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 Mister Magnolia - Quentin Blake
 Mister Magnolia - Quentin Blake ... 1999-05-06 by Red FoxNewest Review: ... he already has, but never mind, it's a boot, and Mister Magnolia is deliriously happy. It might seem like a strange story, ... more ... but Quentin Blake is of course the genius behind the illustrations to Roald Dahl's books, and he has provided wonderful coloured drawings to his own story here. We are introduced to Mister Magnolia's purple dinosaur, and we see our hero splashing down a water chute and saluting to a parade of mice. There is plenty here to capture the imagination of young children.
There are never more than five lines of text per page, in fact often just one or two. The text is in a clear font that is always on a white background, so th...more |
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Mister Magnolia - Quentin Blake: He has only one boot... (569 words)
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Animals often seem to be the main focus of children's poetry, but Mister Magnolia by Quentin Blake is the story of a poor man who had only one boot: 'He has green parakeets who pick holes in his suit - And some very fat owls who are learning to hoot - But Mr Magnolia has only one boot.' Mister Magnolia may sound like a sorry character, but lacking a boot doesn't seem to stop him having fun. He dances while his two sisters play the flute, takes children for a ride on his scooter, and juggles with fruit at the market stall. This is a light-hearted piece of narrative poetry that has a happy ending as a little ... Read the complete review
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