Charlie the Champion Liar; Disaster Bag
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Charlie the Champion Liar
Philippe Dupasquier
Disaster Bag
David McKee
Two of Townson's best. Colin Laird's Disaster Bag survival kit is his means of facing the world with any degree of confidence. The bag is actually home to a disaster-causing device which mistakenly finds its way into Moorscale Atomic Energy Establishment so that a worn-out-with-worry Colin finally adopts a little optimism and admits 'You can't go round feeling scared to death all the time.
Likewise in Charlie the Champion Liar, a worn-out-with-lying Charlie is hugely relieved when his lies can cease. It's a credible and sensitively written tale of Charlie's need to impress others, which, of course, he finally does after much self-inflicted pain by telling the truth and saying sorry.