My Friends The I.B.F.Fs: Back To Nature

My friends and I love nature, and returning to it is one of the best things you can do in life. This is why I wrote the second book in the I.B.F.Fs series, 'Back To Nature'. It features ten simple stories for autistic children to help them to talk and get them closer to nature, with simple dialogue to help them speak for the first time. Let my friends and I take you into a wonderful, loving world of flowers, trees and clouds.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XX1PnEEvMNAhWyevJNSU3hTFcFPp8smSXqm5DiStP7A/edit

I.B.F.F Diaries '16 - 8th July 2016 - Field Of Giants

Here's what Becky says about the premiere of 'The Deep' episode 'Field Of Giants':

"I think near to the end of the episode, when the Nektons are hugging Fontaine, Ant would've shouted out "Group Hug!" to suit his easy going and fun loving personality, and to make it even better. It would be nice if he did it in the actual episode, but sadly, due to rights, he didn't shout that phrase. Surely there must be other ways on CBBC you can shout that phrase....can there? Well, it can suit a fine group hug between me and my other friends, but for sure, an episode of The Deep will someday soon have Ant saying "Group Hug!""

I.B.F.F Diaries '15 - The Holiday

In I.B.F.F Diaries '15, during August, Mitchell and his friends take a holiday to both a resort and a seaside. Mitchell and his friends stay by the sea, but they have to share their holiday with Gull, Pickle and Merl (from CBBC) and Peter, Benjamin and Lily (from CBeebies), who spend their holiday in the resort. All through the holiday they share it with their new friends, whilst Tiny and Small try to see into a devious plan Peter and his friends are thinking up.

On the last day of their holiday, Tiny and Small finally see into the plan as a storm brews, and Peter begins to chase them around the holiday resort. The plan is to air a special about the 'Kitten & Pig Adventure', which is today (31st August 2015). It begins to rain as Tiny and Small confront Peter atop the roof, Peter loudly revealing the home truths behind his show before the two brave young Clangers throw him off the roof, injuring him and sending him to hospital. This is all witnessed by the six other friends from far below, who fear for them.

I just watched 'The Tale Of The Kitten & Pig Adventure' and I want to tell everyone how it came to air on CBeebies.

Clangers Overview - The Song Of The Stars

LAST TIME ON CLANGERS: When Major, Mother, the Soup Dragon and Granny got trapped in Granny's bedcave, only Small and his two friends were able to come to the rescue, as Small was left out of the conversations they try to have.

And now, our exciting next episode....

It's not likely we're to spend the first half of the night sharing sandwiches, biscuits, grapes, carrot pie, fresh grass, apples and upside down cakes with Pepi Nana and the gang from Moon & Me, but a full appetite requires music to dance to. Tell that to the Clangers.

A pod-shell thing floats endlessly in Space, not seen by a busy Iron Chicken, who is cleaning her nest...until Small catches it - it's natural the thing came from another planet. Whilst everyone is cleaning the cutlery, Small stops them to show them the thing - they're very curious and fascinated at the same time, but Small gives it to Mother as a present. She places it into her garden, so she can look at it whilst...hey, she's singing, but her tune is repeated! It might've come from the thing, no doubt. It suddenly jumps off the platform and begins to move, but stands still when people notice. Tiny's flower friends come to see and sing, but of course nothing happens. Until it happens! And it is noticed!

Mother takes the thing to show the others, and tells them about how it makes music. Tiny demonstrates by playing a tune on her panpipes, and after a minutes' silence, the thing starts to make music yet again. After Major's back is turned, the tune starts up and everyone gathers to see it bow to its audience. This gives Tiny an idea alright, and she brings it to the Music Trees, which sends another part of the tune straight into the thing. Everyone including the Iron Chicken gathers to let Tiny explain the thing's experimental mission to make tonight's marvelous melody.

They listen to the thing play goofy music out of sound effects, to which they all dance to. Major wants to study it, but the thing begins to fly around, then play tonight's marvelous melody in full, flying like the wind around its new friends and into the air, bringing together those who make marvelous melodies. The Clangers wave goodbye to their new friend as it sets off straight into the sky and out of sight.

If only I was there from 2015 to 2018 to see the marvelous melodies that shaped the Clangers wherever they went, then I could get more inspiration for I.B.F.F Diaries.

Goodnight, Tiny. Goodnight, Small.

Noddy CD Roms

I've just discovered a bunch of videos on Youtube, all to do with Noddy CD roms and video games. Watch them down below:

Clangers Overview - Small To The Rescue

LAST TIME ON CLANGERS: Tiny came down with a terrible cold, but Small cured her by letting her listen to a beautiful melody composed by the Music Trees. It proved to be a better result than how most people are cured.

And now, our next exciting chapter in the life of the Clangers...

As always, we begin in Major's workshop, where he is repairing his tools. Mother tends to her garden, the Soup Dragon cleans the Soup Wells - with her son's help - and Granny is trapped in her room, only to emerge out again. Small is bored, trying to throw colored rocks into a soup cup. He tries to ask Major, Mother and the Soup Dragon to come out and play, but they are busy busy busy. So is Granny, last time she played with Small and let him discover ancient paintings.

Tiny's entertaining the Iron Chicken with her music, letting her join in with her song. Small tries to join in, but he has a terrible singing voice, much like Upsy Daisy in In The Night Garden. The Froglets come to play with Small, and they sneak up to Major's workshop, where they each knock on the door to trick Major - Small is having a lot of fun, and they wake Granny with their raucous playing. Her door needs to be fixed! When they reach the Soup Dragon, the Froglets leave.

Soup Dragon, Mother and Major meet in the garden, then go to ask Granny for help, but Major accidentally shuts Granny's door. Uh oh....Small hears banging and he realizes Major, Mother, Granny and the Soup Dragon have been trapped in her bedcave, and he goes to fetch Tiny and the Iron Chicken. Small fetches Moonflower Oil and and ties a rope to the Iron Chicken. The three pull on the outside, as everyone else pushes inside, and POP! They're freed, thanks to Small and his two reluctant friends. Small forgives everyone, and the Froglets want to play, but Small refuses. How about some soup to end the day? Fantastic! Good idea!

As we leave the Clangers to drink their soup, off we go to the Night Garden, where Makka Pakka is giving stones away to his friends tonight.

Goodnight, Tiny. Goodnight, Small.

Welcome To Storyland!

I just had a dream last night, which may remind one of the Care Bears movie Journey To Joke-A-Lot and the 'Wizard Of Oz'.

I went through a strange amount of tunnels, ending with a long tube slide that lead me to a colorful world named 'Storyland'. Here, you can create stories, and they come to life right before your eyes - they have loads of shops where they sell magical pencils and notebooks which you can write in, they have giant vending machines filled with chocolate treats and fizzy drinks, and the beds are so big. I slept in one which had blue covers. They even had gardens which grew the sweetest flowers, and they even sold wands which made all your wishes come true! Did I also mention that there are loads of playgrounds there? Awesome!

I wish Storyland existed in real life, then my stories would come alive and I would never be bored in my new house ever again. Speaking of, in I.B.F.F Diaries, there are some special sparkling insert cards for 'Jody In Wonderland' on CBBC and 'Kate In Oz' on CBeebies - when one is inserted, a magical portal appears which leads to two fantastical places - Wonderland and Oz. So, in the books, whenever the specials air, the I.B.F.Fs go on a magical adventure through these portals, encountering a magical new place every time. This also goes to 'Dumping Ground Island', because its insert card is coloured leafy green.

Clangers Overview - Healing Harmonies

LAST TIME ON CLANGERS: A near-upsetting situation involving the Music Trees leads to a catchy song from a group of Eggbots.

And now, the next exciting adventure in the life of Tiny and Small...

Tiny performs music with the Music Trees, which Mother loves, whilst Small paints a picture...until Tiny suddenly feels ill, and sneezes. This is the first time we've ever heard a Clanger sneeze, as Tiny has fallen ill. She's sent straight to bed with her Skymoo doll by her side, and Small places a picture he drew of her making music with the Music Trees on her shelf. Everyone comes to see Tiny, and want to make her better, with soup, a puffball pillow and a knitted blanket, plus a story from the Iron Chicken. Mother tells them to leave Tiny alone, but they meant well, and bed and rest will help Tiny feel better.

Small goes out on his own, and hears the Music Trees playing a marvelous melody, a tune so soothing and full of love. He goes to fetch Mother and tell her the whole story and let Tiny hear the soothing music, but Mother still is on strict borderlines.

Later, everyone falls asleep, but Tiny's still sneezing, and Small is awoken by the noise - we also see a music note and a red heart on her shelf as Small enters the room. She would like to hear some music, but Small isn't good at music...until the picture on Tiny's shelf gives him an idea. He takes her outside despite Mother's orders, and he allows her to hear the marvelous melody, which makes her calm and sleepy.

Small places Tiny back into bed, and heads off to sleep himself.

The next morning, Small is awoken by Mother. Tiny feels much better, thanks to a lot of bed and rest. Everyone gathered is happy to know that Tiny is better, and so is Small - now she has the strength and energy to play music again. Tiny believes she dreamed about the tune Small let her hear, and races off to play it with the Music Trees, which know the tune. All is well, as caring is what a Clanger loves to do best.

I've had a very cranky day because I got hot overnight, but who can cure my depression? Tiny and Small! Not to forget all their friends and family, of course. Thank you, Clangers, you turned a grumpy day into a wonderful afternoon.

Goodnight, Tiny. Goodnight, Small.

Clangers Overview - Strange Music

LAST TIME ON CLANGERS: Three disabled Froglets wanted to feel special, so they and their not so disabled friends got awards...then refused them. Tiny and Small returned and now we can finally live happily ever after.

And now, our next exciting episode....

As always, we start off in Major's workshop, where he is fixing the soup trolley. Small then cruises round the caves, waving to his friends and family before going off to fetch soup and give the Soup Dragon a nice new woolly hat before getting soup to share with his family. Above the planet, the Eggbot crashes and lands in a crater, spilling soup all over our lovely pink friends. The Eggbots, if you didn't realize, go 'Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-La-Ti-Do', and have first appeared in 'I Am The Eggbot'. We haven't seen them in three years.

The Music Trees are destroyed, so Small puts the notes back on and Tiny, as a result, plays a dramatic and completely messed up tune that upsets her. She shows Major, and he reveals they're in the wrong order. He hears 'DO' and meets the Eggbot, who makes that noise one too many times. Maybe he's doing that just to annoy Small and make him insane. Tiny, on the other hand, goes completely depressed over the Music Tree's mix up, but it seems this episode is getting more and more upsetting by the minute.

Everyone lines up to pull the Eggbot free. HEAVE! A Skymoo gives Small an idea to pull him out the airborne way and POP! He's free! In return, the Eggbot reveals its many forms and, with their music, Tiny places them back on the Music Trees again. See? This episode isn't as upsetting as I thought it would be. Time for a song. Sing along with Tiny and Small when you see the hat! What a jolly tune this is.

Everyone's in harmony now, so down to earth we go to enjoy another adventure in the Night Garden, this time it's about avoiding Haahoos.

Goodnight. Tiny. Goodnight, Small.

My Friends The I.B.F.Fs

I've written a book with simple phrases introducing me and my nine friends, in cozy stories with simple lines of dialogue and a bit at the end to help viewers say phrases out loud to give autistic children, teens and adults who have difficulty expressing emotion the vocabulary to help them. I'll create a series of future I.B.F.F books which focus on the same aspect, entertaining both autistic and non-autistic 4-60 year olds. Read the soothing stories featured in 'My Friends The I.B.F.Fs'.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g9ll80uvpb8uo7xHhJdw8FoyPcAQiGUz0mEJp5RMwp8/edit

Clangers Overview - Medal

LAST TIME ON CLANGERS: Tiny and Small were absent due to my magic.

And now, the next thrilling adventure in the life of the Clangers!

I'm Tiny Clanger in CBeebies' Clangers personality test!

Anyway, we head to the Clangers' planet as always, with Major working in his workshop as the three eager Froglets watch. One Froglet finds his missing wrench. Another Froglet points out Major's horn thing, which doesn't fit into his latest invention...until a Froglet gives him Moonflower oil. Major gives each Froglet a special medal, and they rush off to tell....MORE FROGLETS?! We came all the way for THIS?! Perhaps these Froglets have mental disorders like dyslexia or autism (like me) or down syndrome.

Later, Tiny and Small return (AT LAST!) and the Froglets proudly show my two friends their medals, and allow them to share in a game of Cotton Ball. The disabled Froglets appear and are still jealous over all the attention the Froglets are getting.

The Froglets visit Granny Clanger for a story...then the disabled Froglets appear with timid looks on their faces. All the Froglets look timid, and I have to say they're extremely cute when they're shy. Tiny looks in Granny's wool cupboard and gives each Froglet a ball of wool. Granny does her magic, knitting all the way until she makes three knitted rosettes just for the disabled.

The disabled Froglets show the other Froglets, and oh my god, the Froglets stand off until my two friends arrive and are blocked in their path by those meddlin' Froglets.

The Clangers crave soup, but medals and rosettes aren't a Froglet's thing, so when Tiny and Small return, they lead the Froglets back to Granny and Major. I know, they're known for smiling all the time, like the Haahoos, but it seems like Granny and Major had a fight, so the Froglets complain and shake off their rewards and they become normal Froglets. Six normal Froglets and a group nose kiss from the Clangers. Sweet, ain't it?

Six little Froglets all in a row,
Each deserves a medal and BOOM! Here they blow!

I don't mean the Froglets had exploded. They're still alive, but Froglets aren't equipped with bombs. I must say, if the Clangers' planet were armed with explosives, the Clangers would be sent flying off into space. Don't worry, it's still safe from terrorists, and so are my friends Tiny and Small.

Goodnight, Tiny. Goodnight, Small.

Goodnight to you too, Froglets.

I Know Someone Who Likes The Worst Witch

I.B.F.F Diaries book activities

In every I.B.F.F book, there are simple phrases for autistic people with difficulty in expressing emotion, even in I.B.F.F Diaries, which at the end of each month has simple phrases from each day which autistic people can repeat, and at the end 12 of the phrases from each month are repeated for readers to say.

They also include activities much like those from 'Learn English With Noddy' - matching phrases to characters, picture guessing games, anything in particular.

The I.B.F.F Diaries books also include the history of CBBC and CBeebies depending on the year from 2013 to 2018, which might come in useful for those who haven't watched these channels in the past. To write these books, I may need research from both channels....