{"id":2251,"date":"2008-08-10T11:20:33","date_gmt":"2008-08-10T11:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=2251"},"modified":"2008-08-10T12:43:04","modified_gmt":"2008-08-10T12:43:04","slug":"lazytown-chalkboard-activity-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2008\/08\/10\/lazytown-chalkboard-activity-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Lazytown Chalkboard Activity Book"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Published by Egmont
\nISBN: 978-1-4052-4017-8<\/p>\n

I love to include both visually intriguing children’s material and articles which promote or hone creative skills as well as volumes of and about comics, and this activity book – based on the exploits of exercise superhero Sportacus on the kid’s TV show LazyTown<\/strong> – is something I wish I’d had when I was teaching youngsters (and even the teenagers) at the London Cartoon Centre or London College of Printing all those years ago.<\/p>\n

This sturdy little tome is based on a successful Icelandic show which uses all the high tech beguilery of modern television to induce kids to eat well and rush about more. It is incredibly popular around the world.<\/p>\n

Here, each page is game or puzzle with a (washable!) screen to draw and write upon with the four drawing chalks included. By combining favourite characters, basic storytelling principles and a literal hands-on approach to drawing this book could do more to make young comic creators than any number of classes and art teachers. Creating is fun and this book actively encourages that whilst enhancing the reading process. Magic!<\/p>\n

LazyTown \u00c2\u00a9 and \u00e2\u201e\u00a2 2008 LazyTown Entertainment. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n