Look Out Sally on the Farm ¦ Look Out Katy in the Town ¦ Look Out Tim in the Park ¦ Look Out Maz in the Jungle
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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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Send to friendLook Out Sally on the Farm
Look Out Katy in the Town
Look Out Tim in the Park
Look Out Maz in the Jungle
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?
