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The Trouble with Mum - Babette Cole


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The Trouble with Mum - Babette Cole

 
Description: ISBN 0006623778 / Author: Babette Cole / Genre: Junior Books

Newest Review: ... unnamed little boy who narrates this lovely, fun children's book has a problem, his Mum's a bit strange, she dresses oddly ... more

 ... and people seem a little scared of her, his Mum's a witch. The illustrations are a joy, painstakingly painted, full of imagination and minute detail that will get children laughing. The boy's Mum is a witch and while the children in the neighbourhood love her and her wacky ways, their parents don't, that is until she saves the day... The text is clear and against a light coloured page, there is so much to point out in the drawings, the story could be used to illustrate not judging a book by its cover (or a ...more

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byblox
Premium Review The Trouble with Mum - Babette Cole: Embarrasing Mother.... (205 words)
by - written on 16/03/09 (Very useful, 54 readings)
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Ah parents... can't live with 'em can't live without... of course everyone elses' Mum seems cooler and better than your own, especially when you're small, Mums can be embarrasing, that's the trouble wiith Mum... The unnamed little boy who narrates this lovely, fun children's book has a problem, his Mum's a bit strange, she dresses oddly and people seem a little scared of her, his Mum's a witch. The illustrations are a joy, painstakingly painted, full of imagination and minute detail that will get children laughing. The boy's Mum is a witch and while the children in the neighbourhood love her and her wacky ways, their parents don't, that is ...  Read the complete review

frangliz
Premium Review A Witch for a Mum can be Fun (644 words)
by - written on 13/04/08 (Very useful, 109 readings)
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If you hear a young lad saying 'The trouble with mum is the hats she wears...', what would you think? Perhaps he is embarrassed that she is off to the local shop in a wedding hat, or pulling a tea-cosy-style woolly bonnet down round her ears. In the case of Babette Cole's 'The Trouble with Mum', however, you'd be wrong: she wears pointed black witches' hat, because mum is indeed a witch. The first picture we see of her shows her putting on her lipstick, but there's a blue snake twisting round her hat and a mouse peeping down at her from the brim. Imagine how a child must feel if others give him funny looks when he first starts school, especially if it's ...  Read the complete review

juicy_lucy
Premium Review The Trouble with Mum - Babette Cole: Trouble is... (736 words)
by - written on 30/05/07 (Very useful, 115 readings)
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An amusing book in which a little boy is having "problems" with his mum. The book starts with the words "The trouble with mum is the hats she wears. There is the little boy resplendent i shorts looking helplessly at mum who is indeed wearing a rather fabulous witch hat, complete with a mouse peering over the brim, and a snake entwined around the point. When he starts school, the other children give him funny looks, and at first, children can't see why until we spot them, high in the sky, riding on a broomstick. Yes, mum is a witch! Mum has kept dad pickled in a jar "Pickled husband 1982" and won't let him out until he ...  Read the complete review

 

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