LAZZA a GO GO!

shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
dont tell ANYONE but I have been shortlisted for the 2011 Roald Dahl funny prize for "The Funniest Book for Children Aged Six and Under"
yip yip!
... ok ok you can tell ANYONE... (seeing as I AM a big fat SHOW OFF, i suppose it is allowed).

against some stiff competition though(crumbs!)
but AHHH lovely to be nominated. A good excuse to shake my tail feathers.

book sniffer pug action!

So there is a lovely review of dear old Limelight Larry on the amazing new BOOKSNIFFER blog.

And of COURSE big fat show off Larry couldn't bear not to add his own important thoughts on his favourite subject (i.e. HIM)

have a looky if you have a mo

limelight larry quilting fan!

let your peepers soak up these peacocky quilty treats that a crafty someone called SARAH has made. good work Sarah!
Larry WILL be pleased that he had made it into the wonderful world of the quilts and quillows ( who wouldn't?!)

Limelight Larry Crafts

larry (the show off)


bunnies (side kicks)


trees (props)

ooh what a lame blogger i am.
i blame it on the babay... sigh... yawn... here are photos of some Limelight Larry crafts.
am pleased with the bunnies, but think larry is a bit fiddly and not so graphic and simple (that's peacocks for you i suppose).

Publish Post

will upload the cutout craftables for anybody and everybody to make in a day or two...

LIMEILGHT LARRY spotify playlist!

wonderful superlady at orchard (aka Emma O'Donovan) has created this

LIMELIGHT LARRY spotify playlist.

It takes you through the story of Limelight Larry via the medium of song. How good is that!

Edinburgh book festival 2010

I was lucky enough to be invited to the Edinburgh book festival again this year.

It is the most amazing place at the best of times, but with the Book festival on, it is EVEN more magical... sigh..

anyway, I did a workshop about Sunny McClouds "SMILE!" story.

Here are a few snippysnaps and little facts of the day...

We read stories

We played games (stick the smile on the Sunny)

We made spare smiles incase our own smiles ever get lost (it does happen)

We made paper Sunnys

... all in an hour! (nice and jam packed).

Then I got excited about seeing a gaggle of my books perched on shelves.

(Especially the shiny new ones "SCRUMMY!" and "LIMELIGHT LARRY")

Then I signed some books (without making any smudgey mistakes thank goodness).

I hope everyone enjoyed it.

I did!

LOVELY Limelight Larry review from Bookbag

Shhhhh,,,,,!

Keep it under your hat as if Larry catches wind of this super review from Bookbag his head will get even bigger

(and we can't be having that can we!)

Larry is book of the week at Peters!

to have a look at it in the flesh, click here!

what lovely news for a dreary wednesday.

GO LARRY!

LIMELIGHT LARRY IS OUT!

wooohooo!

so limelight larry is out out OUT!

if you want to see a REAL show off, then this book is for YOU!

an additional treat is the little animation trailer i made for limlight larry...

(well i did say he was a show off!)

Limelight Larry from Beakus on Vimeo.

Larry is comming SOOOOON!

Limelight Larry (my book about a show-off peacock) is nearly nearly really out.... exciting stuff!
have a peep at the

Limelight Larry advert on Angels & Urchines weekly!

LIMELIGHT LARRY poster!

oooh it has shiny foil on it too
in real life it glimmers and everything!

Limelight Larry goes to Frankfurt!

Show off Limelight Larry is the star of my new picture book which will be out next year ....
He forced Orchard books to put him on the front of their Frankfurt Bookfair booklet.
(He doesn't realise how lucky he is).

I hope he didn't make a nuisance of himself at the bookfair and that he made lots of friends. (fingers crossed!)

hand lettering from my new book limelight larry

it won't be out till next year though.... boo hoo.

is the name of the star of my next book that i am working on