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BfK No. 169 - March 2008

Cover Story
This issue’s cover (photograph by Kamil Vojnar) is from Siobhan Dowd’s Bog Child. Siobhan Dowd is remembered by Julia Eccleshare. Thanks to Random House Children’s Books for their help with this January cover.

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The Littlest Pirate in a Pickle

Sherryl Clark
 Tom Jellet
(Catnip Publishing)
64pp, 978-1905117567, RRP £3.99, Paperback
5-8 Infant/Junior
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Nicholas the littlest pirate is not short, whatever his obnoxious cousin Primrose says but even when he wins a cup at the annual pirate games, Primrose is still not impressed. To prove himself, he rather unwisely suggests taking his cousin out on a raid. But things go wrong... However annoyed you might be with someone, Nicholas realises that showing mercy does rank higher than just giving up on rescuing Primrose (who has been captured by rival pirates). Clark tells this latest Nicholas story sympathetically, showing that she understands just how younger children feel in their everyday affairs and scrapes. This book would do well either for a child reading on its own, or as a story to be shared.

Reviewer: 
Rudolf Loewenstein
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