Come into my House ¦ Tails for Sale ¦ There was a Little Pig
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The illustration on our cover is from The Working Horse by Geoffrey Patterson, published by Andre Deutsch, 0 233 97786 4, £4.95. We are grateful to Andre Deutsch for help in using this illustration.
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Come into my House
Lucile Butel
Tails for Sale
Lucile Butel
There was a Little Pig
Lucile Butel
Three splendid paperback originals from France which are ideal for learner readers. Come into my House has a cumulative text and tells how a clay pot becomes the home of a mouse, a frog, a hare, a fox and a wolf before their domestic bliss is shattered by the bear who sits on the pot! The more scientific or literal minded readers may ask, 'How could all those animals fit into the pot?' but the story is great fun all the same.
Tails for Sale has a naturally repetitive text relating how the various animals purchased their characteristic tails at a fair and is essentially a neo 'pourquoi' tale.
The 'Little Pig' sports white gloves and carries a 'smart red umbrella' - just the thing for a rainy day. But even though he takes it on his walk, pig still manages to get wet.
The pictures in all three are delectable: gently humorous and executed in fresh colour wash. Well worth having in any primary classroom. Marvellous value too.
