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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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Another in the very successful set of stories about Old Bear and his friends. In this one Ruff, a toy dog, is the new arrival in the playroom. Unfortunately, he's never had a birthday, even though he thinks he's now seven, and so the animals decide to give him a week of birthdays to help him catch up. As long as you explain that normally one has to have a year between birthdays (a difficult idea for many young children as it is) this is a hugely enjoyable addition to a popular series with a comforting and satisfyingly happy ending.
