A Box of Ogres
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BfK No. 70 - September 1991
Cover Story
The illustration on the front of BfK this month is from Rub-a-Dub-Dub: Val Biro's 77 Favourite Nursery Rhymes (see Authorgraph for details). The book is published by Blackie and we thank them for their help in using this illustration.
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Send to friendA Box of Ogres
(Hodder Wayland)
978-0750004411, RRP £3.99, Paperback
8-10 Junior/Middle
When Johnny gets bored, his Mum sends him shopping for groceries ... and a box of ogres. They escape, of course, and it takes some quick thinking to ensure that their voracious appetites are diverted from human flesh. A marvellously quirky story with stridently vivid illustrations; my class loved the classically hideous ogres. This Gremlins-like tale would be a particularly useful stimulus for reluctant readers and writers.
