One Too Many Tigers ¦ Squeak! Squeak!
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This issue's cover is from Andrew Matthews' and Angela Barrett's The Orchard Book of Shakespeare Stories. Angela Barrett is interviewed by Quentin Blake. Thanks to Orchard Books for their help with this November cover.
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One Too Many Tigers
Illustrated by Andy Ellis
Squeak! Squeak!
Here are two picture books from the 'Hodder Toddler' series. In Squeak! Squeak! Grandad, Grandma, Mummy and Daddy all join toddler Nelly as she marches and makes monster steps and bunny hops in her smart new shoes. However, a curious squeak, squeak follows the family around. There is a well-constructed pause as each adult whispers to Nelly what they think the squeak might be, whilst the reader is introduced to the concept of the think bubble in the illustrations. The resolution is beautifully handled in text and pictures.
One Too Many Tigers is a wonderful little counting book which will demand to be read again and again! It has an exciting climax with a twist. Tootle the baby tiger sleeps lazily with his parents in the Tiger Tree. When Cockatoo brings Titbit, the new tiger baby, in a tiny basket, the branches snap and all fall to the ground. 'Leaping leopards! 'Jumping jaguars!' cry the parent tigers. 'WHATEVER SHALL WE DO?' With cockatoo's help, they find the answer, and all seems fine ... but is it? Lots of fun.
