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Cover Story
This issue's cover is a photograph of Anne Frank whose diary is discussed by Michael Rosen fifty years after its first publication. Following the arrest of the Frank family and their companions, the secret annex in Amsterdam where they had been in hiding was locked up and everybody forbidden to enter it, since Jewish possessions became Nazi property and were carted away. Before this happened, the young woman, Miep Gies, who had provided those in hiding with food and who had a second key to the annex, risked herself once more by entering it. Miep retrieved Anne's diary from the devastation together with the Frank family photograph album.
Thanks to Penguin Children's Books for help in reproducing this cover.
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In an attempt to put a new spin on well trawled curriculum topic areas, Walker Books have come up with the notion of presenting ancient history in a newspaper format - a compilation of 'the stories that really made the headlines' especially rewritten for a souvenir edition.
Many of these headlines wouldn't look out of place in today's tabloids ('Queen Rocks Nation'), but the 'rewriting' sometimes robs the articles of their 'original' spontaneity by the necessity of having to include so much background data. The accompanying illustrations vary in calibre owing to several different artists having been employed.
The most appealing items are probably the advertisements and the features; which cover all the usual topics - leisure, sport, food and fashion, health and family matters.
On balance, even though some of the 'editors' seem to have had trouble deciding whether they are aiming for a 'broadsheet' or 'mass market' audience, these volumes will undoubtedly find their niche, so contact your 'newsagent' while stocks last!
