Horatio's Bed

This book creates a whole world and explores very human feelings - all within the confines of the playroom. Horatio's Bed has long been a favourite of our Infants in hardback and Walker's faithfully reproduced paperback should make the book accessible to more children. Camilla Ashforth's characterisation is exceptional in terms of both text and illustration. The care and love which determines the efforts James goes to in order to make a bed for his rabbit friend, Horatio, and his ability to overcome his unhappiness at having his private box rifled, are tenderly explored. Horatio's glee at doing it and his remorse are equally carefully shown. This world is one any adult and child will want to revisit again and again.