Me, You, And Transformers Cybertron Sneak Peek

Guess how much you'll love this sneak peek of the tale of the deep, gentle bond between mammal and machine, set during the events of Transformers Cybertron!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12jiCRwJ-yH3A7uMeA5z1l0v-Nnl49IKbFwPcoIAfVNU/edit

Handcuffs - Deleted Rap Tidbit

Originally, for the first rap in 'Handcuffs', the music would stop with a simple record scratch and Mr. Nunn would violently attack the camera, yelling swears at the viewers. Fearing this would upset and scare young viewers, the BBC edited this scene out, but found the record scratches that censored the swearing hilarious to listen to. The original version without noises is now hard to find, but there's an extra version of the rap with censored sounds on iPlayer.

Furaha & Nakona Go Swimming...And I Go Baking!

Today I went out with Amy for the second time this year. I had lunch at her house and enjoyed little Kover's antics. She was rude and naughty today, and didn't want to meet me. Later, I went swimming with Amy at the local pool in Golspie, and played that my Kion and Kiara toys were Furaha and Nakona playing in the water - in fact, I've written a story-like diary entry about it, which I'm going to put on my blog this Sunday, and I've done the first half of tomorrow's diary entry, which is about Me, You, And Transformers Cybertron and begins with 'Guess how much they love them'. Does that sound familiar to anyone?

Later, I did some baking at Amy's house for the first time...all whilst telling the neighbours' dogs to shut up. I tried three cakes, and did they taste yummy or what? I guess we made them with skill and focus, like I did last week. Now I have to brace myself for tomorrow, because I can't wait to start Me, You, And Transformers Cybertron!

Top Hat Teaser...6/3/20

This Friday, after Me, You, And Transformers Cybertron (and if Clangers is recorded), Tiny's going to insert a little Mr. Benn into the Clangers as she goes down the top hat to retrieve her cotton ball. In Monsters Inc, Mike and Sully ended up in worlds reminiscent of Lilo & Stitch, Kung Fu Panda and Looney Tunes' Pepe Le Pew. This episode would be like Monsters Inc for a new generation, as this time we'll be using top hats to discover new places, rather than doors like in Pixar's hit film. Who knows where Tiny might end up? Might she end up in a world reminiscent of the beauty of Guess How Much I Love You? Or will she end up in an icy cold place reminiscent of The Little Polar Bear? Will she end up in a city full of flashing lights and bright colours? Or will Tiny end up in an African Savannah quite similar to The Lion King? It's up to you, and whoever tunes into CBeebies this Friday will be able to find out! Wish Tiny luck!

6/3/20.

Prepare yourselves for, "Top Hat", a brand new Clangers adventure, and an exciting one too!

Upside Down Mildred

It was Topsy-Turvy Day at Cackles' Academy, and Miss Hardbroom called all the students into the grand hall for an important announcement. "For this important once-a-year day only, you will all be forced to stand on your heads." A loud gasp rippled through the hall. "I will cast a spell on all of you so that you can handstand for the rest of the day until teatime." Luella had been sitting next to Mildred and was a bit worried when she heard Miss Hardbroom talk about turning her friend Mildred upside down. "No, please!" cried Luella, "Don't turn Mildred upside down, she needs her hands to work magic or eat porridge at breakfast. Nothing would be ever quite the same without a Mildred that stands on her feet." "There will be quiet in the hall!" shouted Miss Hardbroom, and all the students covered their hands with their mouths. "Hands down," she remarked, and all the students put their hands down as she stood up and took a wand from Miss Cackles' hands. She waved it around six times. "Topsy-turvy," she said, "Topsy-turvy." In a flash, all the students with the exception of Luella had turned upside down! Miss Hardbroom noticed Luella and walked up to her, looking her directly in the eye. "Why aren't you topsy-turvy?" she hissed. "Er...because of copyright reasons," shivered Luella, refusing to look into Miss Hardbroom's eyes (mainly due to her fears of the show The Demon Headmaster).

"How will I be able to sleep in my bed?" asked an upside-down Mildred, pointing to her bed, "My arms are beginning to ache." "We have to wait until teatime, Miss Hardbroom said," replied Luella. "It's so painful being able to stand upside down," sighed Mildred, "This is exactly why I hate Topsy Turvy Day, it's the most painful moment of your life to be a student." Then Ethel walked by on her hands, which instantly made both Mildred and Luella laugh. "I think Ethel can't stand being topsy-turvy, don't you?" giggled Mildred. "OMG, of course, she might find it unsatisfying, but we do not!" "You'll pay for this, Miss Hardbroom!" shouted Ethel, shaking her fist. Then came Maud, who was hilariously standing on her head as well - "Maud! Thank god, you're like me!" cried Mildred. "So you say," said Maud, "We can't eat anything properly, just wait until lunch, I think Miss Tapioca's struggling to make lunch upside down, too."

At lunchtime, the sandwiches were placed on the floor instead of the table. Luella stared at the worried students, who were unable to eat at any time at all. Sure they ate well at breakfast - gloopy porridge again - but this is serious, and all the students were just staring at their food, their hands on the dirty floor. "Something has to be done," remarked Luella, and marched up to Mildred, crawling under the table. She took a sandwich, and ordered Mildred to open her mouth. "Here comes the airplane!" she said, and moved the sandwich to Mildred's mouth. At once, she started eating, but when she tried to swallow, she just puked it back up again, all over Luella! Luella tried doing the same, but with every attempt the students puked up the sandwiches! "Every time!" shouted Luella as she stormed out of the dining hall.

Later, during potions class, the near sick students attempted to do spells with their feet! Luella had been watching all this, and decided to talk with Miss Hardbroom about the whole situation. She stormed into the office and alarmed Miss Cackle and Miss Hardbroom! "Oi! You two!" she shouted, "What have you done?! Topsy-Turvy Day isn't a very good idea after all. You've made my friend puke up her lunch and mess up spells! Put all the students the right way up again now!" "We didn't realize that," said Miss Cackle, "We've had this day for many years and no one ever had an accident." "Yes they did," said Luella, pounding her fist on the desk, "And I think such a day isn't suitable. You're harming your students, especially my friend Mildred, with your topsy-turvy spell, and I think such a day would be banned. Unless it would be banned, you'll continue to harm future students!" Miss Hardbroom's lips began to quiver. At once, she realized what she had done, and what the teachers of the past have done. She fell to her knees and began to weep. "Okay, okay, I'll apologise!"

At teatime, she gathered the students in the hall again. There was a long silence as Miss Hardbroom examined Luella and the upside down students. "Students...I'm very sorry for what I've done to you all. Topsy-Turvy Day is literally a bad idea, and because Luella saw you puke up your lunch and harm yourselves with your topsy-turvy spells, I have the sudden idea of banning Topsy Turvy Day forever." A loud cheer rose from the crowd of students as Miss Hardbroom took out the wand and Luella ran up onto the stage. "What's the backwards word for 'Topsy Turvy'?" she whispered to Luella. "Yvrut-Yspot." reminded Luella. Nodding wisely, Miss Hardbroom waved her wand six times and said, "Yvrut-Yspot. Yrvut-Yspot." WHOOSH! As the students were turned the right way up again, they shouted and laughed in desperate glee, and Luella ran into Mildred's arms as she, her friend and Maud engaged in a playful group hug. "Luella saved the day!" shouted one student, patting Luella on the back. "I sure did," said Luella, "Although...I do prefer getting around quicker on your hands." "Oh, Luella," laughed Mildred.

Sky Kids - World Book Day

• Where's Wally
• Streetcat Bob
• The Highway Rat
• Thomas & Friends
• Horrid Henry
• Revolting Rhymes
• Lost & Found
• The Demon Headmaster
• Stick Man
• Room On The Broom
• Zog
• Peter Rabbit
• Horrible Histories
• Katie Morag
• Charlie & Lola
• Mr. Men
• Fancy Nancy Clancy
• Ratburger

Sky Kids - World Book Day - Where's Wally & Streetcat Bob

 

The Me, You, And...Baby Book

This new idea focuses on the earlier years of Furaha after she as a human baby was turned into a lioness cub by Lord Mufasa, facing challenges like exploration, discovery and taking her first steps into the world. She even tries to be brave when her evil, racist uncle believes that animals do not deserve to be human as much as humans deserve to be like and care for animals. With help and encouragement from her mama Ua, papa Kiburi and her older brothers and sisters, Furaha's going to take the first steps of her eternally young life and understand why Lord Mufasa never makes people grow up so they can live their age forever.

My Diary - 24th February-1st March

24th February

• The Adventures Of Paddington
• Bluey
• 44 Cats
• Raa Raa The Noisy Lion
• Paw Patrol

25th February

Furaha, Veemon, Gatomon, Patamon and Agumon explore Paradise, a natural jungle place where they dance through flowers, splash in water and chase butterflies.

26th February

Furaha and Minty think a good tickle deserves even better when they find a feather by the swings. They decide to tickle their unicorn friends over in Unicornia.

27th February

In two weeks, in response to Hushabye Lullaby, I'm doing Me, You, And...lullabies based around Transformers Cybertron and Noddy.

28th February

Today proved to be the best day ever, as I made pop cakes from the Magic Faraway Tree over at Libby's house.

29th February

On her own and away from war, Furaha is confronted with visions of her, Optimus and Megatron playing in pure water in complete darkness.

1st March

Llama prepares for bed like any other preschooler - he has a nice, warm bubbly bath, brushes his teeth, uses the potty and changes into his red pyjamas.

Me, You, And Digimon Adventure 02 Tales

I've thought up a new Me, You, And...Tales anthology book themed around Digimon Adventure 02. It'll be the same as Me, You, And Digimon Adventure Tales, and inspired by bits of Digimon Adventure Tri - Furaha and her Digimon friends Veemon, Hawkmon, Armadillomon, Patamon and Gatomon exploring the city in and out and hiding whenever people notice their presence. They count trains at the train station, relax by the river, play around a pirate ship in a playground and get lost in the Arctic.

Lucky Australia...

Lucky Australia. This week, they aired Scream Street and Strange Hill High on ABCMe...we're not so lucky. We lost Strange Hill High, and I don't want to lose Scream Street!

Pop Cakes/R.I.P Strange Hill High

I was in a Magic Faraway Tree mood today, which set me up for a good day with Libby. Not only did I read the Magic Faraway Tree book in the ASDA car park, but at Libby's house I had a hearty lunch, hang out with her rascal of a dog Jake and baked pop cakes and a chocolate cake! And, thank god I avoided Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese and Little Big Awesome today, I had the telly on the whole time and I got right up to The Deep! So close yet so far.

When I got back, I was greeted with a letter from CBBC themselves. They absolutely loved my I.B.F.F story 'Festive Pyjamas'! Look, even though I ripped off If You Give A Mouse A Christmas Cookie, ripoffs of TV series episodes with good writing deserve a lot of love, especially from TV broadcasters.

Speaking of CBBC, there's something I forgot to do last month. Strange Hill High is my favourite CBBC show besides Scream Street, so until Scream Street comes back in late 2020, we have Strange Hill High to grieve over.

R.I.P

Strange Hill High

2013-2019

You provided a great decade for CBBC and protected us along with Scream Street from the worst shows on the channel, like Diddy TV, OOglies or Just Kidding. Mitchell, Becky and Templeton will forever be remembered as the ones who greeted me when I first moved up to Scotland, and if I spent more time with them, I would've enjoyed more of CBBC and CBeebies, too...but sadly I never got that chance. The chance came to me a few years ago when I saw Scream Street whilst viewing Katy, and now my pleasures of the 2010's belong to CBBC. In fact, I think during the 2010's, both CBBC and CBeebies would become fandoms, just like My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic had bronies. When Mike Milligan left The Dumping Ground last year, Mitchell knew it was his time to leave. I imagine Luke, Resus and Cleo would meet up with Mitchell, Becky and Templeton again one day if they ever have the chance to meet up after their shows have been gone for good. We will miss Strange Hill High as much as we miss the decade that historically made CBBC what it was today. Mitchell, Becky and Templeton may be gone, but they will forever live on in our hearts. We will miss them dearly, one and all.

Sky Kids - February 2020 [5]

• The Adventures Of Paddington
• The Highway Rat
• Topsy & Tim
• Love Monster
• Thomas & Friends
• Horrid Henry
• Revolting Rhymes
• Lost & Found
• The Demon Headmaster
• The Gruffalo
• Stick Man
• Room On The Broom 
• Zog
• Peter Rabbit
• Horrible Histories
• Katie Morag
• Charlie & Lola
• Bing
• The Mr Men Show
• Little Princess
• Fancy Nancy Clancy
• Ratburger

• Batman: The Brave & The Bold
• Justice League Unlimited
• Guardians Of The Galaxy
• Marvel's Avengers: Black Panther's Quest
• Marvel's Avengers Assemble
• Teen Titans Go
• Avatar: The Legend Of Korra
• Big Hero 6: The Series

• DC Super Hero Girls
• The Thundermans
• Unikitty
• The Powerpuff Girls
• K.C. Undercover

• Zombies 2
• Ben 10
• Mao Mao: Heroes Of Pure Heart
• Gigantosaurus
• Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
• Find Me In Paris
• Gortimer Gibbon's Life On Normal Street

• Alvinnn!!! & The Chipmunks
• Puppy Dog Pals
• Grizzy & The Lemmings
• New Looney Tunes
• The Penguins Of Madagascar
• 44 Cats
• The Tom & Jerry Show
• What's New Scooby Doo

• Lego Friends
• Marvel Super Heroes Black Panther: Trouble In Wakanda
• Lego Jurassic World: Secret Exhibit
• Lego Friends: Girls On A Mission
• NinjaGo: Masters Of Spinjitzu
• Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload
• Lego Jurassic World: The Indominus Escape
• NinjaGo: Decoded

• Disney's Descendants
• Descendants 2
• Descendants 3
• Kidz Bop
• Victorious
• The Next Step
• School Of Rock

• House Of Anubis
• The Athena
• Liv & Maddie
• 4 O'Clock Club
• The Thundermans
• Almost Never
• So Awkward
• Penny On M.A.R.S
• Sam & Cat
• Raven's Home

• Play Your Pets Right
• Adventure Time
• Mr. Bean: The Animated Series
• Jessie
• 101 Dalmatian Street
• The Haunted Hathaways
• The Casagrandes
• The Loud House
• The Tom & Jerry Show
• Apple & Onion

• Blaze & The Monster Machines
• Fireman Sam
• Lego City Adventures
• Paw Patrol
• Super Wings
• Robot Trains
• Top Wings