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Hurrah for school pets and the imagination is
the message of Rex by Ursula Dubosarsky, illustrated by David
Mackintosh (Puffin, £10.99), a bewitching story of Rex, the class
chameleon. Every day someone gets to take Rex home, along with a book to
write down all his adventures. In the vivid imaginations of the children
Rex becomes a massive dinosaur, and gets up to everything from breathing
fire into a skyscraper to being dressed up like Malibu Barbie. The design
is energetic, with a naive intensity that perceptively captures a child's
world.
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