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Many will welcome the arrival of a new R.A. Spratt novel with a small frisson of expectant excitement, but the publication of the first book in a new series by R.A. Spratt will no doubt pique the average reader's curiosity: Will the new series have cleverly self-contained, but determined characters like the schoolgirl detective, Friday Barnes? Will it include as much anarchic chaos as that created by the delightfully deluded, hyper-confident Nanny Piggins? (Introduction)

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    y separately published work icon Magpies : Talking About Books for Children vol. 33 no. 3 July 2018 17043317 2018 periodical issue As I watched a toddler the other day who seemed, not so much struggling to communicate, as savouring the taste of the words he rolled around his tongue, it occurred to me that language is indeed a gift. Not a tossed-in sort of gift to go along with arms and legs, but something of almost unlimited use. (Editorial) 2018 pg. 12
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