Stripy War Horse

October 10, 2011 · Filed under Events · Tagged

This week we were asked to decorate paper horses for display on the remembrance wall at a new exhibition illustrating the real life stories behind Michael Morpurgo’s ‘War Horse’. The exhibition features material from the fantastic War Horse stage production and interactive displays commemorating horses like Joey and the soldiers who depended on them.

Karen’s poppy field horse is named ‘Fife’ after her birthplace, where there are lots of farms and horses, while Jim’s stripy horse ‘Heart of Gold’ is named after a line from the Henry Chappell war poem written on it.

See if you can spot our horses and add your own to the remembrance wall, when the exhibition opens on 22nd October at the National Army Museum in London.

More details here.

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Stripy Horse at the SW11 Festival

September 27, 2011 · Filed under Events · Tagged

On Friday 30th September we’ll be reading a Stripy story or two at the SW11 Festival.

The event starts at 10.30am at the Battersea Children’s Library, Lavender Hill, so come along if you can!

The festival runs until 3rd Oct and there are lots of other fantastic events ahead. This year the theme is monsters! You can download a copy of the whole programme of events, plus details of a special monster hunt competition here.

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A Stripy Time at the Just So Festival

September 5, 2011 · Filed under Events · Tagged ,

The final stop on our mini-tour this Summer was the ‘Just So Festival’ near Stafford, and what better place to end our trip than a magical, leafy wood? There were so many exciting things to do and hideaway places to explore. Some top ‘clip-clopping’ too on the tent’s wooden floorboards during our event. Thanks to everyone who joined in – what a stampede! Here we were are looking surprised and befuddled at the Waterstones tent afterwards…

We took Stripy Horse on a tour of the site in the afternoon. Here he is below, and look: Karen has learnt the impressive art of umbrella juggling…

Saturday night’s headline band were the Lovely Eggs and they were ace – there aren’t enough songs about ‘sausage roll thumbs’. We watched the movers and shakers dancing down at the front before waving goodbye.

So, the nights are drawing in again, but keep checking back for more exciting Stripy news this Autumn. We’ll be at a couple of events in October too – more news on these soon…

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Stripy Trip to the Edinburgh Festival

August 24, 2011 · Filed under Events · Tagged ,

The sun came out at the last minute, to dry up the soggy grass and make our day at the Edinburgh Book Festival a lovely warm one. Thanks to everyone who came along, we were a bit nervous in front of so many people, but you all made us very welcome and sang your heads off too! Hello Yvonne – hope your new friend is settling in?

Afterwards Stripy Horse took us along to the newly re-opened National Museum of Scotland, which is full of almost as many incredible things as his Bric-a-Brac Shop. We learned all about Dodos and Kakapos and saw an enormous Sun Fish – go and have a look if you get the chance, its nearly as big as a bus! On the way home he said hello to Greyfriars Bobby and met some very different, but just as colourful horses…

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Stripy Stories at Bentalls and the Lollibop Festival

August 7, 2011 · Filed under Events · Tagged

Phew! Its been a busy couple of days. We did lots of colouring-in at Bentalls in Kingston on Thursday (Happy First Birthday to little Bethany!)…

…and we’ve just come back from a packed Lollibop Festival in Regents Park, where the sun shone just long enough for Stripy Horse to have his photo taken when we arrived!

We’re off up to Edinburgh next week – hope to see some of you at the book festival there or at the Just So Festival in Stafford the week after. Fingers crossed for some proper Summer weather…

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Becfest with Stripy Horse

July 4, 2011 · Filed under Events · Tagged

Thanks very much to everyone who came to our event at Beckenham Library last week. We loved the fantastic Stripy Horse picture on the wall, what a whopper!…

A special thanks to Vanessa, the multi-talented face painter and librarian for inviting us along (hope you enjoyed the Foos in the evening!)

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Stripy Horse Summer Festival Fun 2011

June 17, 2011 · Filed under Events · Tagged

The Edinburgh International Book Festival programme has just been announced and we’re happy to tell you that we’ll be appearing there on Sunday 14th August at 4.30pm. We’ll also be at the Just So Festival in Stafford on Saturday 20th August, the Lollibop Festival in Regents Park, London on Sunday 7th August, and the Beckenham Library Book Festival on Saturday 9th July – so come along if you can for Stripy storytimes and plenty of drawing fun…

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Stripy Tales on Moon Lane – Bookshop Visit

May 27, 2011 · Filed under Events · Tagged

We’ll be at the fantastic Tales on Moon Lane Bookshop in Herne Hill, London on Friday 3rd June, so come along for a super stripy storytime, and see Karen drawing some of her pictures!

The fun starts at 10.30am – hope to see you there…

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Stripy Horse Touch and Feel Book

May 9, 2011 · Filed under Books · Tagged ,

Just published this month is a special touchy-feely Stripy Horse baby book! Here are a few pictures, but you’ll need to get your hands on a copy to experience it properly…

Each page features one of Stripy Horse’s animal friends to stroke, smooth and tickle as they jump, cuddle and wobble along.

We’re SO pleased with how it looks and feels! Perfect for little hands and big ones too!

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Stripy Springtime in York!

April 2, 2011 · Filed under Events · Tagged

A big HELLO to everyone at Grove Park School in York! We had a fantastic time when we visited a few weeks ago. Take a look at some of the children’s handiwork below – so many beautiful Stripy Horses!…

Thanks to Mike Tipping at York Press for this picture of us all too…

And we mustn’t forget to mention Tim, Philippa and Sam of the Little Apple Bookshop (just by the Minster – pop in pay them a visit!). They organised our visit to Grove Park and treated us to a very tasty Turlu Turlu – YUM!

Spring was just beginning then, but now its in full swing so next time we’ll have some news on a special new Stripy baby book due to be published in May…

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