In and Out the Shadows
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BfK No. 127 - March 2001
Cover Story
This issue’s cover is Sharon Creech’s The Wanderer. Sharon Creech is interviewed by Suzanne Manczuk. Our thanks to Macmillan Children’s Books for their help in producing this March cover.
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In and Out the Shadows
Illustrated by Oliver Gaiger
(OUP Oxford)
64pp, POETRY, 978-0192762467, RRP £3.99, Paperback
10-14 Middle/Secondary
Brownjohn's new collection is well designed and presented with dramatic black and white illustrations which draw the reader in and out of her poems. Some are heart-felt - 'The Winter's Tale' is a haunting, affectionate lament for a much missed cat; 'Kyrelle' and 'Traditional Gifts' mourn the passing of youth. There are also poems on more light-hearted matters such as picnics, pigeons and pots. But it is in the more thought-provoking themes that Brownjohn's strengths lie.
