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| Nod from Nelson, ASimon Weston
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ISBN: 9781843238133 (1843238136)Publication Date January 2008
Publisher: Pont Books, LlandysulIllustrated by Jac JonesSuitable for age 7-9 or Key Stage 2
Format: Hardback, 187x185 mm, 48 pages
Language: English
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Simon Weston's first novel for children, aimed at children aged 7-9 years. A story about Nelson the carthorse being called out of retirement.
Stori am Nelson y ceffyl sy'n cael ei alw i weithio eto er ei fod wedi ymddeol. Dyma nofel gyntaf Simon Weston i blant; addas ar gyfer plant 7-9 mlwydd oed.
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Nelson is a horse, a carthorse for Mike the Milk to be exact, and as Mike has bought a milk float, Nelson has been retired. Not that he minds: it gives him more time to do the crossword. However, when environmental disaster threatens at St Mary's Dairy in Pont-y-Cary, Nelson and his chums Rhodri and Rhys, the stable rats, and Flight Lieutenant Pigeon save the day in their own inimitable way, and it looks like Nelson may not be retired after all. There are lots of in-jokes and plays on words that parents may well twig to more readily than children, but all will enjoy the zany storyline and Jac Jones's comic-style line drawings. A beautifully produced hardback, this short novel is Simon Weston’s first attempt at children’s literature and shows a sense of fun that children will respond to.
Elizabeth Schlenther
It is possible to use this review for promotional purposes, but the following acknowledgment should be included: A review from www.gwales.com, with the permission of the Welsh Books Council.
Gellir defnyddio’r adolygiad hwn at bwrpas hybu, ond gofynnir i chi gynnwys y gydnabyddiaeth ganlynol: Adolygiad oddi ar www.gwales.com, trwy ganiatâd Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru.
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Further Information: Nelson's got 'retirement'. It's not an illness, just something which happens to old carthorses at the end of their career. But when Nelson's boss, Mike the Milk, has problems with his new milk float, crossword expert Nelson finds himself called out of retirement to head off an environmental disastor. A Nod From Nelson is Falklands hero Simon Weston's first novel for children, combining characteristic clear-sightedness with humour and compassion. Prizes: Riveting Reads 2008 (Boys into Books)
The cover picture by Jac Jones, whose finely drawn cartoon-like illustrations adorn the book, shows a shire
horse with pencil poised in mouth over a crossword – a superb lure to check out the contents. Inside there
are lots of puns on names and a farmyard of animal and bird characters, including rugby-playing ducks –
the All Quacks captained by Francis Drake. Nelson has just retired from pulling a milk float and as he’s
spent years out and about he is the wise old man of this assemblage, solving problems and wittily
observing goings-on. He it is who leads the way when their environment is under dire threat from spilled
oil and he ensures the milk gets through. (Yes, as everybody who sees the book asks, the author is the
inspiringly humane survivor and campaigner.)
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