The Baby's Catalogue
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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 Baby's Catalogue
Illustrated by Janet Ahlberg
I doubt whether there is any primary school - at least I sincerely hope there isn't - which hasn't a hardback copy of this splendid book of the everyday doings of five families and their babies. Now here is an opportunity to add at least one more copy to the classroom shelves and for all parents with preschool children to buy their own copies of this Ahlberg masterpiece for the family collection.
