Postman Pat and the Great Greendale Race - John Cunliffe

A while ago, I bought my son a set of Postman Pat books, and set to read them to him one at a time night after night at bedtime. He loves them. The books themselves are lovely. They are in hardback and are the sort of book you feel like you should take good care of. The Postman Pat books were originally written by John Cunliffe, and while he still writes the stories, the pictures are taken from the TV series, which is a more 3D affair than I was used to when I was a kid. It takes away a bit from my memories of POstman Pat, but then Pat has had to move with the times jjust like everyone else, I guess! One of these books is this one, Postman Pat and ...  Read the complete review

***The Background*** The original writer of this story is John Cunliffe but it was written for the television series and the artwork is taken from the Woodland Animations team. John Cunliffe has been creating Postman Pat stories for over 20 years but he is also famous for his other characters Rosie and Jim who have also had a bit of a re-launch in the past few years. ***The Story*** Postman Pat notices that everyone in Greendale has lots of different types of transport and comes up with the idea of a race to see which one would win. As well as Pat's own bright red van, there is Ajay with his motorbike, Alf on a ...  Read the complete review