Making Faces

It's hard for words to convey the magic and power of this book. Nick Butterworth gives children the perfect vehicle to enact situations in a mirror (have a few extra ones handy if you're sharing it with more than one child or they'll start fighting for the book). How do you look when you're feeling sick? Can you make a face like a slug? What do you look like when you're having your hair brushed ... or when your least favourite aunty is coming to tea? What do you look like when you're trying not to laugh? This book gives children mastery over a whole variety of situations and allows them to act them out safely. My copy has been pored over at the tea table, taken on holiday and rescued from the bath. There should be a copy in every family and every classroom.