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The Sprog Owner's Manual

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BfK No. 147 - July 2004

Cover Story
This issue's cover illustration by Adrian Reynolds is from Julia Jarman's Big Red Bath, published by Orchard Books. Julia Jarman is interviewed by Stephanie Nettell. Thanks to Orchard Books for their help with this July cover.

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The Sprog Owner's Manual

Babette Cole
(Jonathan Cape Ltd)
40pp, 978-0224064873, RRP £10.99, Hardcover
5-8 Infant/Junior
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Cole's wonderfully off-the-wall humour is given full rein in this guide to good sprogs and bad sprogs. The author has achieved a level of popularity and status that allows her to say and draw things that would never get past an editor were they suggested by a less well-established artist. And her books are all the better for that. Here we are treated to detailed anatomical diagrams of the vile internal workings of bad sprogs, alongside their wholesome and angelic counterparts. A healthy preoccupation with matters of a scatological nature is always a surefire hit with small people and Cole's is particularly unhindered by any thoughts of political correctness. Her use of media is highly appropriate, incorporating as it does collaged human or dog hair and goodness knows what other unpleasant materials. A fabulously disgusting book. I have a horrible feeling that there may be a 'scratch and sniff' version coming soon.

Reviewer: 
Martin Salisbury
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