Monday, 23 May 2016

'Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow?'

Busy, buzzy, beautiful new issue!



#Okidomagazine
#gardening
#MessyMonster

Thursday, 19 May 2016

SNEAKY PEAK...



Who doesn't love a sticker...?

Well there's a new sticker book in town with one hundred of the little suckers (or should that be 'stickers'?)

And as well as stickers galore, there are FAB new drawings by Alex and lots of cool activities.

Let Granny Rose and Little Pearl take you on another whistle-stop tour of our wonderful city of London! 

#LondonCalls
#Tatepublishing

UK publication date: 1st November 2016
US publication date: 13th September 2016

THE COVER OF OKIDO 41 - MY GARDEN

O-KID-O!



The cover of My Garden is a cracker - this just might be the best issue yet....


Packed with all the usual characters - Messy Monster, Zim, Zam & Zoom, Squirrel Boy, Yoga Monkey - as well as stories and a picture-poem to read, games to play, recipes to cook and things to do. This time there's a guest appearance from 'The Little Gardener' and Foxy even goes 3D!

#okidomagazine
#messygoestookido
#cbeebies
#doodleproductions

Thursday, 12 May 2016

JustGiving...

Hey hey hey...with more than a little help from from our friends...

Claire chose Silas's charity, despite being right in the middle of her own fight. Claire, you're awesome and beautiful.

Silas, hope you're looking down and seeing what you've inspired.
xx 


#JustGiving
#BrainTumourCharity
#TheSilasPullenFund


Read more about Silas Pullen's charity here.

HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW?

Latest poem from Okido 41 My Garden

GREAT RIFT LAKES OF AFRICA - ECO KIDS LATEST ISSUE 19

The next issue is hot off the press!
Cover


Letter from Inky, the African Fish Eagle
Simon Investigates: Extraordinary East African Mysteries...
#Ecokidsplanet
#AfricanRiftLakes
#AfricanFishEagle
#flamingos


Friday, 6 May 2016

MESSY GOES TO OKIDO - NEW EPISODES ON CBEEBIES!

This is a bonkers episode! 

Watching this show again is a reminder of how mind-bogglingly brilliant the animation is. It's feature film standard - or better. Delightful details of fluffiness and nose-wiggling. Particularly like gentle giant Lofty's teeth in this one...they remind me of someone...

And the voices! Adam Buxton is stand-out brilliant/hilarious as the monstrously anarchic Messy. 

He IS Messy!

Rock on. Literally.
Watch it here: http://bbc.in/1WGqWSW




"Hello little friends..."
"But I NEVER change my socks!"
Poo, what's that stink?
Cheese and feet share the same bacteria!

#MessyGoestoOkido
#OKIDO
#CBeebies
#SquintOpera
#Doodleproductions



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BACKGROUND information...

My first picture book - called A Possum's Tail - is a collaboration with brilliant illustrator Alex Barrow and came out 6th February 2014. A second book called London Calls! is a whistle-stop tour of London, led by a Pearly grandma and her granddaughter. London Calls! came out on 4th September 2014 and is my second book with Alex Barrow. A Possum's Tail was nominated for the 2015 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal.
Both books are by Tate Publishing.

Please see my AMAZON AUTHOR PAGE or CURRICULUM VITAE for more details & updates.

As well as writing children's books, for children's television and two award-winning children's magazines, I do both private and commercial art commissions, a selection of which you can see here.

The children's shoes are part of an ongoing series of "first shoes", including several cards commissioned by the Almanac Gallery.

Hand-drawn, bespoke invitations, announcements, portraits and menus, such as the examples here are also available upon request..

Any enquiries please email: gabbydawnay@gmail.com

OKIDO MAGAZINE AND TV

I've been a regular contributor to children's art and science magazine OKIDO since 2007. HAPPY 10th BIRTHDAY (WOW) beautiful Okido!

An Okido animated kids tv show, based on characters from the magazine is currently in production with Doodle/Squintopera http://www.doodle-productions.com. The original adaptation of the show (co-created/adapted by myself, producer Ceri Barnes and Doodle Productions) was acquired by CBeebies. 52 x 11 minute episodes will be coming to a screen near you soon in 2015.......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .............................
MESSY GOES TO OKIDO Series ONE & TWO is now available to stream on Netflix & most episodes are available to watch on YouTube. Series THREE is currently in production.

CBeebies

CBeebies
OKIDO

Cartoon Forum 2011 Okido booklet

Cartoon Forum 2011 Okido booklet
Okido Cartoon Forum 2011

Happy Birthday OKIDO!

Happy Birthday OKIDO!
Okido was 5 years old this issue...the wonderful art and science magazine for kids I've been lucky enough to have worked on for the past - 8 - years now