Billy Goat and His Well-Fed Friends
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Cover Story
The illustration on the cover of this issue of Books for Keeps is from the new large-size edition of The Complete Adventures of Tom Kitten and His Friends, published by Frederick Warne, 0 7232 3288 1, £5.95. We are grateful to Penguin Books for help in using this illustration.
Correction
We are sorry that the booklists for the articles on Judy Blume and C.S. Lewis were incomplete in our last issue. Please add the following editions – all hardback from The Bodley Head.
C. S. Lewis
The Magician’s Nephew
0 370 00926 6, £4.95
The Last Battle
0 370 00933 9, £4.95
Judy Blume
Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great
0 370 30170 6 £4.95
Superfudge
0 370 30358 X £4.50
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
0 370 30171 4, £4.50
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When Billy Goat overhears the farmer's wife saying that he will soon be ready to eat, he decides that it's time to escape. In his travels he meets the pig, the goose, the cockerel and the sheep and together they begin a new life in the safety of the woods: 'We can build a house in the woods and live in peace together' is their aim but seemingly their peace is to be shortlived when a pair of greedy wolves arrives on the scene. However, a united effort from the friends pays dividends and at last the animals can begin their new life.
A delightful story with the elements of the traditional folk tale, this was a firm favourite with my infants in its original 'I Can Read' form and it is good to see it in what, I hope, is a more readily accessible form for would-be purchasers. If you've not come across this one before, make sure you get hold of a copy for yourself. The delicate illustrations are a delight too.
