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Gruffalo, Paw Patrol creatives tell Secret Story A host of renowned children’s content creators have signed up to write stories that underrepresented creatives can illustrate and animate to win paid internships with UK companies such as Aardman and Jellyfish Pictures. Jon Mason The Secret Story Draw, set up last year by Jon Mason, MD of Brighton-based digital studio Jollywise, wants to unlock opportunities for illustrators and animators from underrepresented ethnic groups to enter the industr...

TVKIDS U.K. Animation Industry Initiative for Underrepresented Ethnic Groups ADVERTISEMENT The Secret Story Draw is a new initiative dedicated to placing illustrators and animators from underrepresented ethnic groups in some of the U.K.’s best animation studios. The Secret Story Draw sees some of the U.K.’s most renowned children’s writers provide an anonymous story written exclusively for the initiative, with aspiring animators and illustrators invited to bring the stories to life. The ...

The following book is available at many public libraries. “The Christmas Day Kitten” written by James Herriot, illustrated by Ruth Brown, St. Martin’s Press, 32 pages - Advertisement - Read yourself: age 7-8 and older. Mrs. Pickering is a kind woman who has opened her home to a stray cat she names Debbie. Debbie visits when she chooses, soaks in a few moments of solitude, eats a little food and then is gone. Mrs. Pickering never knows when Debbie will return. One Christmas mornin...