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Tim the Tiny Horse - Harry Hill

Description: ISBN 0571229565 / Author: Harry Hill / Genre: Junior Books / Publisher: Faber Children's Books / One very small horse takes on the world ... more

Tim the Tiny Horse - Harry Hill ... of radio, has a go at reality TV, and ponders the meaning of life. This illustrated book presents a gentle, comical character who can delight children and their parents.

Newest Review: ... contains several short morality tales featuring Tim; each of them is a few pages long, with a little text and illustrated ... more

... with delightful cartoons. It's all very slight (no, it's not an attempt at a pun): "whimsical" seems like a word purposefully created to describe "Tim the Tiny Horse" but has so much grace and gentle humour that it's hard to imagine a reader that won't enjoy a dip and a chortle at Tim's world. The book's world full of current pop-cultural references, but understanding them precisely is not necessary for enjoyment. For example, Tim has a bit of obsession with a newsreader called Anna Ford: I don't have...more

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Tim the Tiny Horse - Harry Hill: Whimsically Equine (598 words)
by - written on 02/02/08 (Very useful, 81 readings)
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After doing even tiny bit of research I realised that I must be the only person out there who ever read "Tim the Tiny Horse" having never heard of the author. Thus, I have to take another reviewer's word that it's "typical Harry Hill" and will make an attempt at reviewing Tim as a stand-alone. I am happy to say that it acquits itself well. Tim is a horse, blue and so tiny that he lives in matchbox with a tic-tac box for a conservatory. A single Hoola-Hoop makes his lunch (he prefers barbecue beef flavour) and a fly (called Fly) is his best friend. Tim doesn't do much - apart from a few not very successful attempts at making it big in the ... Read the complete review