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Barney's Forgotten Birthday ¦ Barney's Big Spring Clean

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BfK No. 57 - July 1989

Cover Story
The stunning photograph on our cover by George Bernard is taken from Strawberry by Jennifer Coldrey, published by A & C Black in the 'Stopwatch' series (0 7136 3052 3, £4.50).

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Barney's Forgotten Birthday

Peter Bonnici
Illustrated by Lisa Kopper
(Mammoth)
978-0416140026, RRP £2.50, Paperback
Under 5s Pre-School/Nursery/Infant
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Barney's Big Spring Clean

Peter Bonnici
Illustrated by Lisa Kopper
(Mammoth)
978-0416140125, RRP £2.50, Paperback
Under 5s Pre-School/Nursery/Infant
Buy "Barney's Big Spring Clean" on Amazon

There was a rapturous response to these two books from my Infants. Barney, a real favourite from TV, is a large bumbling Old English Sheepdog who, with a crew of unlikely friends, bumbles his way from close catastrophe to near disaster. The books themselves have all the charm of Lisa Kopper's gentle illustrations and a simple reassuring storyline. The children knew the formula and guessed the outcome each time, though a couple of the more literal-minded wondered, as I did, just who was going to clear up all the mess that resulted from Barney's spring clean!

Reviewer: 
Judith Sharman
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