Who's Been Sleeping in My Porridge?
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Cover story
On the front of BfK this month is the cover of Yesterday by Adèle Geras. The artwork is by Carolyn Piggford. This book is one from the 'Teenage Memoirs' series published by Walker (see the article, All Their Yesterdays, in this issue) and Adèle, of course, is the subject of our Authorgraph - see centre-spread. Our thanks to Walker Books for their help in using this illustration.
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Who's Been Sleeping in My Porridge?
With a title like this, a book doesn't stand a chance of staying on the shelf - even for a rest! It's an hilarious collection of 'daft poems' and dafter pictures that could could only have come from the quirkily, wonderful imagination of Colin McNaughton. The reader needs to have had earlier experience of fairy stories and nursery rhymes to appreciate some of the fun, as in the title poem, but its irrepressible bounciness nevers lets up for a syllable. This turns the nursery world on its head.