Callie's Castle ¦ The Ghost and the Goggle Box

Two more in this new paperback imprint from Angus & Robertson, originally published in Australia. Large format, spacious layout, good type-size and well conceived line illustrations make these a good bet for the middle range from the design and production point of view.

The story content here is also good quality. Callie's Castle by the excellent Ruth Park exactly captures the feelings of a ten-year-old for whom nothing is going right. Family tensions, exciting discoveries as Grandpa helps Callie to find a place for herself literally and figuratively. The Ghost and the Goggle Box is a less reflective, more robust tale in which Roger encounters a strangely haunted TV set. Exciting and amusing and not without insights into a whole range of human behavior.