Mrs Pinny and the Blowing Day
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The illustration on the front of BfK this month is from Let's Go Home, Little Bear by Martin Waddell and illustrated by Barbara Firth (see Authorgraph for details). The book is published by Walker Books and we thank them for their help in using this illustration.
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Mrs Pinny and the Blowing Day
Shirley Hughes
A re-issue of Helen Morgan's 1968 fantasy about the adventures inflicted on a village washerwoman by a puckish wind. The description of an idyllic rural day and its disruption is sung in a style which shifts between poetry and prose. Almost every line is loaded with rhyme and rhythm, assonance and alliteration. The result is a language-loving rhapsody with a strong and simple story at its core. Read it aloud so your listeners can enjoy the mingling of imagery and melody. Shirley Hughes' illustrations provide an appropriate counterpoint.