Heart Of Hawick Childrens Book Award

Animated Book Trailer: 'Meteorite Strike' by AG Taylor

Hawick primary children have been getting animated with another fabulous book trailer for the Heart of Hawick Children's Book Award shortlist 2011. This year, the book in question is the action-packed 'Meteorite Strike' by AG Taylor. The animation workshop was led by Mary Morrison and Jim Stirk, along with a notorious pirate, better known as Mr Hunter from Drumlanrig St Cuthbert's Primary School.

The animation had its world premiere at the Heart of Hawick Children's Book Award Ceremony in Tower Mill, to great applause from the primary school audience and visiting authors.You can see the finished film by clicking the 'play' button below.

 

 

Animated Book Trailer: 'How Kirsty Jenkins Stole the Elephant' by Elen Caldecott

Another wonderful animated book trailer from primary school children involved in the Heart of Hawick Children's Book Award.

This time, the young animators got together with multi-talented Mary Morrison to make a trailer inspired by Elen Caldecott's story of Kirsty Jenkins and how she stole an elephant. The film was premiered at Tower Mill in the Heart of Hawick in May 2010. 

You can see the animation on YouTube here - just click on the picture…

‘Dog Lost’ animated trailer

And now for something very special…

An animated trailer for the 2009 shortlisted book, ‘Dog Lost’ by Ingrid Lee!

Children from six primary schools in and around Hawick got together with animator Mary Morrison to make the trailer at Hawick Public Library, inspired by the story of Cash, the shivering wet bundle who finds a home with Mackenzie and his difficult dad. The trailer was premiered at Tower Mill in the Heart of Hawick in May 2009. 

You can see the animation on YouTube here - just click on the picture…

… and some production stills below.