The Accidental Twins
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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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Illustrated by Jill Bennett
(Faber Children's Books)
63pp, 978-0571117611, RRP £3.95, Hardcover
5-8 Infant/Junior
Susan Green and Sally Gray look alike and share the same birthday but they have never been friends and are less than delighted at being labelled 'accidental twins' by everyone else in school. A their ninth birthdays approach things seem to be getting even worse. A nicely observed home and school story. Eight chapters, 63 pages.
