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BfK No. 56 - May 1989

Cover Story
The illustration on our cover is taken from Rise, Shine! by Fiona French, published in April by Methuen (0 416 08122 3, £5.95).

We are grateful to Methuen for help in using this illustration.

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Kangaroo Court

Mary O'Toole
 Keith McEwan
(Macmillan Children's Books)
978-0333487105, RRP £1.75, Paperback
5-8 Infant/Junior
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One of the 'Kookaburra' series originally published down under, this tells in rhyme of a succession of Australian animals who announce the impending arrival of 'a terrible monster' to a disbelieving judge. Each animal adds to the description but receives the same reply until finally a gorilla appears behind the judge's chair. I'm not sure what children will make of this slightly surreal tale with its rather obscure theme; it certainly left me somewhat bemused.

Reviewer: 
Jill Bennett
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