Review: Further adventures of Blue, the dog with the Magic Collar
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 6, 2013
Ronnie James (with some very fine illustrations by Pam Page) continues his winning series of children's adventure stories with their new friend Blue, the very happy dog who loves adventure. As we know from the opening story, Blue wears a magic collar now and that addition to his `wardrobe' enhances the spirit of his adventures.Summertime in Wibbleton and Blue is out for a walk in the fields. While chewing a stick he finds by the river, he notices a farm on the other side of the river, leaps (and floats) to the other side, and discovers animals with whom he can talk because of the power of his magic collar. He meets Rambo the lamb who takes him on a tour of the farm. By a watering hole the two encounter a wild boar with a fun attitude, Donkey, field mice, ducks and a chicken - and then suddenly George the huge intimidating dog whom they manage to sneak by because of Blue's magic collar's ability to make them invisible!  They all become visible when safe and Blue takes his leave to return home.Once again the illustrations of Pam Page are interactive -a well-considered pause in the story for children to see the characters about whom they have been reading. This again is a fine book that, though brief, will rapidly become a child's favorite. Fun adventures about animals they know and new animals to learn. Grady Harp, July 13