Alfie Lends a Hand & An Evening at Alfie's ¦ The Alfie and Annie Rose Story Tape

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BfK No. 65 - November 1990

Cover Story
The illustration on our cover is taken from Stories for Children by Oscar Wilde, illustrated by P J Lynch, 0 7500 0302 2, £10.00 (see Fairy Tale Favourites). The book is published by Simon & Schuster and we're grateful to them for help in using this illustration.

Alfie Lends a Hand & An Evening at Alfie's

Shirley Hughes
Thora Hird

11 mins., BOOK & TAPE, cassette with Picture Lions book

Under 5s Pre-School/Nursery/Infant

The Alfie and Annie Rose Story Tape

Shirley Hughes
Thora Hird

33 mins

Under 5s Pre-School/Nursery/Infant

Thora Hird's warm, cosy voice is exactly right for these homely stories; like an ideal granny with phrases such as 'But do you know what he did then?' fully involving young listeners. The book and cassette are attractive packages with the paperback full of Shirley Hughes' detailed, multi-cultural illustrations. The Alfie and Annie Rose stories are reassuring, familiar and absorbing - Alfie being a Page at a wedding, Grandma showing him old family photos: the sort of stories to be listened to over and over.

Reviewer:

Rachel Redford