Gilbert and the Bicycle
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Cover Story
On our cover this month we feature an illustration from The Swineherd, a picture book version of the Andersen fairy tale by artist Lisbeth Zwerger. (Neugebauer Press, 0 907234 127, £3.95 from A. and C. Black). We are grateful to A. and C. Black for help in using this illustration. The roundel used on the Hans Andersen pages is from the wood engraving by Gwen Raverat for Four Tales, translated by R. P. Keigwin, C.U.P. (1935). It and the Punch cartoon on page 16 appear in Brian Alderson's pamphlet Hans Christian Andersen and his Eventyr in England.
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Gilbert's lack of jumping prowess makes him all more sympathetic when he meets a bald hedgehog. His good deed in finding and making a wig for the unfortunate hedgehog is repaid in the shape of a bicycle which enables him to become a hero with his fellow frogs. Such is the deft touch of the artist that humour and pathos leaps from every page of this delightful book which deserves a place in every primary classroom.
