The Young Performing Horse

Yeoman's imaginative text is again perfectly matched by Blake's characteristically witty pictures in this tale of a pantomime horse who is bought by a couple of poor farm children. There's a rich theatrical background and a strong sense of intertext in the Dickensian tone of the tale --- much enjoyed by those older juniors who knew the R.S.C. tele-version of Nicholas Nickleby. Younger children will just enjoy the riotous pace of it all. Look at the generous double-page spread of Victorian London to see how the imaginative collaboration of author and artist teach children the movement and scope of storytelling.