The Bog Baby

A simply beautiful book, coupled with equally beautiful illustrations. Two small sisters go to the magic pond in Bluebell Wood to go fishing. But they find something much better than a frog or a newt. They find a bog baby - small and blue with wings like a dragon. The girls decide to take him home and make him their secret. But one day the Bog Baby becomes ill...


I think the reason children and adults love this book is because children would love to find their own Bog Baby - and adults remember when they also would have loved to do so. Jeanne Willis's words are simple and effective (and affective) - and Gwen Millward's illustrations are quirky and evocative.


Thoroughly recommended.


Amazon link: The Bog Baby