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BfK No. 242 - May 2020
BfK 242 May 2020

This issue’s cover illustration is from Pests written and illustrated by Emer Stamp. Thanks to Hodder Children’s Books for their help with this May cover.

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The Lost Book

Margarita Surnaite
32pp, PICTURE BOOK, 1783448814
5-8 Infant/Junior

Henry is not keen on books – unlike everyone else in Rabbit Town; books are everywhere there – boring. Henry would rather have a real life adventure. That is until he finds the Lost Book. It needs to be found and Henry sets off to look for the owner – and finds himself having ‘an adventure so exciting it could have been in a book’.

This is artist Margarita Surnaite’s debut picture book. Stylishly presented, her clear uncluttered style uses subtle outlines and a cool pastel palette, that perfectly matches the minimal text. Does this mean that the storyline is vague or elliptical? Far from it; with commendable economy, Surnaite presents a narrative that would make sense without the illustration. However, together they create a richly enjoyable experience where the words are mirrored and extended by the images. For here is not just a story in which the animal world and the human meet; rather it is about imagination itself and how story can inhabit reality – and vice versa. With clear font and spacious design this is a pleasure to read and Margarita Surnaite an author-illustrator to watch.

Reviewer: 
Ferelith Hordon
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