Delilah and the Dogspell
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This month BfK features Jane Ray’s cover for The Twelve Dancing Princesses. We’re particularly delighted to have the opportunity to use this illustration as it enables us to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Orchard Books - they’re 10 this year! And also to thank them for their help in producing our July cover.
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Delilah and the Dogspell
Illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark
It is after midnight; Delilah knows that this is a special time when humans sleep and cats are queen. It is her first night in a new home...' 'Mustapha Marzavan had said. "You will always be safe, because, I have given you the gift of magic." Readers are thereby drawn into the spellbinding tale of Delilah, queen of the night and garden, a feline witch who can shrink dogs and even make them vanish. Interesting use of alternating present and past tense adds to the dramatic effect of the story which would be a good read-aloud for younger juniors as well as enticing solo reading for those with confidence. Enthusiasts will enjoy the sequel, Delilah and the Dishwasher Dogs (ill. Ben Cort, 0 7497 1846 3, £3.50) which is also full of action and fun.
