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Don't Read This Book! by Jill Lewis and Deborah Allwright (view source)
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Hopefully, the thrust of my review would be clear by now, and it'd be a case of of tidying up the loose ends then telling everyone to buy it. I'd be thinking whether it was too late to mention that the young readers would need to be of a certain age or intelligence to truly get the joke. If I said that, I'd then have to trip over myself to make it clear it wasn't ''too'' complicated. The simplest way would be to refer to another book, saying it was at a similar level to ''The Jolly Postman'' by Janet Ahlberg and Allan Ahlberg - although Bookbag doesn't have a review of that, hopefully it's famous enough for people to know the level I mean.
Once I get to this point in a review, it pretty much writes itself: I tell everyone to buy ''Don't Read This Book!'' because it's super, I thank the publishers for sending it to Bookbag, and I pick out a couple of similar books that people might like. I'd probably also be glad that I resisted the urge to mention [[The Princess Bride by William Goldman|The Princess Bride]], because although it breaks the fourth wall too, it's aimed at adults, rather than children. So what other books would I recommend fans of ''Don't Read This Book!'' also read? [[DogFish by Gillian Shields|DogFish]] was fantastic and had a slight surreal twist, so that'd be a good one. [[Does a Sea Cow Say Moo? by Terry Webb Harshman and George McClements|Does a Sea Cow Say Moo?]] also seems to have a silly vein to it, although I might give it a second thought as Magda's mentioned a clunky rhyme, which is my current bugbear in children's books. Deborah Allwright also illustrated [[Mrs Vickers' Favourite Knickers by Kara Lebihan and Deborah Allwright|Mrs Vickers' Favourite Knickers by Kara Lebihan]].
So, that's how I'd review ''Don't Read This Book!'', but I haven't really got the review ready yet, so please don't read this review.
[[Image:Bookinterviews.jpg]] You also shouldn't read [[Don't Read This Interview with Jill Lewis|Bookbag's interview with Jill Lewis]]. Deborah Allwright also illustrated [[Mrs Vickers' Favourite Knickers by Kara Lebihan and Deborah Allwright|Mrs Vickers' Favourite Knickers by Kara Lebihan]].
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