High Hopes
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The illustration on the front of BfK this month is from Let's Go Home, Little Bear by Martin Waddell and illustrated by Barbara Firth (see Authorgraph for details). The book is published by Walker Books and we thank them for their help in using this illustration.
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High Hopes
12-year-old Julia takes it upon herself to look after her father and help him through such embarrassing difficulties as his poor command of English. She secretly arranges for him to have English lessons and then finds him kissing Anabel, the teacher. Julia feels her whole life threatened and embarks on a comical attempt to murder Anabel which results in her father being unable to resist a 'poisoned' cake because it smells so good. There's a lovely confidence in the storytelling and a clever blending of the comic and serious.
