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The Royal Picnic

May 30, 2018

Author	Neville Astley, Mark Baker
Illustrations	Neville Astley, Mark Baker
Publishing house	Ladybird
Price	7.99£
Type	Magnet book
Age	3+

Another book from the TV series Ben and Holly. This time we are dealing with a book version of the entire episode of "picnic fairies". For the uninitiated: Fairies organize a picnic to which the invite elves Ben. They remind him that he took his food in a backpack, because the fairies have a special basket that you can ask for absolutely everything to eat and get it. Ben orders lemonade, the fairies mock a little bit that he can get anything, and he wants lemonade, so Ben changes his order for lemonade with two ice cream balls. Later, the fairies order jelly, which appears in too much absorbing the entire kingdom like jelly flood. Nanny Plum uses a special spell that reduces the entire magic of the kingdom for a while. Therefore, the magic of the basket disappears and the fairies are left without food ... Fortunately, Ben's unimaginable food doesn’t disappear, so the picnic doesn’t end in failure.

Graphics, as you know, I really like it, in this book is the same as in the series and previous books (click). The idea with magnets is interesting. History is so constructed that the child must make magnets to complete the illustration and show what the content is.

My child was besotted when seeing this! Gaston and Ben, Ben and Gaston - all the time. The only thing that interests her in this book are two magnets of beloved character.

I think the book is really good, however, it has a few drawbacks. Magnets in the pages aren’t on the whole, as is the case with other books of this type (they’re in the form of a rectangle, which covers about half of the page). It means that you can’t place the magnet wherever you want but where you need it. The magnet packaging isn’t the most durable and is in two parts. If the top is bad, it's the end of storage. The magnets do not stick well either.

Others in collection:

Outdoor Explorers, The Lost Egg, Gaston's Messy Cave, Magic School, The Toy Robot, Little Library, Elf and Fairy Party, Birthday Magic, Christmas at the North Pole, Trip to the Seaside, Ben Elf's Birthday, Holly's Lost Wand, Heroes to the Rescue !, Fairy Tale, Uncle Gaston, The Shooting Star, Mr Elf Takes and Holiday

On the website of the publishing house you will find all the above items; Here is the link to the Picnic:

https://www.penguin.co.uk/ladybird/books/177517/ben-and-holly-s-little-kingdom-the-royal-picnic-magnet-book/