Billy and Belle
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The illustration on our March cover is by Chris Riddell. It is taken from Philip Ridley's new book, Meteorite Spoon, published by Viking, to whom we're grateful for help in using this illustration. Details of the book are given in the Authorgraph.
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Chaos and kindness surround Billy and Belle's family the day their new baby brother is born. Little sister Belle goes with big brother Billy to school and as it happens it's 'Pet's Day'. Belle doesn't have a pet with her but finds a spider which she temporarily adopts. Sensibly the teacher puts all the pets outside, but Belle wants another look at her spider and opens all the cages and boxes in her search for it. Eventually calm is restored and going-home time comes. Later that evening Mum arrives home with the new baby and the family is together again. I really like this book; it's full of fun and there's lots of action with varied page layouts, including speech bubbles. It also reflects our intercultural community as Dad is black, Mum is white and some of Billy's schoolfriends represent other nationalities.
