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The Spots and the Dots
Helen Baugh and Marion Deuchars
(Andersen Press)
£7.99
The Spots and the Dots have been warned, ‘You know the drill./ Whatever you do…/ Don’t Go Over the Hill!‘ It seems that danger lies there. The story has been shared by parents and ‘their parents’ parents’ that the Spots will be ‘taken away by the Dots’, Yet the Dots heard that the ‘Spots were BAD through and through’! Who is to be believed?
Is it possible that this truth might be wrong? That in fact the Spots and Dots are scared of nothing? That time and fear have built the terror into something nonsensical and entirely imagined?
Thereafter, what if a baby Spot might become stranded on ‘the top of the hill/ …so Scared,/ staying so Still.’ It seems there’s a baby Dot frozen in fear on the other side of the hill, convinced that the Spot is scary! What happens if the infant Spot and Dot convince each other that they are in fact friendly? That they are not scary? Might they share this news, and thereafter bounce and play? Could it be that they might then turn to their respective Spots and Dots and share the news? Could they start a revolution of friendship and togetherness?
Helen Baugh and Marion Deuchars have created a seemingly simple story with rhyme and artful twists and turns. These elevate The Spots and the Dots to readers that they appreciate the message further. Thereafter, through twisting and turning, the message, from the fear to the discovery, is impactful, delightful and realised.
The Spots and the Dots
Helen Baugh and Marion Deuchars
(Andersen Press)
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