June 2021
We are so happy to announce that Huggy Muggy Do the Movie has been nominated for the Golden Animated Short Category at the Golden Short Festival.
It has also been nominated for the Golden Experimental Short Category at the Golden Short Festival. Visit www.goldenshortfestival.com for more details.
Huggy Muggy Do (THE SHORT FILM) is Coming to a Film Festival Near You!!
All the characters you love will be hitting film festivals in 2021! Come out and cheer for Huggy Muggy Do and it’s message of sending love even if you can’t be together.
So far, Huggy Muggy Do will be at the following festivals:
Chicago International Children’s Festival………………………………..November 4, 2021.
Short Days Film Festival……………………………………………………….June 9, 2021
Golden Short Film Festival…………………………………………………….September 5, 2021
Check back for more dates and places to view the film and vote for the Huggy Muggy Do Pirates.
I’ve started a new podcast called, Leviathan Jones and the Forbidden Deep. It’s one part adventures, one part science fiction and one part conservancy. Join Lev and his friends who have made a home on the ocean floor, saving orphaned and injured sea life and protecting them from pirates, space poachers and more. Check out the weekly podcast and please write in to tell us your thoughts.
Check out the TRAILER
I’ll also be painting some of the scenes for an upcoming book about Leviathan Jones.
Working with Roger Film Productions, we are now able to say we’ve begun filming Huggy Muggy Do, the movie. We couldn’t be more excited. In sticking with the watercolor, pirate theme, this will be a stop motion film. I’ve spent the last couple of months painting all the pieces.
Here’s a little glimpse.
We hope to have the Huggy Muggy Do Movie ready for some children’s film festivals by summer. Keep visiting our website for updates.
Finn and I had such a great time meeting and talking with kids, reading Huggy Muggy Do! and re-creating some of the characters from the book with an art project. The kids who attended asked such great questions! Your art work is amazing. We’re looking forward to seeing you all again with the release of Huggy Muggy Do!, the short film.
Join Finn and Michele on Tuesday, March 16 at 5pm EST (2pm Pacific) for a reading of Huggy Muggy Do followed by an art class. Michele will guide participants in learning to draw and paint one of the beloved characters from the book.
This is a free event.
We just received an email confirming that the San Mateo Library in California has put Huggy Muggy Do in circulation in the Children’s Section of the library. We are so excited and planning for a virtual reading! Stay tuned. We will post here when more news becomes available.
Now available as an ebook and as a hardcover !
Ebook $2.99 at iBooks, Walmart.com and Barnes and Noble
Hardcover available at Amazon $22.00
Pirates on the rolling seas have great days and bad days but these pirates know what to do. They Huggy Muggy Do! Written in catchy, memorable rhyme, Huggy Muggy Do helps kids to know they are loved always in all ways.
Hand painted, watercolor illustrations bring the characters to life. The pirates of Huggy Muggy Do cover feelings like anger and fear as well as pride, happiness and friendship.
Working in collaboration with Finnegan Dudley, I’m thrilled to announce a new children’s book about feelings, and all the reasons children (and humans in general) love. No matter if you are near by or far away, children need to feel and give love…
Huggy, Muggy, Do!
Look for the new book November 2020!!
Michele Beresford 