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The illustrations are just enough to allow us entry to this world – meeting Bertie's parents, his two best friends, and the one or two other adults as relevant. They range from UFO hunters to the aforementioned bird-watcher, and our hero's typical nemesis of a school teacher. They also put the biggest clue in the reader of the first story that something's not right – something we can see but Bertie just cannot. It's a circumstance – and bluntly finished story – that just nudges against the too-silly barrier; on the whole the book is sensibly and likeably daft. Tale three is again too abrupt to come to a sort-of close for my taste, and begs for a sequel, but as I say with simple and easy (and easily read and understood) qualities such as this book shows, more of the same is no bad thing.
I must thank the publishers for my review copy. We also have a review of [[Starstruck! (Angela Nicely) by Alan MacDonald and David Roberts]].
If it is silly you want, the same illustrator has given us the very successful [[The Bolds by Julian Clary and David Roberts]].