Little Red Tractor To the Rescue; The Day Jeremy Came to Stay

It's a sad sign of the times that the leaflet tucked into these books proclaims:

'Teachers looking for new ways into topics on Food and Farming, Animals or Machines for National Curriculum Key Stage One need look no further than Colin Reed's Little Red Tractor Stories.'

What a kiss of death for any author! Well, the poor man needn't worry. Luckily, this dreary assertion doesn't alter the fact that these are actually rather well-written and nicely illustrated stories, all about the day-today doings of a farm tractor. They could even wean the odd child away from Thomas the Tank Engine - a real bonus for teachers.