Nursery School with Teddy Bear ¦ Pets' Corner with Teddy Bear
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This issue’s cover is from Raymond Briggs and Allan Ahlberg’s The Adventures of Bert. Raymond Briggs and Allan Ahlberg discuss their creative collaboration. Thanks to Puffin Children’s Books for their help with this September cover.
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Nursery School with Teddy Bear
Pets' Corner with Teddy Bear
These latest 'Teddy Bear' titles are sturdy hardbacks built to stand up to the wear and tear of a pre-school or nursery environment. They need to be - the textures in McQuade's oil on canvas illustrations demand to be fingered, stroked and patted, particularly in Pets' Corner wherein Teddy meets the likes of a fluffy-tailed rabbit, a ripply-shelled tortoise and a friendly llama.
We also share Teddy Bear's first day at nursery as he eats breakfast, meets the lollipop Teddy and shares the creative activities and routines with a new friend. Of the straightforward, present tense narratives, the language used in Pets' Corner is the more stimulating. The large, well-spaced text is inviting for early reading.
