Please, Princess Primrose!
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This issue’s cover is from a stunning new picture book, Mary’s Secret by David McKee (Andersen Press, 0 86264 909 9, £9.99). An ecological fable about doing without cars, McKee’s story with its bright pictures full of well observed detail is set within Mary’s cheerful family and at her school. His bold, painterly illustrations use the page so confidently and dextrously that their quirky, decorative perspectives seem entirely natural. Thanks to Andersen Press for their help in producing this September cover.
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Please, Princess Primrose!
Illustrated by Chris Fisher
Princess Primrose is spoilt something rotten by the King, Queen and all the household. Her dismissive attitude to birthday gifts from her doting parents and her constant demands are downright rude. It takes cook’s boy and a game of hide-and-seek to make princess and parents change their ways. Primrose’s character and indeed, the sycophantic attitude of her parents are eloquently painted providing stage directions as to how to read the story (the coaxing tones and honeyed words used on the princess reminded me of those used by the Queen’s courtiers in Blackadder ) and the seductive layout makes the longish text undaunting.
