Portly McSwine
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It is also available in hardback from BBC Publications, 0 563 20053 7, £4.50 in March. We are grateful for help from Fontana in putting the book on our cover in full colour. Cover photos, by Douglas Playle, show Todd Carty, Erkan Mustafa, Nadia Chambers, Lee MacDonald, Lee Sparke, Paula Taras and Alison Vettles.
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Anticipating every possible disaster, Portly - the world's worst worrier - prepares for his National Swine Day party. However, the party is a huge success and the following day Portly begins planning for next year's celebration: 'What if next year's party isn't as good...'; being the eternal pessimist, the pathetic Portly has 364 days to worry about it.
I find it difficult to imagine who this book is aimed at: certainly not the very young; nor did it engender any enthusiasm from the sevens to tens I showed it to.
