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| Charlie Cook's Favourite Book | 
| Author: Julia Donaldson
Creator: Axel Scheffler
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Category: Book
List Price: $16.35
Buy New: $10.73
You Save: $5.62 (34%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 454709
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.6 x 0.4
ISBN: 1405034696
EAN: 9781405034692
ASIN: 1405034696
Publication Date: September 2, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand new book delivered from the UK in 10-14 days.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Not Only Charlie Cook's Favourite... November 2, 2007
This is a corker of a children's book, on a par with Room On the Broom - immediately engaging, entertaining for both children and adults alike, memorable, and beautifully illustrated - a real page-turner. This is one of the few children's books that one would willingly read and re-read on request: it does not patronise the child by avoiding interesting words, is well-paced, very funny and also rather clever. Both my children love it and, I must admit, I'm delighted by it, too! Great value for money and I would imagine even older children would enjoy reading about a pirate who walked the plank and swam ashore to find buried treasure (a book), a ghost who put her head back on after a night of haunting (to read a book), and a knight who made a dragon laugh by telling a joke (from his favourite book). The message is that there are few things in life more enjoyable than a good book. Hear, hear.
 CHARLIE COOK January 25, 2006
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
CHARLIE'S READING A BOOK ABOUT SOMEONE, WHO'S READING A BOOK ABOUT SOMEONE, WHO'S READING A BOOK ABOUT SOMEONE...WHO'S READING A BOOK ABOUT CHARLIE. THE GRUFFALO & MONKEY PUZZLE ARE STILL THE BEST BOOKS BY THIS PAIR.
A whole library in a single book January 20, 2006
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
I don't think there's a better writer of children's books out there today than Julia Donaldson. Her books are perfect for reading aloud to a toddler: just the right length to keep the attention of reader and listener, great rhymes, and clever stories. This new book is no exception, and is worthy of a spot on your child's bookshelf alongside "The Gruffalo" and "The Snail & The Whale." This book is the literary equivalent of holding up a mirror while you're looking in a mirror: there are layers of stories within stories. Little Charlie Cook likes a particular book, the characters in his book like another book, the characters in that book like another book, etc., so that every page (whimsically numbered in a non-consecutive fashion) basically takes you into another book. The overall effect is like browsing through a whole children's library in a single book: you get a pirate story, an animal story, a knight/dragon story, an alien story, etc. I won't give away the ending, but suffice it to say it's clever like all of Julia Donaldson's endings. Bottom line: this book should appeal mightily to all the little budding bookworms out there, and to their big bookworm parents.
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