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

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!