Red Eyes at Night
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This issue's cover is from Emma Chichester Clark's picture book, More! Emma Chichester Clark is interviewed by Quentin Blake. Thanks to Andersen Children's Books for their help in producing this cover.
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Red Eyes at Night
Illustrated by Tony Ross
On flicking through this book one first notices the three BLACK pages with WHITE text. Scary! Geraldine (aged 8) is a regular, but loathed, summer holidays visitor. Loathed by Millie (10) who can't bear her brilliant cousin. Geraldine can play the cello, tap-dance, and do cartwheels, AND she's a show-off. All this perfection demands a plotted downfall, and the ghostly, ghastly mystery of the Red Eyes at Night unfolds. Morpurgo writes in a direct, chatty style, in the first person. Ross's sketches are witty and full of fear ... or fury ... or fun. Just right for newly independent readers; the type-set is bold, interspersed with lots of pictures, and it reads aloud well.
