For the story so far, click here 🙂
When the lights came back on, Venus, Adi and Jean took to the stage.
After an encouraging response from the crowd, the girls exited stage right, and Venus bumped into someone less encouraging.
To be continued …
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6 Days Later …
Tell you what
Doing the legwork
Dastardly Plan
It’s ironic because it has happened during this story, but my hard-working laptop has finally given up the ghost. Because of everything I am learning in the crafting of Venus’s latest adventure I am determined to keep my electricity consumption to an absolute minimum so will not replace the laptop. Instead I am attempting to complete this story using my 7 inch tablet. I cannot scan the paintings onto the tablet so I’m photographing them with it. I cannot type words onto these photos so I am writing the words by hand directly on the pictures. I hope you will therefore forgive the foggier-than-usual results and bear with me as I endeavour to do the best job I can with the least possible electricity 😀
For the story so far click here
To be continued …
The following morning …
Who’s got the power?
Eco friendly AND animal friendly?
Venus #4 starts tomorrow!
Venus Aqueous Episode #4 starts tomorrow!
Don’t miss it! 😉
By the way, you can go to the 8 years and up page to find the earlier episodes and get the story so far if you want to 😀
Compassion. It’s universal.
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Emmeline Rose said ….
To see the story/rhyme bigger go to the Emmeline Rose page and read it in silence 😉
For more vids go to the vids page 😀
The ‘Pretend you’re not vegan’ game
Free Postcards!
Babs wanted you to know that we’ve got some postcards up for grabs, although they’re disappearing fast!
If you like sending postcards through the mail, or if you like this website and would like to share it with others by leaving them in library books or some such, then drop us a line using the contact form below and tell us your name, address (anywhere in the world) and how many you’d like – up to 24, that’s as many as will fit in the envelope 😉
You are so kind 😀
Now Babs is ready for her close-ups:
Gasp!
Don’t shoot!
Private Property
Reflecto Girl episode 4 continues (see yesterday’s post for the start). For episodes 1, 2 and 3 go to the 8 years and up shelf 🙂
To be continued ….
Recommended Reading: Ladybird’s Remarkable Relaxation
Here is another lovely yoga book for children from Michael Chissick and Sarah Peacock. This one is designed to be used by teachers and parents to help children use yoga relaxation to cope with stress, grief, bullying and lack of confidence.
The book begins with guidance for teachers and parents, explaining the aims of the book, how children can benefit from and enjoy Ladybird Relaxation and giving advice on how to teach it to children. Then the story begins.
Ladybird’s friends are all stressed or unhappy about different things – stress from a heavy workload, bereavement, bullying and feeling they’re rubbish at something. Ladybird sympathises and tells them she is going to give them a special gift that will help them all.
Beautifully illustrated, it is a joy to read and makes you feel more relaxed as you turn the pages 🙂
The final part of the book explains how to teach Ladybird Relaxation including a script to read while using a ladybird puppet or little bell (outlined in the guidance at the beginning) to symbolise the ladybird landing on different children as they relax on their mats with eyes closed.
It sounds really therapeutic and I can’t wait to try it myself.
Available on Amazon here
Recommended Reading: Frog’s Breathtaking Speech
Frog’s Breathtaking Speech is a gorgeous book for children – and teachers, and parents – to help them cope with tension and stress.
Michael Chissick is a children’s yoga teacher and Sarah Peacock is a primary school teacher and they have both found the frog’s story very useful when helping children to relax.
This beautifully illustrated story is about a frog who is very sad because he is worried about a speech he has to give at school the next day. When he explains this to his friends, they all tell him about their own special ways of breathing which release tension and anger and enable them to feel happy and relaxed.
At the beginning of the book there is guidance for teachers on how best to use these techniques to help children and at the end there are simple instructions, accompanied by lovely illustrations, about the yoga postures which accompany each type of breathing.
A lovely book.
You can buy it here 😀
Story Time # 5: Oliver’s Vegetables
Sherman & Geynes Episode 2 is here!
The wait is finally over. See what these vegan sleuths have found out now.
Hold on to your hats – it could be dastardly!
Click the pic for Episode 2: In the library with the elastic band.
Not familiar with Sherman and Geynes? Pop over to the 5 years and up page for episode 1 😀
Make A Jigsaw
Music: Lost In Space theme by Apollo 440
Violet’s Anagram #3
Can you get it before Miranda does? 😉
Life-Giving Force
Pop and crackle,
Fizz and bubble,
The witch stirs her cauldron
On the fire in her hovel.
***
She shrieks at the night
It will happen alright,
The life-giving force
Of her potion’s in sight.
***
It’s got onions and greens,
Carrots and beans,
There’s garlic and lentils,
She’s hungry and keen
To gobble it up,
From bowl and from cup,
The magic of plants
She’ll slurp and she’ll sup.
Healthy School Lunches – we can make it happen!
This webinar is a great resource for people who want to persuade their local schools, councillors and MP to introduce healthy, plant-based meal options onto the school menu 🙂
Vegan Story Time #3: Edmund’s Lunch
You can find Edmund’s Lunch on the 2 years and up page 🙂
VVeC Productions Presents: Luke Walker and the Hypothetical Question
Vegan Story Time #2: Where are you going Deidra?
Welcome back to story time 🙂 sit back and relax, we’re going to tell you about the lovely Deidra
Vegan Story Time #1: “I’m not dinner!”
Are you sitting comfortably? Then we will begin 😀
Spider in my shower cap
There’s a spider in my shower cap
And she doesn’t want to go.
She’s determined to hang on,
Whether I shake or whether I blow.
So I guess if it’s that important,
And she really wants to stay,
I don’t mind getting my hair wet.
It looks better on her anyway.
Chickens Are People Just Like Dogs
Chickens are people
Just like dogs.
They enjoy dust baths
And jumping on logs.
Chickens will play games
Like ‘chase’ and ‘steal your smalls’.
They’ll splash you in the paddling pool,
Though not keen on fetching balls.
Some of them are gentle,
Some of them are tough.
Some of them are bossy,
Some timid and soft as fluff.
They all have personality
And every one is different.
Just like Rover and Fido and Max
They might be quiet or exuberant.
Babs on a bike
The Sustrans website will tell you all about the National Cycle Network in the UK which “is a series of traffic-free paths and quiet, on-road cycling and walking routes, that connect to every major town and city. The Network passes within a mile of half of all UK homes and stretches over 14,000 miles across the UK.”
They also have a shop where you can buy maps, books, clothes and accessories etc, although you might have a good cycle shop in your own neighbourhood where you can get everything you need; or, even better, check out the second hand shops and the shops of animal-friendly charities and re-use something someone else doesn’t need any more (for a fraction of the price).
New Fairy Tale – Coming Soon!
Our new fairy tale, Marcus’s Wishes, will be here very soon!
Tomorrow in fact!
Watch this space 😉
Sherman & Geynes are here at last!
Finally episode 1 of Sherman & Geynes: Expert Sleuths is safely ensconced on the 5 and up shelf or if you don’t want to go all the way over there, click here
I hope you enjoy it 😀
Here we go
Green for ground
Wobbly
Venenosa Clades
For the story so far, click here
“Venenosa Clades was once a beautiful, flourishing planet on which vast numbers of plant and animal species thrived due to the miraculous, life-sustaining element: water. All the different life-forms, whether they dwelt on land or sea or spent most of their time in the air, had one thing in common: their need for water. Venenosa Clades had so much water, above ground and deep under the surface, that there was never any need to worry about not having enough. And this was the case for millions of years.
“But, tragically, the planet suffered a severe volpar infection. Volpars are nomadic, seeking out vibrant host planets on which to settle and multiply. And they multiply fast, killing native species to make room for themselves and spreading across the whole world. Their propensity to reproduce is equalled only by their belief that they are the superior species and as such have a much greater entitlement to a planet’s natural resources than all native species put together.”
“The infection on Venenosa Clades was typical. It spread fast and was soon depleting the planet’s resources, to the point where it began to spread underground. With tremendous force it struck at the ancient clay rocks deep below the planet’s surface and the result was predictably disastrous. There were earthquakes where previously there had been none, and the pure underground water became contaminated with the gas released from the clay and other noxious substances. Still, awareness of the results of this activity didn’t halt the infection which continued its violent assaults on the planet.
“Venenosa Clades’ native species’ subconscious cries for help were so loud and so desperate that we heard them, though we were thousands of light years away. Not knowing if there would be anything we could do, we answered their telepathic calls, travelling as fast as we could. But we arrived far too late to help anyone. The planet was devoid of life and had been for several years. However, the thoughts and memories of its former inhabitants were still floating in the ether so we were able to piece together what had happened. They called it vis unda protero, which roughly translates to your language as hydraulic fracture.”
Oh No!!!!
Out of sight
Keeping Secrets
Didn’t I tell you?
The Very Next Day ….
Megan & Flos, Episode 4 begins here:
And the vegan children’s book goes to …
So we wrote down all the entrants’ names,
folded them up, put them in a bowl and, with eyes closed, picked out the winner.
And the winner is:
Congratulations Ady 😀 a copy of Why are you a vegan? and other wacky verse for kids will be on its way to you as soon as you give me your address (which you can do privately via the Contact page).
Thank you to everyone who entered – I wish I had enough to send one to all of you 😀
See you tomorrow when Episode 4 of Megan & Flos begins!
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But hurry, you’ve only got until midnight Sunday (GMT), we’ll be drawing the winner on Monday morning 🙂
Good luck!
Exciting News!
Our new book Why are you a vegan? and other wacky verse for kids is finished and ready to be enjoyed 🙂
It is a compilation of our favourite rhyming stories, wacky verse and nursery rhymes, providing over 100 pages of colourfully illustrated bedtime (or anytime) stories and rhymes for little ones.
It includes
and Where are you going Deidra?
Take a look inside:
[don’t worry, there’s a good comeback from Bertie on the next page 😉 ]
It is available from Amazon in the UK, Europe and the USA.
Sneak Peak
Coming Soon!
Click here for the first episode!
26 Verses of Deidra
Where are you going Deidra? is one of our favourite, and one of the most popular, stories on this site so when we decided to publish a compilation of short stories and rhymes for little ones we really wanted to include it. Unfortunately the new book – entitled “Why are you a vegan?” And other wacky verse for kids – is full of rhyming stories (of course), and Deidra is not one of those.
So, we made it into one – and here it is, the true-ish story of Deidra the dairy cow, in rhyme, in case you’re interested.
This is how it begins:
Once there was a dairy farm
With fifty lovely cows.
Most of them were black and white
But some of them were brown.
***
Gripping stuff I know! 😉
Where are you going Deidra? – In Rhyme
Knit your own Father Christmas
A bonus of Miranda working at Raystede animal sanctuary‘s charity shop is that she comes across lots of useful things like old knitting patterns and left over yarn that people have donated, which she can then buy and make use of. And now you can make use of this one too 🙂
And I know you might be thinking it’s a bit late in the day to start making this – the day before Christmas! – but it’s only a couple of hours’ work Miranda says, so, if you want to do something with your hands while relaxing in front of that Christmas movie, this is it! 🙂
Now, bear in mind that Miranda is very much her own person, who isn’t one for following patterns too closely, so it’s no surprise that her Father Christmas doesn’t exactly look like the picture on the pattern. But he is very cute just the same:
Oh, and just in case you don’t know how to knit yet – these videos (for left and right handed) will solve that problem 😉
Violet's Vegan Comics 