Five Finger-Piglets
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Cover Story
This issue’s cover is from Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s Monkey Puzzle. Written in rhyme, this agreeable story has butterfly helping little monkey to find his mum. Scheffler’s distinctive, entertaining and strongly characterised illustrations make good use of the page as little monkey meets lots of jungle inhabitants before being reunited with his mum. Thanks to Macmillan Children’s Books for their help in producing this July cover.
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Five Finger-Piglets
Jackie Kay and Gareth Owen
This is the fourth anthology from Macmillan's popular five poet series. Jackie Kay, Carol Ann Duffy and Gareth Owen join Roger McGough and Brian Patten in a hugely enjoyable anthology. This is high quality children's poetry covering subjects from imaginary friends and mafia cats to football and dens to rent. There are new poems from Carol Ann Duffy like 'Lies' - 'I like to go out for the day and tell lies./ The day should be overcast/ with a king of purple, electric edge to the clouds;/ and not too hot or cold,/ but cool. I turn up the collar of my coat/ and narrow my eyes.' - and old favourites - McGough's 'Friendship Poems' and Patten's 'The Pensive Pencils'. Excellent poems in an excellent poems in an excellent selection.