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Emma's Pet

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BfK No. 58 - September 1989

Cover Story
The illustration on our cover by Catherine Denvir is taken from the Lions Tracks edition of Where Nobody Sees by James Watson (0 00 672986 X, £2.50 pbk) published by Collins. We are grateful to Collins for help in using this illustration.

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Emma's Pet

David McPhail
(Puffin Books)
978-0140331370, RRP £2.50, Paperback
5-8 Infant/Junior
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Emma's search for a 'big soft cuddly pet' turns up some unlikely and highly unsuitable candidates including a bug, a snake and someone else's dog. But finally she finds just what she's looking for in the shape of her big soft cuddly dad. Yes, it does sound rather cosy but the humour in David McPhail's illustrations and situations lift it above over-sentimentality. A brief, easy-to-read text makes this Pocket Puffin ideal for less confident readers as well as beginners.

Reviewer: 
Jill Bennett
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