Mrs Vinegar
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Cover Story
Through star filled skies on Christmas Eve Kay Harker, in a sleigh pulled by eight unicorns and driven by Herne the Hunter, returns in triumph to Tatchester. The illustration on the cover of this issue of BfK is by Faith Jaques and is taken from The Box of Delights, a newly illustrated edition of John Masefield's classic children's book, abridged by Patricia Crampton and published by Heinemann, 0 434 95052 1, £7.95. A paperback edition (without colour plates) is available from Fontana Lion (0 00 572415 9, £1.50). We are grateful to Heinemann and Fontana for help in using this illustration.
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The translation from hardcover to paperback sometimes alters the character of a book and Simon Stern's well-told and humorously illustrated version of this old story is not well served by the reduction that has been necessary to fit it into the Magnet series. Not only has much of the detail been lost, but the size of the print and indeed the book as a whole, make it less appealing to the young reader.
