Two Tales of Basil Brush

Two stories here, Basil Brush Goes Boating and Goes Flying. Both were published in separate volumes over ten years ago. The garrulous fox comes over well as a story character in these two. There's a good combination of text and pictures, an eye-catching cover and the careful production we expect from the Lions imprint. The two stories have similar format: Basil goes on an escapade with his friend Harry and Mole. This will help novice readers: in fact, six-to-nines who still need to see that there's fun in reading should warm to the accessible lengths (each story is about 40 pages): good coherent plots and, not least, a character whose 'voice' they'll be able to hear as they read.