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LIBROPHILIA! All sorts of Books for all sorts of Bookworms TOM GATES: YES! NO (MAYBE…) by Liz Pichon Book 9 in the hilarious, bestselling series is now here! Yes - don’t worry - there are plenty of the much-loved crazy sketches running through each page! These illustrations are great for Fusers who love lots to look at whilst reading. They seem to tell the story to your brain on a whole other level. “It’s the car boot sale and Mum’s all excited. Will I be able to find a scooter (YES!), get grumpy Delia out of her room (NO) and save my comic book collection (Maybe…)” -The irrepressible Tom Gates is back in another wacky instalment. What on Earth could happen this time..?! THE ART BOOK FOR CHILDREN by Gilda Williams Ruggi & Amanda Renshaw This unusual book will be of interest to Fusers of all ages – and with all sorts of interests. Each colourful page challenges you to discover the story and emotions behind a piece of art, as well as introducing 30 great Artists. What is that person looking at in the painting? Why did the Sculptor work at such a strange angle? How does that photograph make me feel? Packed with cool questions and bite-sized facts, we love this ‘White Book’ (Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, Andy Warhol’s Marilyn and modern 3D artists like Donald Judd). Also look out for the second ‘Yellow Book’ and our iArts page 5. ZOE’S BOAT by Gillian McClure This beautiful book links in with our illustrated storywriting pages 14-16. Zoe’s Boat is illustrated in watercolour using an interesting frame format. The way the text, drawings and frames flow together gives a really fun, graphic novel effect. We just know it will inspire Fusers to create their own story books using a mixture of ‘writing and painting’ or ‘speech bubbles and cartoons’, for example. The lovely little story is one of friendship between an adventurous young girl who wants to run away to sea...and her characterful ‘Dear Old Dog’. We think you will get a lot from this book even though the storyline itself is aimed at the younger reader. FUSE 3