Children's and Young Adult Fiction
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Nanny Piggins and the Runaway Lion by R.A. Spratt
by Ruth Starke •
Nanny Piggins and the Runaway Lion by R.A. Spratt
Random House Australia, $14.95 pb, 271 pp
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With series titles dominating the new releases, it would seem that every author’s (and illustrator’s) ambition is to find a character and a conceit that will have sufficient appeal to carry them successfully through multiple volumes. This is a particularly achievable ambition in children’s literature, where the target readership has a high tolerance for repetition, a loyalty towards favourite characters and a seemingly insatiable appetite for more of the same.
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