Oliver Who Travelled Far and Wide by Mara Berman and Nick Maland (Hodder, £10.99) (From The Northern Echo)

Oliver Who Travelled Far and Wide by Mara Berman and Nick Maland (Hodder, £10.99)

9:12am Saturday 8th August 2009 in Children's By Rosalind Kerven

Oliver Donnington Rimmington-Sneep/tossed and turned and woke from his sleep…

THIS satisfyingly rhythmic couplet sets the tone for a picture story told in verse about a little boy who wakes up to discover that his teddy is missing.

So he climbs aboard his toy train and sets off on a grand adventure across the world, to rescue it from an eagle’s nest at the top of a tree. Chunky, toytown pictures perfectly complement the text to give little ones an early taste of the possibilities of fantasy fiction. (Age 2+)