The Family Album

'Granpa beckons us over and quick as can be We all snuggle down on the squashy settee.' This provided a family history session which honestly left a class of six- and seven-year-olds (plus me, of course) chuckling long after the downright raucous laughter had waned. There's Cousin Charlie who's 'only just ten' and has 'lived in the kitchen since goodness knows when', not to mention super-powered-bike-mad Annabelle Jane, disguise artists Uncle Ignatius and Auntie Diane, Great Uncle Bertie (who thinks he's a budgie), Uncle Marvello and Auntie Shazam (alias Eric and Pam), Baby Cedric super crawler, tardy Cousin Ted, paint-potty Cousin Lucy and many more... A brilliant book, brilliantly illustrated, which defies anyone to keep a straight face. No classroom, staff-room, home or library should be without it.