The Great Bamboozle Bird

John Cameron
Published by Picture Corgi
0-552-52401-8, £1.75

Six-year-olds will enjoy the joke at the centre of this story. Menagerie Dan has trouble finding the Bamboozle Bird because of its skill at camouflage. I read it alongside the smashing game of hide and seek that is Pat Hutchins' One Hunter. There are other books in a series about the eccentric zookeeper (The Spotty Fingersnitch, 0 552 52398 4; The Smelly Pongeroos, 0 552 52400 X; The Enormous Blob, 0 552 52399 2). There seems to be just one plot throughout the series (the keeper tries to set traps for the animals and outwits them in the end). A pity, as, despite the garish pictures, the writer has a lively and engaging style. Worth having a look at and choosing one for the book corner?

Reviewed in BfK No. 42 (January 1987) by Colin Mills (CM)
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