The Boy with Two Shadows
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The cover illustration for this issue is by Tony Ross for Allan Ahlberg’s latest addition to the ‘Happy Family’ series, Miss Dirt the Dustman’s Daughter. We are grateful to Puffin Books for their help in producing the cover of this November issue.
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The Boy with Two Shadows
Illustrated by Jenny Williams
When a witch appoints an unsuspecting boy to be her shadowsitter while she is away on holiday, his misgivings are justified for the shadow in question turns out to be 'fierce, crooked and thorny' looking. It also behaves wickedly, pursuing wild whims of its own and even bullying the boy's own shadow and driving it away. First published by Dent in 1987, this is a welcome reissue of a strongly imaginative picture book from an exceptional writer.
