From Christmas Eve through to New Year’s Day, there’s a feast of Puffin book adaptations on television this Christmas. To help you plan your viewing time, we’ve trawled through the television guide and put together the ultimate list of the best TV programmes to enjoy together this Christmas. Now you can watch all your favourite new and classic Puffin stories from the comfort of your sofa.
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Moshi Monsters: The Movie
The monsterific Moshi Monsters movie is released in UK cinemas today! Join Katsuma, Poppet and the other Moshi Monsters (along with a very eager Mr Snoodle) in an action-packed, song-filled race against time to stop evil Dr Strangeglove and his incompetent Glump sidekick Fishlips from pulverizing the recently discovered Great Moshling Egg.
We have published the book of the story (it's called The Great Moshling Egg) so you can relive the excitement again and again! You can read the first chapter here!
And here is the pawesome trailer for the movie – out today in UK cinemas!
Behind the scenes of HOW I LIVE NOW
Last August I was invited by Penguin to the filming of
upcoming film ‘How I Live Now,’ based on the book by Meg Rosoff. Within minutes
of arriving, I was being offered toast by the Carnegie winning author herself
and whisked around the set to meet the cast and crew.
First up was Harley Bird, who plays Piper in the film and is
also known for being the voice of Peppa Pig (even recording me my own personal
message!) Next was Tom Holland (Isaac), who’d already been wrapped (that’s film
talk for having finished filming all his scenes) but had turned up because he’d
missed his “film-family.” Then came Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan, who plays the
lead role of Daisy. Unlike her Manhattanite
character, Saoirse is actually
Irish (her name is pronounced like Seer-sha) and it was amazing to watch hit
flit in and out of her strong Irish accent to an American twang when filming.
Finally, I was nervously introduced to the Oscar winning (and one of my
personal favourites) director Kevin Macdonald, who spoke about how much he
adores the story of ‘How I Live Now’ and how he was thrilled to be working with
such a young, talented cast.
I learnt how the lead actors had been having their own movie
nights together each night whilst filming in rainy Wales and Surrey, how
Saoirse can cry on
cue and how the sound man had begged to be part of the film
as he loved the book so much: “I even have email-evidence of my grovelling!” I even
got to listen into discussions regarding the soundtrack and hear the first
ideas from composer Jon Hopkins, who has now released the the beautiful song ‘Garden’s
Heart’ co-written with Bat for Lashes’ Natasha Khan for the film.
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