This book by Allan Ahlberg, illustrated by John Lawrence, is a classical-style poetic fairy type story with, as its title implies, a strong moral compulsion/conundrum baked into it. A bit grim and dark compared to the kinds of children's books I've primarily been enjoying recently, but a bit of grim and dark in kiddish bedtime reading never went too far awry, right? Dunno. I reckon many 4 - 6ish year olders would get a kick out of this, but I can't imagine it would become a regularly-demanded favourite for the majority of normal children. But what do I know?
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