You'll Soon Grow into Them, Titch

A long awaited follow-up to the favourite Titch; this book sees the hero, now rather larger, being offered his brother and sister's outgrown clothes. These he reluctantly accepts till Mum decides that he can have something new and Dad takes him to buy a brand new outfit. But this is only the surface story: the events actually take place over a number of months. Pat Hutchins cleverly establishes the bond with her readers in the very first picture wherein we are shown Mum knitting and a bird on a brunch outside the window. As the tale unfolds Mum becomes more obviously pregnant (this is not mentioned in the text), the plants grow, the mother bird raises her young and finally, Mum appears with a new baby brother. As in her classic Rosie's Walk, Pat Hutchins here offers learner readers the opportunity to learn one of the untaught reading lessons: the words aren't all that are important: what is Not being said can matter a great deal.