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The Secret Brownies ¦ The Brownie Venturers

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BfK No. 21 - July 1983

Cover Story
The photograph on our cover is of Robin Hill absorbed in Moving House, one of Methuen's Chatterbooks by Camilla Jessel’ and was taken by Richard Mewton.

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The Secret Brownies

Dorothy Richardson
Illustrated by Thelma Lambert
(Hodder Children's Books)
978-0340278673, RRP £1.25, Paperback
8-10 Junior/Middle
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The Brownie Venturers

Dorothy Richardson
Illustrated by Thelma Lambert
(Knight)
978-0340328873, RRP £1.25, Paperback
8-10 Junior/Middle
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Despite a rather dated ring to some of the dialogue, the first of these - about a group of Brownies who carry on in secrecy after Brown Owl has left - appealed to the nines and tens (girls) who read it for me. The writer conveys a strong atmosphere of children's private society and she deals well with the magic element in the story.

The second has a more realistic theme: the Brownies help in looking after some old folks. Skillfully drawn relationships here between young and old. Try some in the bookshop: the stories are more promising than their outside packaging suggests.

Reviewer: 
Colin Mills
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