But you also get the gentle sense of absurdity as well, which must be why these books are so well-loved, and why the new editions of this and other titles in the series will surely be hits all over again. I found the Lambchop family, on this evidence, to be well worth spending time with.
I must thank the publishers for my review copy. We have a review of another book about [[Stanley and the Magic Lamp (Flat Stanley) by Jeff Brown and Rob Biddulph|Flat Stanley]].
[[Odd Dog Out by Rob Biddulph]] is where our illustrator here does his day job.