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I've often wondered where the phrase 'a square meal' came from and even a quick search online hasn't told me any more than that it originates from the early nineteenth century. Boy's been told that ''people need three square meals a day'' and he and Roger look at them, rather nonplussed. They're faced with three ''cubed'' meals!
The Pages pages are a mixture of line drawings and photography and they're all charming and delightful. Some of them are thought-provoking - I wondered why we said that someone's goose would be cooked or that you could be the apple of my eye. The book is targeted at children in the four-plus age group but I'm not certain that children of that age would appreciate the book's humour. Personally I'd see it as a lovely present for an adult, who might well choose to share it with a child.
I'd like to thank the publishers for sending a copy to the Bookbag.
