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The Three Billy Goats Gruff

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BfK No. 131 - November 2001

Cover Story
This issue's cover is from Andrew Matthews' and Angela Barrett's The Orchard Book of Shakespeare Stories. Angela Barrett is interviewed by Quentin Blake. Thanks to Orchard Books for their help with this November cover.

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The Three Billy Goats Gruff

Henriette Barkow
Illustrated by Richard Johnson
(Mantra Lingua)
24pp, DUAL LANGUAGE, 978-1852696146, RRP £7.50, Paperback, English/Chinese
Under 5s Pre-School/Nursery/Infant
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This picture book is a pleasant retelling of this well known tale in a dual text version. The text (Chinese printed directly above the English version) is superimposed on full page illustrations which are quite striking in both form and colour. Johnson's sophisticated style may not appeal to everyone -- his vision of the troll is quite unusual, but that is part of the appeal of this book, and even if you do not immediately warm to the illustrative style, you will find the pictures do grow on you. Available in 17 other dual language editions.

Reviewer: 
Urmi Chana
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