New BIG Sister; New BIG House

Any initial resistance one might have towards this kind of 'formula book' is instantly dispelled by looking through the eyes of our young narrator as her family face BIG changes - reality it ain't, but charming and reassuring it certainly is! Debi Gliori's illustrations and quirky text are refreshing in their gentle humour and comfortable celebration of the ordinary trials of family life. Her depiction of musical beds in the household as the twins decamp to sleep, like 'starfish', till morning in mum's bed while Dad folds himself up in the bunk bed, will strike a chord with many a bruised and battered parent.