Tansy's Rescue ¦ Eeyore and the Broken Collar

With all the exciting and colourful picture paperbacks around, I cannot see many children choosing to buy or read these books which look, and are, frankly - dull. They have been written to promote the cause of the Donkey Sanctuary and the stories are centred on the lives of some of the residents. But stories which attempt to further a cause, however worthy, seldom succeed and these are no exception.