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November 5, 2015/in Picture Book Under 5s Pre-School/Nursery/Infant /by Angie Hill
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BfK 215 November 2015
Reviewer: Ferelith Hordon
ISBN: 978-1847807175
Price: £17.56
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Genre: Picture Book
Age Range: Under 5s Pre-School/Nursery/Infant
Length: 40pp
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The Bear and the Piano

Author: David Litchfield

What happens when a small bear finds a piano in the forest? He learns to play it, is discovered and whisked off to fame and fortune. But is this enough?

In this debut picture book, David Litchfield takes a theme that will have a resonance for even the youngest, growing up in a world where the cult of fame is very real. It is a gentle story with a strong message at the end; wherever your talent may take you, the friends and family you leave behind are important. It is a straightforward narrative that is presented without embellishment. However, it is the illustrations that bring the words to life. Glowing colours, bold double spreads that obliterate the gutter creating a wide vista, to vignettes that expand the storyline, all combine with the charmingly naive bear to create real visual excitement – but without gimmicks. We step into the forest the moment we open the front cover, a place of flickering colour and silence; as we close the book at the end we, stand, like the bear and his friend facing a future of bright light and possibilities – but the forest world is still there. Here is a new young illustrator with a distinctive style and talent to follow; I look forward to seeing his next book.

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