Farm Boy
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Cover Story
This issue’s cover illustration by Fangorn is taken from Brian Jacques’ Lord Brocktree (Hutchinson, 0 09 176877 2, £12.99), the thirteenth title in the internationally best-selling Redwall series. Salamandastron, the ancestral home of the Badger Lords, is under threat from Ungatt Trunn, an enemy whose power would seem to be absolute and whose evil knows no bounds. The only hope for survival is the badger Lord Brocktree who is drawn to the fortress by an undeniable sense of destiny. Brian Jacques' masterful storytelling as always spins a web of high adventure that will enthral the reader from the first page to the last. Thanks to Hutchinson Children’s Books for their help in producing this September cover.
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Farm Boy
Michael Morpurgo and Derek Jacobi
Two stories in one, Farm Boy tells first of the special friendship - and secret - between grandfather and grandson and, in a separate but connected story, of the bet that Grandpa made and won against all the odds. Michael Morpurgo's evocation of a farmer and his community in a far distant past is both charming and wholly convincing while his handling of the secret illiteracy is touching. Read jointly by Morpurgo with Derek Jacobi as grandpa this tape brings out the very best of the stories while the inclusion of the book allows enjoyment of Michael Foreman's illustrations, too.