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The Long, Blue Blazer

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BfK No. 110 - May 1998

Cover Story
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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The Long, Blue Blazer

Jeanne Willis
Illustrated by Susan Varley
(Andersen Press Ltd)
32pp, 978-0862647902, RRP £4.99, Paperback
Under 5s Pre-School/Nursery/Infant
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When first published in hardback in 1987 this picture book was immediately acclaimed as the special book it is so this paperback edition was greeted with delight. Now we can replace our well loved but tatty copies! This is a book that works on many levels --- it delights children as even the youngest pick up the clues that the new boy in the class is not quite what he seems! The messages are powerful about accepting differences, about welcoming newcomers who may be feeling strange and above all about empathy, yet the touch is light and we do not feel lectured but rather privileged to have been able to share the time that the boy in the long blue blazer spends on earth.

Reviewer: 
Judith Sharman
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