Features: Petra's puppies are born on 9 September 1965 while Jason has been busy too and is now father to two litters of kittens. New parrot Joey is also profiled (he first appeared on May 23rd 1966)... John takes a trip to the Royal Mint... Loads of magic tricks to amaze and amuse your friends... Chris visits Pam Phillips, make up girl, who makes him into a 'characteristically inscrutable' Fu Manchu-like Chinaman. The ad for the make up girl reads: "Wanted: trainee make up girls (sexist) for BBC TV. Must be British subjects (racist) over 21 (ageist)"! ... Some model trains. This was the age of the train.

Makes: Chris sets up 'a layout', or foldaway farm
A cut-out theatre.
Toothbrush holders made from squeezy bottles and bits of foam.
Teeth-rotting Sugar snowmen and pink mice made from egg and icing sugar. That's what the toothbrush holders will be needed for then.

Historical Figure's Life Story in Pictures: Escapologist Houdini and the tales of prospectors and pioneers in the American West are told in a text/pictures mix.
Stories: Bleep and Booster travel to a world of dinosaurs and huge golden tortoises
Meanwhile Paddington wins the Christmas Cake Competition and travels to make an appearance on TV's Blue Peter!
Silly old Bengo's in colour.
Rubbish Mystery Story: The Case of the Burgling Boxer

Notes: Another book from another time. You'd think rationing was still on, so low key is this effort. Well designed for its time but overall it suffers from too many pages given over to makes, puzzles, crosswords and other 'activity book' filler material. Hard to believe there are 80 pages in this. Shows how little Blue Peter was still able to report from the outside world at this time. All of the first three books are very rare and this is really the only one you have a realistic chance of finding. Even if you do find it, condition becomes an issue - it is very hard indeed to find a copy that isn't drawn on (all those puzzles you see), bowed or with a broken or missing spine and this greatly affects the price. You could be talking anywhere between £1 for a damaged, no-spine copy to £20 for a Book 3 in mint condition. A good (not mint) copy was recently spotted for £26.99 and in our opinion this is madness! Good luck!