dad sometimes made on Sunday mornings’
Hattie B loves pancakes and she also loves saving her magical friends from the Evil King Ivar. This time all she needs is one apple and some special spice to help save the little pony’s hoof, but it’s going to be harder than she thinks to get them …
To tie in with the release of Hattie B, Magical Vet: The Pony’s Hoof we’ve put together this rather tasty recipe inspired by the book for you to try at home!
(Remember to ask for an adult’s help when cooking!)
Hattie B’s Golden Apple Slice Pancakes
… the perfect snack to eat while reading The Pony’s Hoof.
And if you can’t contain your excitement any longer check out http://www.worldofhattieb.com – where you’ll find loads of information about all the books and some activity sheets to try out.
ESIO TROT – YPPAH WEN RAEY
Today’s the day that ESIO TROT makes his television debut – alongside Hollywood stars Judi Dench and Dustin Hoffman, as well as James Corden who has the mammoth responsibility of narrating. We hope the talented line-line up of tortoises have learnt all their lines because that super famous screenwriter Richard Curtis has adapted Roald Dahl’s original story for the telly-box. You can read an interview with the man himself over on that dapper Penguin’s blog.
Now that ESIO TROT is getting big (he really is thanks to these magic words – WORG PU, FFUP PU, TOOHS PU!) and famous, Puffin is wondering if he might start making extravagant divaesque demands, like only extra curly-curly kale and a personal shell buffer on call 24/7. We think we’ve found a solution for this last request at least. Check out this rather fetching range of Shell Suits by crochet-extraordinaire Katie Bradley.
If you want to know more about where Roald Dahl got the idea from for his love story between Mr Hoppy and Mrs Silver visit the Roald Dahl blog which has lots of very interesting pieces from the archive, including the first ever pencil sketches of his reptilian romantic lead.
Peter Rabbit: How to make pine cone baubles
How to make Marshmallow Cupcakes
Behold this irresistible Yummy Marshmallow Cupcake recipe, inspired by Cathy Cassidy‘s Marshmallow Skye.
You will need;
120g plain flour
140g caster sugar
1 ½ a teaspoon of baking flour
A pinch of salt
45g unsalted butter
120ml whole milk
1 egg
¼ tsp vanilla extract
12 medium pink marshmallows
Vanilla frosting/buttercream
200g mini marshmellows
Step 1
Pre-heat the oven to 170C.
Step 2
Mix the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and butter with a handheld electric whisk until smooth. Then mix in half the milk (make sure it’s just half, you’ll need that for the next step!)
Step 3
Whisk the egg, vanilla extract and remaining milk together in a separate bowl. Then pour into the flour mixture and continue beating until combined.
Puffin and PopJam!
Puffin has some very exciting news to announce *Drum roll please*
Not content with instagraming, tweeting and blogging we’re now popping and jamming on a new app called . . . PopJam.
PopJam, invented by the mad-cap creative geniuses behind Moshi Monsters, is a ground-breaking new social community just for you! You can use it on your phone, or another digital device, to follow your friends, celebrities and even Puffin Books! Not only can you post your photos but you can draw all over them, add animated stickers or get really creative and cover them with cats (everybody loves cats).
Hattie B, Magical Vet injects magic into school
The creators of Hattie B, Magical Vet have been very busy visiting schools and have returned with boxes full of fantastic clay dragons, magical maps and brilliant new Hattie B inspired stories.
Authors Lindsay and Su told classes all about the story behind Hattie B, their story writing tips and shared advice for budding authors, most importantly to never give up!
We thought we’d share some of our favourite pictures from their visits in the gallery below.
If you’re a teacher you can find Hattie B classroom lesson packs and resources here or email us on Puffin@uk.penguingroup.com to find out more about Hattie B visits to your school.
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