Little Ted Lost; Oliver and the Big Green Snake
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Cover Story
The March cover of BfK features Dilly the Dinosaur who is 10 years old this year. Her author, Tony Bradman, is the subject of our Authorgraph this month. We are grateful to Reed Books for their help in reproducing this illustration from Susan Hellard's original artwork.
Little Ted Lost
Oliver and the Big Green Snake
These books contain a selection of stories about two small children, both boys unfortunately, and their everyday adventures. The difference between these and many other books with a similar theme is that they're written with the overt purpose of teaching Christian religious ideas hence Jesus, God and praying feature very strongly. You may like this, either because you share the philosophy, or just because you welcome any resources to help with infant RE, in which case Oliver and Simon and their families will be just what you need. Alternatively, you may consider them to be potentially good stories spoilt by the intrusion of an almost Victorian emphasis on the Christian message. Either way, I find it interesting that, if you don't spot the publisher's name, you'd never know from the cover what the hidden agenda is.


