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The illustrations are excellent – exceptionally detailed pictures which come close to portraiture at times. I had an urge to stroke Yellowbelly's tail on more than one occasion and there's a picture of the school playground which you can get lost in. Spot the giant squid, the baby elephant and a whole host of other exotic animals. There's something new every time you look at the page and it's worth the cover price of the book just to look at the illustrations.

''Yellowbelly and Plum Go to School'' lacks the mawkishness of some similar books, such as [[Oh, Boris! by Carrie Weston]] and is certainly better than [[A Pocketful of Kisses by Angela McAllister and Sue Hellard]].