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Author: Jacqueline Wilson  
ISBN: 0754065839   /   Audio CD
Publisher: Chivers Children's Audio Books   /   2002-11
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Editorial Reviews:
Josie Lawrence reads Jacqueline Wilson's The Illustrated Mum in this unabridged four-cassette audio book.

Jacqueline Wilson has the ability to tackle difficult subjects with spirit and affection but without a trace of sentimentality and without patronising the reader or her characters. This always makes her books rewarding and emotionally satisfying.

In The Illustrated Mum, Wilson introduces us to Dolphin, a young girl living in the wake of her tattooed mother Marigold's manic depression. With her older sister, Star, on the brink of adulthood and facing the traumas of adolescence and her mum sinking further and further into her illness, Dol has no-one to turn to. The constant bullying at school causes her to withdraw into her own world and she begins to cope by fantasising that she is a witch.

Far from being depressing or overwhelming, The Illustrated Mum features another of Wilson's classic heroines. Dol deals with the extraordinary circumstances of her life with a mixture of humour and quiet intelligence that blossoms as the situation reaches its inevitable climax. The story is suitable for ages nine and above and the running time is six hours and 25 minutes. --Susan Harrison

Anything written by Jacqueline Wilson is a pleasure to read. Her unique talent for dealing with difficult subjects without a trace of sentimentality, without patronising either the reader or her characters, with spirit and with affection, always makes the arrival of a new book bearing her name a rewarding and emotionally satisfying experience.

In The Illustrated Mum, Wilson introduces us to Dolphin, a young girl living in the wake of her tattooed mother Marigold's manic depression. With her older sister, Star, on the brink of adulthood and facing the traumas of adolescence, and her mum sinking further and further into her illness, Dol has no-one to turn to when the constant bullying at school causes her to withdraw into her own world, and she begins to cope with the reality of her life by fantasising that she is a witch.

Far from being a depressing and overwhelming read, Wilson introduces her readers to another of her classic, resourceful heroines who deals with the extraordinary circumstances of her life with a mixture of humour and quiet intelligence which blossoms as the situation reaches its inevitable climax.

The Illustrated Mum is Jacqueline Wilson at her very best, introducing a difficult subject to young readers with a compassion that initiates an understanding of a very serious problem without condescension or scare tactics. (Ages 9 and over) --Susan Harrison


Customer Reviews:
For teenagers & younger readers     
Long story short. Another messed up mum who is look aftering her two daughters and the mian character is a little girl. She thinks the world of her mum and older sister but then the mum starts to act silly when her older daughter is going to move out. The little sister is now left to find a way to make her mum feel better and come to her senses so that she can look after her and bring her sister home. Would recommend to read, actually quite interesting.
Predictably stereotypical.     
I am a 31 year old heavily tattooed mother, I find this book rather horrifying.

The story draws on outdated stereotypes and despite it's light-hearted prose it propagates prejudice against those that choose not to conform to a standard or uniform appearance.

The demographic that this book is aimed at (pre-teen girls) are very impressionable and unfortunately already faced with continuing pressure regarding looks. By presenting them with a story that essentially equates looking different with mental illness and thus unemployability and poor parenting skills, Jacqueline Wilson is (sadly) reinforcing the idea that judging women on how they look is both normal and acceptable.

I will be writing to my child's school to request that this book be removed from their reading list.

Brill Book     
About the author of the book

Jacqueline Wilson is one of my favourite authors and she wrote this great book! She has her own personal collection of over 15,000 books and I don't even have about a thirtieth of that (500 books)!

About the awards for the book

This brilliant book was shortlisted for:
The Whitbread Award
The Sheffield Children's Book Award
`The Illustrated Mum' was the winner of the:
Children's Book of the Year, British Book Awards 2000
Guardian Children's Fiction Award, 2000
It was voted for `The Book I Couldn't Put Down' in the Blue Peter book awards
The book was Highly Commended for the Carnegie Medal

The story plot of the book
Marigold is the mother of two children Dolphin and Star. Dolphin, the younger one, loves her amazing tattoos, which are all over her body from head to foot and thinks she is the most beautiful mother in the world. Star, the daughter of her husband that she loved the best, does not. Find out what happens when Star leaves to live with her dad and Marigold goes crazy...

My awards for the book

I would rate this brilliant book 10/ 10; I really, really, really, really, really, really enjoyed this book, to prove that I really, really, really, really, really, really, really enjoyed this book, I couldn't put it down until the very end! I would recommend it to anyone who really likes Jacqueline Wilson's books - just like me, especially girls.
INSPIRATIONAL STORYTELLING     
This book was recommended to me by my older sister and at first I wasn't sure I would like it, being the cynical 25 year old I am. But this book is really absorbing. The way Wilson draws the reader into the mind of a child and deals with complex issues without over sentimentalising is fantastic. Soon I had forgotten all about my preconceptions and began caring greatly about what was happening to the characters instead. Truly an inspirational book and I enjoyed my time in the world created by Wilson immensely.
An all round disappointing read     
This book takes the monotonous format of every other Jaqueline Wilson novel, a struggling single parent and her disfunctional children battle through an ocean of emotions that are depicted in an unrealistic one dimensional manner. The story could potentially be a stimulating one, it tells of dolphin and star the daughters of an excessively tattooed mother and their struggle to survive as a family. The novel tries too desperately to convey different circumstances but the portrayal is so repetitive it becomes tedious and quite frankly boring. What would be really impressive is if Jaqueline Wilson could write a book which included happy people and not such a predictable storyline- now that would be different, and worth a read. The illustrated mum however is just another attempt to break away from stereotypical ideals but because of this intent it automatically becomes pretentious. In case you hadn't gathered I would not recommend this book unless you enjoy Jaqueline Wilsons other books as then you are in for a good read.
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