GOOD NEWS! BAD NEWS!.
by Colin McNaughton.
(Collins, 9.99).
Beware - this book is not for the squeamish in your nursery (and that includes adults too). Don't let babies near, or they will have nightmares. For starters, the endpapers are filled with a close-up picture of a monster with slavery choppers and enormous googly eyes, and Dracula appears right at the end. However, for those able to take the pressure, it's a pacey story that provides lots of opportunities for thinking skills. Opposite extremes are presented through the lively text and action-packed illustrations. So it's good news that it's a beautiful day, but instantly bad news when the boy hero learns he has to go to the dentist. The reader careers back and forth between these two options, and is given some genuine surprises along the way. When the boy is rescued from bullies by some friendly aliens, this is definitely good news, but when he finds out they smell like babies' nappies, well, you can guess.
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