Jenny's Baby Brother ¦ Pete and Roland

Despite his charm to others, Jenny finds her baby brother a real bore until one teatime he hits her SPLAT in the face with a well-aimed spoonful of custard. From then on he becomes more and more interesting - a real person in fact.

Pete is a small boy and Roland the name he gives to the blue budgie he finds in the garden early one morning. Roland's antics are a source of pleasure for both Pete and the reader who shares Pete's sadness when Roland files away. There is a disarming reality in the portrayal of the children: the matte-of-fact way of telling and the humour of the freely drawn illustrations result in two beguiling books.