Happy Birthday, Amelia
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This issue’s cover is from Edward Ardizzone’s Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain. Brian Alderson discusses this classic picture book, now reissued in a beautiful new edition by Scholastic in ‘Classics in Short’. Thanks to Scholastic Children’s Books for their help in producing this January cover.
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Happy Birthday, Amelia
Illustrated by Jenny Jones
When Amelia gets up on her birthday morning she finds brothers and sisters fast asleep and parents engrossed in tasks. Despondently, she sets off to collect the eggs. Inside the henhouse she discovers an envelope addressed to her, marked with a red heart. She is led on a treasure hunt around the farm until finally she reaches the orchard, festooned with balloons, where she sees her family waiting with a picnic. What a celebration! Sturdy Amelia and her solid family in their bucolic settings are warmly illustrated in a style reminiscent of Beryl Cook.
