Dorrie and the Goblin ¦ Dorrie and the Birthday Eggs
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The illustrations on our cover are taken from Starting School by Janet and Allan Ahlberg, published by Viking Kestrel (0 670 81688 4, £6.95). We are grateful to Viking Kestrel for help in using these illustrations.
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Dorrie and the Birthday Eggs
Dorrie, the little witch whose hat is always on crooked and who wears odd socks, has long been a favourite with readers just beginning to go solo, so it is good to see that Puffin have re-issued these titles with improved covers.
In the first story a goblin emerges from the laundry basket and proceeds to create havoc throughout Dorrie's house where a special Magic Show is to be held. Only the Short High Sorcerer can 'spell' it away but he is nowhere to be found - or is he? All comes right in the end as it does in Dorrie and the Birthday Eggs wherein the young Dorrie comes up against Thinniever Vetch, the trouble-making witch.
The illustrations in these books are a delight. Readers who cut their literary teeth on 'Meg and Mog' have here another endearing witch for the next stage.
