Mulberry home alone
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This issue’s cover is from the picture book adaptation of C S Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe illustrated by Christian Birmingham. Thanks to Collins Children’s Books for their help in producing this November cover.
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Mulberry home alone
Illustrated by Tania Hurt-Newton
Mulberry does not like it when his people go out without patting him on the head and giving him his doggy crunchy things. Havoc results as he searches the kitchen for his biscuits, scatters the rubbish bin and chases the cat, but all is well eventually when the family return and normality is restored. This simple storyline is enlivened by Grindley's sympathetic text and the beautiful hues of Hurt-Newton's vibrant illustrations. First Storybooks are pitched at 'the gap between picture books and chapter books' and on the evidence of this example should provide a welcoming invitation to reading for beginners.
