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STOp pRESS!<br />
Books for Christmas<br />
Books make lovely Christmas gifts. Here are a couple of our<br />
recent favourites.<br />
Slightly Invisible<br />
By Lauren Child<br />
(Orchard Books)<br />
RRP £10.99 Hardback<br />
Charlie and his friend Marv are in<br />
search of strange and tricky creatures<br />
which they would like to do without<br />
Lola bothering and interrupting them<br />
at every opportunity. Luckily, Lola<br />
knows exactly how to catch strange<br />
and tricky creatures and enlists a bit of help from her invisible friend,<br />
Soren Lorensen, along with a few glasses of her favourite pink milk.<br />
This is Lauren Child at her best. An amusing story teamed together<br />
with her fantastic quirky pictures of Charlie and his little sister on one<br />
of their frequent adventures. My children loved being just able to see<br />
the invisible Soren Lorensen and it really got their imaginations going –<br />
they are now requesting a whole host of things for their invisible<br />
friends.<br />
The much-anticipated return of the hugely loved brother and sister<br />
team will bring a great number of smiles to a multitude of children this<br />
Christmas.<br />
Aunt Severe<br />
and the Dragons<br />
By Nick Garlick & Nick Maland<br />
(Andersen Press)<br />
RRP £4.99 Paperback<br />
When Daniel’s explorer parents vanish, he<br />
is forced to live with his strict and rather<br />
strange Aunt Severe. Aunt Severe takes<br />
his toys away, feeds him cold spinach<br />
sandwiches and makes him collect<br />
rubbish. His problems only get more complicated when he finds<br />
four lost dragons hiding in her garden. Daniel wants to help the talking<br />
dragons but before he can do anything three of them are captured by<br />
mean Gotcha Grabber for his zoo. This leaves Daniel with the fourth<br />
dragon (the not so-seemingly clever one) to rescue them.<br />
This is a great little chapter book to share with younger children.<br />
The storyline, which is highly imaginary, flows well with simple<br />
cliffhangers at the end of each short chapter. It is an easy and<br />
compulsive read with a few supporting pen and ink illustrations. The<br />
story touches on how perseverance wins the day and that everyone is<br />
capable of something good.<br />
Local Independent Bookshops<br />
For friendly advice, speedy ordering and great service you can’t<br />
beat you local independent book shop. Do support them. Here<br />
are some of our local stores.<br />
Wordplay (0118 948 2800, www.wordplayshop.co.uk)<br />
Toys and books.<br />
18, Prospect St, Caversham, <strong>Reading</strong>, RG4 8JG<br />
Chapter One (0118 944 8883)<br />
Specialises in children’s books.<br />
136, Crockhamwell Rd, Woodley, <strong>Reading</strong>, RG5 3JH<br />
Bell Bookshop (01491 572583)<br />
52, Bell St, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2BL<br />
Visit us now at www.familiestvw.co.uk<br />
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Competition winners<br />
Subscribe to<br />
Classes<br />
Classifieds<br />
Hexagon Pantomime tickets were won by Ruzenka Newstead and<br />
Tina Simpson.<br />
Ascot tickets were won by Jacky Ward, Lucy Williams and Valerie Lambden.<br />
Organised Mum Home Planners were won by Kate Stonehouse, Lisa Bruton,<br />
Mandy Cooper, Gillian Finucane and Tracey Parnwell.<br />
Congratulations to you all and enjoy your prizes.<br />
Don’t miss out on your copy of <strong>Families</strong>. For £15.50 we will send you the next 10 issues<br />
straight to your door. Please complete the coupon below and return it to us together<br />
with your cheque made payable to Caversham Media Ltd.<br />
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To help make your magazine as local as possible send us<br />
your thoughts, news, recommendations and ideas.<br />
Editorial and booking deadline 1st December.<br />
Call 0118 954 6893 or email editor@familiestvw.co.uk,<br />
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