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BfK No. 9 - July 1981

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Illustration provided by Longman from the The World of Tomorrow.

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Not now Bernard

David McKee
(Red Fox)
978-0099240501, RRP £4.99, Paperback
5-8 Infant/Junior
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'Not now Bernard' is the response a small boy gets from his busy parents, even when he tells them of the monster who is going to eat him up. And, what is more, Bernard does get eaten, a fact that, in my experience, children seem to relish. O.K. so their interpretation of what is really a transformation tale will be different from an adult's, but they undoubtedly get a lot of fun out of the story. It was one of the most read books in my infant class last year, but I have found it equally successful with eleven and twelve-year-olds who don't find reading easy.

Reviewer: 
Jill Bennett
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