Wacky Wild Animals
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This issue’s cover illustration by Fangorn is taken from Brian Jacques’ Lord Brocktree (Hutchinson, 0 09 176877 2, £12.99), the thirteenth title in the internationally best-selling Redwall series. Salamandastron, the ancestral home of the Badger Lords, is under threat from Ungatt Trunn, an enemy whose power would seem to be absolute and whose evil knows no bounds. The only hope for survival is the badger Lord Brocktree who is drawn to the fortress by an undeniable sense of destiny. Brian Jacques' masterful storytelling as always spins a web of high adventure that will enthral the reader from the first page to the last. Thanks to Hutchinson Children’s Books for their help in producing this September cover.
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Wacky Wild Animals
Illustrated by Peter Allen
This selection of 'wacky' poems about animals and birds is the fourth book in Macmillan's 'Time for a Rhyme' series. Familiar and unfamiliar poets write knockabout poems more to do with rhyme and wordplay than the animal subjects of the poems more to do with rhyme and wordplay than the animal subjects of the poems. Infants and younger readers will probably enjoy these 'fast-food' poems at the time of reading but I began to long for a bit more substance, something that was not made to be consumed quickly and then forgotten. Notable exceptions are Pie Corbett, and Moira Andrew whose simple opening poem 'Lion King' has a richness which lingers in the imagination long after the page has been turned.
