A Lamp for the Lambchops

The hero of Flat Stanley returns in a compelling and involving tale. A genie enters the lives of the Lambchop family: whishes are granted to all with resulting maythem. The author touches humorous nevers in servens-to-tens. there's particularly well-crafted flight across landscapes, drawn verbally by Brown and complemented by Blake's pictures. Brown can give us well-rounded adults, too. Stanley's parents emerge as game grown-ups who join in the fun. His Mum enjoys being famous for a day and, in a very funny episode, his Dad has a game of tennis in which he beats a brutish, unsporting champ called Tom McRude. Recommend - and do read them Flat Stanley if they don't already know it.