on the tenth day of christmas

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We are on the countdown for Christmas with only 3 weeks to go till Christmas Eve!

So here is the next printable for my book The Jersey 12 Days Of Christnas for you to colour in:

On the tenth day of Christmas

 

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What’s a Jersey Wonder I hear you ask? The closest thing I can say they are similar to is a doughnut, but not covered in sugar of filled with jam. They are delicious!

‘It was once believed that if you cooked Wonders when the tide was coming in, the cooking fat would over flow the pan.’

(Text from the Glossary section at the back of my book)

Jersey has huge tides. They can come right up and over the sea walls or go out so far that the eye can’t see the edge of the water.

 

End of PiBoIdMo 2013

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Well, it has certainly been a busy November – I managed to finish this years writing challenge PiBoIdMo 2013 with 36 ideas. I admit that some days I thought my  brain had run dry of any more picture book concepts or ideas but at the last minute something always entered my mind and Bingo! Of the 36 ideas I think at least 3 have potential. 3 is better than nothing, which is what I may have had by the end of November had I not participated. One of those ideas developed into a full manuscript and counted as my November draft for the other writing challenge that I am also participating in: Julie Hedlunds 12 x 12!

I completed the November challenge!

So, if you also participated in this years PiBoIdMo 2013 challenge well done!

On the ninth day of christmas printable

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There are 4 more weeks till Christmas Eve!

Twas the night before Xmas

And all through the house

Not a creature was stirring

Not even a mouse…

and that’s because they were all busy quietly colouring in The Jersey 12 Days Of Christmas printable sheets. :-)

 

Here is the next one:

On the ninth day of Christmas

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A very tasty dish made from beans and pork. It warms your tummy on a winter’s day.

(Text from my children’s book The Jersey 12 days Of Christmas available here: My Books)

 

It is a family tradition to always have a cup of hot bean crock and a slice of buttered french baguette on Guy Fawkes Night. I promise to make a pot one day but it will never be as good as my mum’s. She is known for making the best bean crock!

Click on the following link for a Bean Crock recipe:

Bean Crock (Un Poit et des Pais au Fou)

and to read a little about the history of Bean Crock click on the next link:

Traditional Bean Crock recipe

 

On the eighth day of Christmas printable

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There are 5 more weeks until Christmas. I love Christmas!

Here is the next printable to go with your homemade colouring book The Jersey 12 Days Of Christmas:

On the eighth day of Christmas

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Fact from book:

The congor eel has scaleless skin, a strong jaw and sharp teeth. They like to live in rocky places or shipwrecks.

To find out how to make Congor Eel Soup or La Soupe D’Andgulle read Tony’s Musings Blog here:

Congor Eel Soup Recipe.

 

 

On the seventh day of christmas printable

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There are 6 weeks exactly till Christmas day! Are you ready? Do you need something to keep the kids busy while you write your list of things to prepare, buy, wrap for Christmas. Print out todays colouring-in sheet:

On the seventh day of Christmas

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‘On a fresh Christmas morn,

At the first signs of dawn

join the bold and the brave

as they surf their first wave.’

 

To find out more about surfing in Jersey click the following links:

Jersey Surfing

Surf Forecast in St. Ouen’s Bay

 

If you would like a copy of my children’s Christmas book go to the following shops in Jersey:

Classic Herd farm Shop, St. Peters

Societe Jersiase, St. Helier

Rococo, Liberty Wharf

 

Read more about The Jersey 12 days Of Christmas here:

The Perfect Postable Christmas Gift

or here:

My Books

 

Picture Book Month & PiBoIdMo2013!

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The 1st of November is quite a big day in the world  of picture books for the following two reasons:

 

1. – It is the first day of PiBoIdMo 2103 which means anyone participating has to come up with a new picture book idea or concept each day of November! Find out more here: PiBoIdMo2013.

Have you come up with your idea for day 1 yet? Thankfully, mine just came to me after reading todays post on Tara Lazar’s blog via guest Diane De Las Casas. So that’s 1 down 29 to go. :-)

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2. – It is also Picture Book Month which means it is the time to celebrate your love of picture books. Find out more here: Picture Book Month

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With my children still bringing back picture books from their school library each week, we get to enjoy and celebrate picture books often.

 

Godluck with your writing!

On the fifth day of Christmas printable

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Did you know there are ony 8 weeks left until Christmas? Have you printed off and coloured in all the previous pages to your own home-made booklet of The Jersey 12 Days Of Christmas yet? If so, well done!

Here is the next illustration for you to colour in: On the fifth day of Christmas

 

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Yummy langoustines – they look like large prawns but are infact small lobsters!

Click on the following links for the previous pages:

On the fourth day of Christmas

On the third day of Christmas

On the second day of Christmas

On the first day of Christmas

 

You can buy a copy of my book at the following outlets in Jersey:

Rococo, Liberty Wharf, Jersey

Societe Jersiaise

The Classic Herd Farm Shop, St. Peter’s, Jersey

 

Or download the interactive book for free at itunes here:

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Please feel free to leave a review on itunes if you enjoyed the book :-)

 

PiBoIdMo 2013 is about to begin!

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On 1st November 2013 PiBoIdMo will begin. This will be my third year participating in this writers challenge and I highly recommend it to get the literary juices flowing.

For each of the 30 days of November your challenge is to come up with a new picture book idea or concept. It is then up to you how much you develop it. I have come up with some of my best manuscripts from ideas conceived during PiBoIdMo (Picture Book Ideas Month).

To register for free or find out more go to Tara lazar’s website here: Writing For Kids (While Raising Them)

 

And if you like to write verse stories or rhyming children’s poems you may also want to enter Jackie Hosking’s New Spring Competition over at Pass It On the networking e-zine for children’s writers and illustrators. (Competition closes 30th October)

 

Enjoy! :-)

 

On the fourth day of christmas printable

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Click here for this week’s printable: On the fourth day of Christmas

Each printable is from my little picture book “The Jersey 12 Days Of Christmas.”

 

Click on the following links for the previous pages:

On the third day of Christmas

On the second day of Christmas

On the first day of Christmas

 

Come back each week as we count down to Christmas with a new printable to colour in! :-)