Avocado Baby - John Burningham

On a recent trip to our local library, I was a little disappointed that I couldn't seem to find any books that my daughter hadn't borrowed in the past. We decided to settle for some stories that we hadn't heard one of them being a title called penguin and the other a booked called avocado baby. My daughter actually picked this book out when she seen the cover contained a smiling baby and a heavy weight. The book is written by John Burningham. The book begins by introducing us to the Hargreaves family. Mr and Mrs Hargreaves were very weak and so were their two children. Mrs Hargreaves is pregnant and the family fear that the new baby will also be weak. When the ...  Read the complete review

Avocado Baby is one the strangest children's books I've come across (and I've read a lot). It tells the story of a family who are all weak, and the mum is pregnant. She is worried her baby will be weak, and it is. But then, the baby eats an avocado pear, and it becomes really strong. It's able to walk, catch burglars, and beat up bullies, which is where the adventure goes. Reading this to my son, I couldn't help thinking 'what the hell is going on?' It's about as random as you can get, but then kids seem to like that. A lot of stories are predictable, but this is anything but. It also makes you stretch your imagination as the story is so out of the norm that ...  Read the complete review

Noah chose this book when we visited the library last week so we bought it home to read. I wasn't that keen on borrowing it because we had tried one other of John Burningham's books and it was so strange that I decided to stay away from him. What could I do though? Noah was stood infront of me with his huge puppy dog eyes staring back at me, desparate to read it, so we had it stamped and bought it home in our plastic Asda carrier bag! The book is written by John Burningham and was first published in 1982. The story tells of the Hargraves family who are all very weak. The mother has another baby who they all hope will be very strong but unfortunately ...  Read the complete review