![]() He needs to think of some way to show Hetty how much he loves her. Waldo looks as though he's about to lose Heavy Hetty to the dashing Ed, her new fitness trainer. Kaye Umansky's The Jealous Giant, illustrated by Doffy Weir (Barn Owls, £4.50, age: 5+), is a warm and entertaining story with some smart original touches. "How to keep your girl" might seem an unlikely subject to engage an aspiring reader, but it also makes a welcome change from the familiar first reader fare. ![]() They, like all the rest, are fed by the moon zookeeper who swings pails of Neptune salad and Pluto pie from her eight scaly hands - an imaginary feast that inspires close attention. ![]() Brief and delicate verses capture the ethereal and entertaining qualities of this imaginary moon on which polar bears float like giant clouds and hippos wallow in craters. ![]() ![]() Having delighted readers for 30 years, Judith Kerr's Mog The Forgetful Cat (HarperCollins, £5.99, age: 4+), the story of a remarkable and unusual cat whose forgetfulness brings unexpected rewards, is available in a handsome new edition which gives Kerr's stylised and clean-lined illustrations space to be fully enjoyed.įamiliar zoo animals are juxtaposed with an unfamiliar lunar landscape in Carol Ann Duffy and Joel Stewart's Moon Zoo (Macmillan, £4.99, age: 5+). ![]()
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