The Keep-Fit Canaries
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Cover Story
The illustration (by George Smith) on our front cover this month is taken from Pete Johnson's Everything Changes (see the Pete Johnson Authorgraph for details). We are grateful to Reed Books for their help in using this cover.
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The Keep-Fit Canaries
The story of a flock of bad-assed canaries who torment their owners and, after working out to a neighbours's aerobics tape, get fit enough to stage a cage break. Their subsequent guerilla existence, raiding food from urban picnickers, evading police posses and struggling for territory with other birds, is thick with inventively described adventures. The brash humour and aggressive action should appeal to many upper juniors. The book might also provide an offbeat addition to the library's ornithology section.