Brunus and the New Bear ¦ Theodore All Grown Up

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BfK No. 46 - September 1987

Cover Story
The illustration on our cover is by Stephen Lavis and is taken from the paperback edition of The Hounds of The Morrigan by Pat O'Shea (Puffin, 014 03.2207 8, £2.95). We are grateful to Puffin Books for help in using this illustration.

Brunus and the New Bear

Ellen Stoll Walsh

(Hodder Children's Books)

978-0340410943, RRP £2.50, Paperback

5-8 Infant/Junior

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Theodore All Grown Up

Ellen Stoll Walsh

(Picture Knight)

978-0340410936, RRP £2.50, Paperback

5-8 Infant/Junior

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Two feelings-centred picture books from America: the sensitivity of the themes - sibling jealously and the advantages and disadvantages of being 'grown up' - are gently underscored though the whole design of the books with their lovely muted colour illustrations contained within brown line frames, on cream paper. Essentially these are books for private reflective reading although I can see Brunus and the New Bear also being read as an assembly story in the same way as John Brown, Rose and the Midnight Cat. Both books are highly recommended.

Reviewer:

Jill Bennett