Girl Stole Elephant review
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The Girl Who Stole an Elephant | Book Review

By Nizrana Farook (Nosy Crow)

‘She wrapped her legs around the top of the pillar, splayed on the ceiling like a gecko, hands gripping the roof gutter for support.

She stretched to the maximum, her arm muscles thrumming with the strain. The servant girl was right underneath…’

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Hilary McKay's Fairy Tales review
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Hilary McKay’s Fairy Tales | Review

By author Hilary McKay and illustrator Sarah Gibb (Macmillan Children’s Books)

With wonderful silhouette-style illustrations, McKay and Gibb’s ‘Fairy Tales’ is a book that goes far beyond a simple “retelling” of ten of the most well-known fairy tales.

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