So… What Are Your Views On Toast?

Sorry, I haven’t been posting. I have been busy. Sort of. Well kinda. Anyway, I am now here and I’m blogging. I have opened a YouTube Channel, which currently displays a few animations. I am also going to be making live films but first I need to get a USB cord so I can get film from my phone to my laptop. I have two great, funny, random, great (Wait, did I say that one? Who cares?) films in production. I have written the script for the first one and I am working on the other one. They’re not connected, but they’ll be released at the same time. Anyway, to see my YouTube, click here.

It was my brother’s birthday today, so he had a sleepover with some friends. We made a pretty cool film, but it’s on my brother’s friend’s phone.

Tomorrow, I am camping out in my back garden. “Why?” I hear you ask. Because it’s fun. My little cousin is five and she is desperate to go camping, so we’re camping out in my tent with my brother. I think we’re going to watch a film. Maybe Hoodwinked- great film.

Okay, until then good bye.

Oh yeah, don’t forget to visit CGM Works!

Say NO to Age Banding!

Today I found out about terrible plans that could change the way children read forever. Some publishers are planning to put age certificates on books! I think this is terrible for the following reasons:

• Children will not read the books they love if they have  a lower age certificate than their age group. Similarily, children that are more advanced readers will be restricted to books they find uniteresting.
• Children that sruggle with reading will feel discouraged from reading if they can not read the books in their age range.
• Every book and child is different- it’s impossible to put an age gap on it.
• A child’s imagination is the greatest thing in life and this imagination will be dimmed if children are not free to read the sort of books they want to.
• I myself am a child. I know what books I can, can’t, want to, don’t want to and like to read. I don’t want an ugly sticker on the front of my favourite books telling me I’m too young or too old to read it. I was reading Harry Potter at the age of seven and I still read the Spiderwick Chronicles, books that are below my reading capability.

Do not take this lying down. If you love reading as much as I do, then you will be just as shocked, disgusted and outraged at this restriction of reading, condemment of the imagination and dictation of the books we read.

Say NO! By going to the No To Age Banding website, you can see the official statement of protest, look at other supporters’ comments and sign the petition yourself. I have signed the petition against this terrible restriction and I am glad to see that so many of my favourite writers (J.K.Rowling, Philip Pullman, Diana Wynne Jones etc.) have signed it and are prepared to fight for our rights. Good on ya!

Some writers like Philip Pullman can refuse to have this system for their books, but some can’t. For the writers that can’t say no, please, please sign this petition.

Do it for everyone; readers, writers, illustrators, parents and the world.

Again, that link is:

NoToAgeBanding.Org

My Dæmon

If you’re a fan of the His Dark Materials books or films, you’ll know that every person the story has their own dæmon, an animal companion that lives beside a person as the physical manifestation of their soul. While looking for  a good HDM background today, I found out that you can take a quiz and be given your own dæmon. My dæmon is a crow called Aditi. To see your dæmon, go to www.goldencompassmovie.com and click on DÆMONS.