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Thursdays Alive
After Five Events
THE Real Reindeers Parade
with Father Christmas and School's Snowflakes unveiling by the
Christmas Tree, on Thursday, 4 December, as part of the Snowflake
Trail and Thursdays Alive After Five Events... If you missed this
event you can still see the real reindeers with Father Christmas as
they parade, on Thursday, 11 December 2014, from 5pm and also the
Real Reindeer Parade with Father Christmas and A Blue Christmas with
Everton in the Community, on Thursday, 18 December 2014, again from
5pm. All the Procession will begin at 5pm, from Royal Court on Roe
Street, then going to Williamson Square, Whitechapel, Church Street,
Parker Street, Clayton Square and back to Queen Square. The
Reindeers are put on display in Queen Square before the procession
(4pm to 5pm) and after the procession (6pm to 7pm) as well. So if
you missed the parade, you can still see them!
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Local author and
artist produce 'A Bushy Tale'
LOCAL author, Bob Stone and
artist Holly Bushnell produce a nuts book, just in time for
Christmas! 'A Bushy Tale' is a brand new book written
by Crosby based Bob, who has been writing for as long as he could
hold a pen. He graduated from Bangor University with an Honours
Degree in English in 1986. For many years, he was a member of
Lucilla Dramatic Society in Crosby, where he was lucky enough to
have the opportunity to write and direct many one act plays. One,
“In After School” has been published. He currently works at
Formby Books, which is where he 1st encountered the artwork of Holly
Bushnell. He was inspired to tell the stories of some of her animal
characters, especially Squish the squirrel, who was originally
created as a symbol of the Formby community. The Illustrations are
by by Formby based Holly, who has recently left Formby High School
and is now studding art. Since leaving school, she has made a name
for herself as a talented up and coming artist. She is well known
locally as the painter of the spectacular mural on the wall of
Formby Books. She is now sought after as a painter of murals on
walls of schools and private homes, a designer of greetings cards,
and now as an illustrator of books. 'A Bushy Tale' is
the first time her work has been published, but is highly unlikely
to be the last. Author Cathy Cassidy has described her as “a
star in the making”. Both have made a book that is
described as “A warm, funny animal adventure” by
acclaimed author Cathy Cassidy and can be read to children from age
5 upwards and read by ages 7 to 10.
The story of Squish the red squirrel and his woodland
friends contains themes of community, sharing and the environment.
When the red squirrels of The Woods learn that the Greys are on the
way to steal their nuts and acorns, Squish, an idealistic young
squirrel, hatches a plan to save the hoard and the woodland itself.
Can he convince the other animals to work together in the interests
of a common cause?
The book is 80 pages and priced at
£6.99.
As both work at Formby Books, you
can picket up from Formby Book, it is also available to order from
most book shops, also from Amazon and it is on our Mersey Reporter
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