The Revolting Baby
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The Revolting Baby
Illustrated by Katinka Kew
(Puffin Books)
978-0140366556, RRP £3.50, Paperback
8-10 Junior/Middle
To Katie it's the 'coochie-coo' fussing which is revolting and as she 'could probably run a playgroup single-handed' just looking after Baby Emily will be 'a doddle'. Predictably, Emily's agility and curiosity are seriously underestimated and she soon gobbles an earwig, becomes covered in syrup, newspaper print, black boot polish ... and inseparable from her new toy, a large and dirty log, which, with the whisper-blue dress all scrunched, smeared and crumpled, can't create the spruced-up baby sweetness needed at the photographers. Katie's complacency is bound to have repercussions! Great characters, storyline and humour leave you smiling for a long time afterwards. Brilliant!
