Very Hungry Caterpillar , The
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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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Very Hungry Caterpillar , The
This dual-language edition of this popular picture book (also available in Bengali, Chinese, Gujarati, Somali, Urdu and Vietnamese with English) has an Arabic translation printed above the English copy. On the whole this works well, though there is a little inconsistency in decisions about spacing between the two languages – there are a couple of pages where the Arabic text looks rather squeezed in and others where it is swimming above the English text (at varying heights).
