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Much as I loved this gorgeous little story, I am going to have a moan. I bought it on Kindle. Don't you do the same. The photos taken by Chingis are an important part of both the story and the physical book. They're real Poloroid photos, taken by Carl Hunter and Clare Heney, and they need to be seen properly. But no real effort has been taken to make them Kindle-friendly - they're blurred and fuzzy - and I lost some of the story's impact because of it. There are also blank pages - fine in a print book, but confusing on a Kindle as you think something's gone wrong, and these should have been taken out.
This format is the future, you publisher guys, even for children's books, and even for children's books that rely on illustrations. I think you should have got gotten with the program by now.
Don't let this put you of off ''The Unforgotten Coat'', though. It's fantastic. Just don't buy it on Kindle.
Oh, and before I forget - Frank based this story on a real-life visit to a school in Bootle and wrote it for [http://thereader.org.uk The Reader Organisation], a fantastic charity promoting literature as a vital life skill. You should go and check them out.

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