Grumpycorn

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British actress Kate Winslet has performed a surprise reading to the crowd’s delight at Camp Bestival Shropshire. Kate Winslet leads a stellar line-up of stars who will read stories on CBeebies over Christmas and the New Year.

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What will it take for Unicorn to write the most fabulous story in the world? Will he simply have a diva meltdown and alienate all his friends? All in all, a fun book I would recommend to all. About writing, about inspiration, about friendship. NOT the ideas of the friends - Narwhal, Mermaid and Jellyfish - who curiously arrive to find out about this fabulous story and beg to have starring roles… no, not THOSE ideas. Just GO AWAY, everyone!Kate Winslet surprised festival-goers at the CBeebies Bedtime Story Tent at Camp Bestival Shropshire (Leora Bermeister/Farelight Productions/Camp Bestival/PA) Kate Winslet reading Blueberries For Sal by Robert McCloskey (Leora Bermeister/Farelight Productions/Camp Bestival/PA) Unicorn tries to write "the most fabulous story in the world" and hurts his friends’ feelings while waiting for inspiration to strike. Sarah is immensely proud of Britain's amazing illustrators and how well their pictures tell stories. In 2015, she set up the #PicturesMeanBusiness campaign, calling for people to credit illustrators for their work. Sporting superstar Anthony Joshua is also appearing on the much-loved children’s show in the run up to Christmas.

Actress Kate Winslet surprises Camp Bestival goers with

The ending? I loved that despite every grumble and complaint his friends tried to help out the grumpycorn. That they still tried to make him happy. I had tears in my eyes. And then our unicorn made its appearance and I was even happier with the events. A deadline - those are wonderfully inspiring! I had a picture book due and I was on a plane ride to visit my family in Alaska. I didn’t have an idea right then, so I just started poking a story into my phone, about someone who didn’t have an idea for a story. And then I thought it would be much funnier if I was a unicorn. Winslet’s upcoming projects include a biographical film, in which she stars as Elizabeth “Lee” Miller, a fashion model-turned-war correspondent for Vogue, which will be one of the 37 world premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) this September.

Unicorn's trying to write the "most fabulous story in the world," but he hasn't written a word. Too bad his friends keep bothering him with ideas for things to write about. Why can't they just leave him alone so he can NOT write? Unicorn sets out to write the best story in the world. Problem - he doesn't have an idea. He is rude to friends and chases them off. He gives up but they save the day by writing the story together. Unicorn realizes what happened and apologizes. Unicorn wants to write the best book ever. He gets out his favorite pen, but has no idea what to write. That doesn't stop him from telling everybody that he's going to write the best book ever. His animal friends are impressed and ask if they can be in it, but unicorn snobbishly refuses. But he can't come up with anything better. Unicorn is confident that he is about to write the most fabulous story in the world. He settles down in his special writing house with his fluffy pen, fancy notebook and a cup of moonberry tea, waiting for inspiration to strike. Alas, he has no idea where to start. Instead we see our grumpycorn continue his grumpy ways towards all his friends. They all try to help him and all he does is act angry with them. Which saddened me. I was hoping he would see that they were just trying to help.