Monster Mission
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This issue’s cover is from Raymond Briggs and Allan Ahlberg’s The Adventures of Bert. Raymond Briggs and Allan Ahlberg discuss their creative collaboration. Thanks to Puffin Children’s Books for their help with this September cover.
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Monster Mission
Unusual Aunts need young blood to help them run their unusually stocked secret island. Kidnapping seems to be the unorthodox answer, but maybe the three young people who get tangled up in this escapade, are more chosen than abducted; for so begins a magical, fantastical adventure. Filled with humour and colourful eccentrics (both human and beast), this is a delightful read, not without environmentally sound seriousness. So what if there is a bit of stereotyping, especially the villains, the whole is worth any imaginative young reader's time.