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March 1, 2014/in Picture Book Under 5s Pre-School/Nursery/Infant /by Angie Hill
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BfK 205 March 2014
Reviewer: Jana Novotny Hunter
ISBN: 978-0857071118
Price: £6.99
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's UK
Genre: Picture Book
Age Range: Under 5s Pre-School/Nursery/Infant
Length: 32pp
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Author: Claire FreedmanIllustrator: Russell Ayto

A visually stunning, zappy and original book where graphic bravado meets snappy text. Full of inventive, child-like gadgets including a fluff covered toffee, go-fast telescopic skis and walk-on-walls glue, Sid, our super-spy child-hero, foils a fire breathing dragon and returns stolen gold and jewels to the king. He does this by fearlessly sliding down drains, crawling through tunnels, paddling past crocodiles in shark-infested rivers and climbing slippery walls. What an amazing boy! An exciting book full of the kind of fun that only the most adept reader can enjoy (since the type zips about over every page, anarchic as the hero) although it will be great as a read aloud once the adult gets the hang of it.

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