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July 1, 2002/in Picture Book Under 5s Pre-School/Nursery/Infant /by Richard Hill
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BfK 135 July 2002
Reviewer: Gwynneth Bailey
ISBN: 978-1903012468
Price: Price not available
Publisher: Franklin Watts Ltd
Genre: Picture Book
Age Range: Under 5s Pre-School/Nursery/Infant
Length: 32pp
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Flop-Ear is Brave!

Author: Guido van Genechten

Bold yet gentle illustrations fill every spread in this reassuring story. The palette is warm throughout, with bold, black outlines. Flop-Ear excitedly prepares to sleep by himself, outdoors in a tent, whilst the parent bunnies anxiously hover and watch. Night falls. Flop-Ear is alone, and what fun he has until his torch battery fails. Sounds now become so scary that he stuffs a carrot into each ear. That is better! He can still see however, and an approaching shadow, becoming bigger and bigger, makes his heart beat wildly, and he does NOT feel brave. The comforting ending will dispel many a night-time fear, and will provide lots to talk about.

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