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The Anti-Colouring Book

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BfK No. 1 - March 1980

Cover Story
The first issue of Books for Keeps ever published! But we couldn't afford full-colour!  Illustration from The Enormous Crocodile by Roald Dahl, picture by Quentin Blake. Published by Joanathon Cape and Puffin Books.

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The Anti-Colouring Book

Susan Striker and Edward Kimmel
NON FICTION
8-10 Junior/Middle

Opposed to 'colouring in' because it 'kills creativity', the creators of this book have devised a halfway house between that and the real freedom of blank pieces of paper. Each page has a frame, an idea and a big space. Children (and adults) are invited to design a flag for a new planet, draw the worst nightmare you ever had, draw what these people are looking at, etc. Our copy has been well used - it might be a good thing to have on hand for a wet Easter if you've got, 99p to spare.

Reviewer: 
Pat Triggs
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