The Magic Fountain by HRH Princess Gloriana
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The cover illustration for our 100th issue is by Rosemary Wells for Iona Opie’s latest book, My Very First Mother Goose. Iona is the subject of our Authorgraph this month. We are grateful to Walker Books for their help in producing our September cover.
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The Magic Fountain by HRH Princess Gloriana
Illustrated by Philip Hopman
This is a telling swipe at celebrity publishing and royal sycophancy. The general public have more sense than to buy copies of Gloriana's 34- word 'masterpiece', but confronted with the choice of 'A: buying a copy of 'The Magic Fountain', or B: going to prison for six months' it soon becomes a best-seller. The Princess is in great demand on both arts programmes and TV chat shows and even an appearance on the cover of Hello. Rack her brains as she might, though, the sequel will not come until the arrival of Prince Waldo of Glockenstein. Set in a fairy-tale kingdom with modern reference points this lively story, with scratchy line drawings, will delight young and old alike.
