You Do!
written by Kes Gray and illustrated by Nick Sharratt (Bodley Head, Pounds 10.99, ISBN: 0-370-32586-9)
This humorous book charts the bossy conversations that might become commonplace at home if you don't watch out. Take nose-picking, for instance. When the girl Daisy picks her nose, it's just that, but when her mum does it, she's actually just scratching it, of course. Mum always finds a quick riposte to her daughter's comments, but the daughter manages to expertly bat them back. Illustratively, the scene where they are talking about each new problem is placed on the left-hand page, with the mum's excuse or justification on the right-hand page. The justifications appear as part of a pinhole camera idea, so signifying looking back to something that has happened. The pictures are sharp and colourful, and the tickling scene at the end rings very true.
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