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BfK No. 53 - November 1988

Cover Story
The illustration on our cover is taken from King Change-a-lot, written and illustrated by Babette Cole and published by Hamish Hamilton (0 241 12491 3, £6.95). We are grateful to Hamish Hamilton for help in using this illustration.

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Look Out Sally on the Farm

Charlotte Mann and Stephanie Ryder
(Macdonald)
24pp, 978-0356161129, RRP £1.50, Paperback
Under 5s Pre-School/Nursery/Infant
Buy "Sally (Look out)" on Amazon

Look Out Katy in the Town

Charlotte Mann and Stephanie Ryder
(Macdonald)
24pp, 978-0356161105, RRP £1.50, Paperback
Under 5s Pre-School/Nursery/Infant
Buy "Katy (Look out)" on Amazon

Look Out Tim in the Park

Charlotte Mann and Stephanie Ryder
(Macdonald)
24pp, 978-0356161136, RRP £1.50, Paperback
Under 5s Pre-School/Nursery/Infant
Buy "Tim (Look out)" on Amazon

Look Out Maz in the Jungle

Charlotte Mann and Stephanie Ryder
(Macdonald)
24pp, 978-0356161112, RRP £1.50, Paperback
Under 5s Pre-School/Nursery/Infant
Buy "Max (Look out)" on Amazon

The storyline in each of these four books is identical; a baby animal - duckling, kitten, puppy and chimp - wanders off and has a series of narrow escapes from danger or trouble. But this potentially exciting idea is rendered dull and boring. The true-to-life pictures, though well executed individually, do not develop or carry the story forward and the short present-tense text is almost interchangeable between the four titles. Children of four to five would be able to tell a far more exciting story for themselves. Surely we ought to have moved on from here by now?

Reviewer: 
Jill Bennett
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