(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Quentin Blake. The book that launched Yeoman and Blake's careers as children's book creators is here reissued. Blake's scribbly, energetic, personality-rich pen-and-ink drawings (overlaid with pink and gold) grace seven original animal fables written by Yeoman. The collection is probably of more interest to collectors than to contemporary child readers. A new foreword by Blake is included.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Quentin Blake. Told in the manner of a folktale, the story relates how seven washerwomen, disgruntled with their jobs, go berserk. They splash passersby with muddy water, raise havoc in the marketplace, etc.--until meeting their matches in seven woodcutters. The expressive illustrations--caricature line drawings washed with color--continuously echo and expand the preposterous, joyful text's often understated humor.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc. | Horn Book Magazine Issue: February, 1980