The Weatherbirds
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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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The Weatherbirds
Michael Fish says this is 'an interesting and unusual way to explain the complexities of weather'. Speaking as one who finds Mr Fish's personality pleasant but his forecasting muddled and obtuse I can only respond that this book is to meteorology what Michael Fish is to men's fashion. Professor Stork and Captain Goose pilot their all-weather pram-carrying (Stork - geddit?) air-ship on an extended transatlantic return trip encountering all kinds of met. conditions on the way which are explained by the professor in an ingenious/hilarious/tedious (depending on your point of view) manner as they go. I find this approach too wacky to be effective in book form, though it could form the basis of an excellent TV show, and about as flat as one of Mr Fish's depressions.
