A Kindle of Kittens
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BfK No. 16 - September 1982
Cover Story
On our cover this issue we feature an illustration by Charles Keeping from Beowulf (OUP, 0 19 279770 0, £4.50), a new picture book version for 9-13s of the Anglo-Saxon hero tale. The story is retold by Kevin Crossley-Holland. We are most grateful to Oxford University Press for their help in using this illustration.
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A Kindle of Kittens
Illustrated by Lynne Byrnes
(Macmillan Children's Books)
978-0333329641, RRP £3.50, Paperback
5-8 Infant/Junior
Rumer Godden is again well served by the artist who has illustrated her tale of a stray cat, the tabby who manages to place her 'kindled' kittens in the best homes in town. A long but utterly enchanting picturebook text.
