Happy Birthday Royal Baby! by Martha Mumford, illustrated by Ada Grey (Bloomsbury £6.99, ebook £3.66)
ON his first birthday, the royal baby is inconsolable – it’s his party after all and he can cry if he wants to. Despite the dinosaur-shaped balloons, bouncy castle, and piles of presents (“toys that walked, toys that talked; toys that whizzed and toys that fizzed”), he’s in floods of tears. That is, until his Great Grandmother, the Queen, pulls a daring stunt and provides him with what all one-year-old’s want: an empty box.
In the follow-up to last year’s Shhh!
Don’t Wake The Royal Baby! Mumford and Grey have created a heart-warming tribute to the Royals, that gently pokes fun, complete with Prince George’s party organising-obsessed Auntie and a parachuting Queen a la the Olympics opening ceremony.
Fabulously good fun.
Kate Whiting
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