Angela McAllister

Advantages: lovely story and illustrations
Disadvantages: none!

...'Brave Bitsy and the Bear' is a lovely childrens' picture story written by Angela McAllister and ilustrated by Tiphanie Beeke. The main characters in the story are a small toy rabbit called Bitsy and a big brown bear! At first sight, the title might suggest that Bitsy has to be brave and protect herself from the scary big bear, but in actual fact that is not what the story is about at all! It is actually about two different acts of kindness, and because of this, is a good one to share with young children. The story starts when poor Bitsy, who was going through the forest with her little girl owner, falls out of a pocket. She is scared but knows that she needs to try and find her way home so she sets off singing a brave song. This attracts the big brown bear who offers to help her find her way, even though he was just about to settle... Read review

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Advantages: quick read
Disadvantages: loads about, so hard to sell on.

...a collection of 4 stories in one book.My boyfriend bought me last year's Valentines Day one called "Valentine Affairs", it featured stories by: Anne Stuart, Anne Mc Allister, Linda Randall Wisdom, and Muriel Jensen.The recommended retail price was £4.99, but It was bought for 99p on a Boyes Store in about April. All were very enjoyable to read.I have since rereaed them as they were so good!!... Read review

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...I borrowed this book, Angela and Diabola, off my friend. The main storyline is about two twin girls(Angela and Diabola). Angela is perfect in every way and people beam with joy when they see her but Diabola is evil and people run in horror when they see her. The book starts off very boring but once you get past the first couple of chapters it gets hard to put down. This book has a wonderful mixture of humour and horror. I think the author has done a terrific job and I would reccommend this book to anyone over the age of eight. The characters all work very well together and illustrations are great too. This book ,I think, is a big hit1... Read review

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