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I Know an Old Lady ... a funny sort of joke book

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BfK No. 89 - November 1994

Cover Story
Our cover this month features King Kong, Anthony Browne’s new picture book published by Julie MacRae, to whom we’re most grateful for help in using this illustration.

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I Know an Old Lady ... a funny sort of joke book

Brough Girling
Illustrated by Arthur Robins
(Walker Books Ltd)
978-0744531572, RRP £3.99, Paperback
10-14 Middle/Secondary
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Woven cleverly around 'I know an old lady who swallowed a fly', this slim volume faithfully records every ear-assaulting joke heard in junior classrooms and several dozen more they might not know about yet. Before you decide your mind might give way under the strain, do sample the illustrations - they're full of bright colour and hilarious details that only become apparent after some really close scrutiny. Look for the spider - the one with the custom-built crutch! Zanier humour will be difficult to find.

Reviewer: 
Pam Harwood
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