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BfK No. 70 - September 1991

Cover Story
The illustration on the front of BfK this month is from Rub-a-Dub-Dub: Val Biro's 77 Favourite Nursery Rhymes (see Authorgraph for details). The book is published by Blackie and we thank them for their help in using this illustration.

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All My Own Stuff

Adrian Mitchell
 Frances Lloyd
(Hodder Wayland)
978-0750004473, RRP £3.99, Paperback
8-10 Junior/Middle
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An amazingly varied collection of poems from just one poet! There's something for everyone here from 'Rat It Up', a bouncy rythmic rat rap about rats looking for a 'ratting good time tonight' (this needed to be read fairly quickly and the children had to listen very, very carefully) to the shorter poems which, for me, were the funniest. Try the one about the infant elephant in such an embarrassing predicament with a rusk and 'My Yellow Jumper' about an extremely athletic banana with a will to win. My favourite has to be 'A Cat called Slumber' - a 'day shy tabby with collapsible ears'. The indigo illustrations blended with the text perfectly giving the feel of the cat's mystery and independence.

Reviewer: 
Pam Harwood
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