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BfK No. 137 - November 2002

Cover Story
This issue's cover illustration is from Lian Hearn's Across the Nightingale Floor which is discussed by Clive Barnes. Thanks to Pan Macmillan for their help with this November cover.

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Max and the Rainbow Rain Hat

Gus Clarke
(Andersen Press Ltd)
32pp, 978-1842700785, RRP £9.99, Hardcover
Under 5s Pre-School/Nursery/Infant
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Max lives under a cloud - literally. Everywhere he goes the rain follows, so he never smiles and he has no friends. Who wants to talk to a bunny if it means getting wet? So Max is sad. Then he finds a solution; he makes a huge, multi-coloured rain hat. It is so big that it keeps him and all the other animals dry. Life becomes full and interesting, the cloud disappears, and Max is happy. The gentle, droll illustrations will be enjoyed even by very young children, but the full impact of the sophisticated theme - that the solution to happiness lies within oneself - will only be appreciated with more maturity.

Reviewer: 
Elizabeth Schlenther
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