2013-14 (collected 2014) / Ecomics / 106 pages
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A generic pirate story with a sweet twist ending. We'll get around to the others eventually.
2019 / School book / 24 pages
**
Comprehensive instructions, phonics practice and '90s primary school hair.
2022 / School book / 24 pages
***
Valuable lessons in biodiversity, environmental protection and how to pronounce annoying words. I liked how it explained various creature's intuitive adaptations, then concluded with a crazy giraffe weevil without explanation, like they should be able to work that out for themselves.
Various, The Usborne Book of Christmas Carols
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If you're looking up your childhood Christmas carols book for nostalgia in 2049, it was this one. We got out the Christmas things and the six year old was really taken with these timeless hits, as I remember being at the same age. The downside is that I have to sing her to sleep now, rather than sticking on the My Little Pony music box video while I watch subtitled telly. I bought one with sheet music included, because the idea that I might actually learn to play the piano during her childhood somehow seemed feasible at the time.
2013 / School book / 32 pages
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Anticlimactic story that turned out to be about feelings rather than adventure. We spent most of the time finding all the cats on page 1.
