Harriet and Walt
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The illustration on the cover of this issue of Books for Keeps shows the arrival of King Sahure's funeral procession at the pyramid at Abusir around 2473 BC. Reconstructed from archaeological evidence, this illustration by David Salariya and Shirley Willis is taken from Ancient Egypt by Rosalie and Antony E. David, published by Kingfisher in the History as Evidence series (0 86272 091 5, £3.95). We are grateful to Kingfisher for help in using this illustration. (See Information Please, pages 20-21)
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Young brothers can be a bore as Harriet well knows, but family loyalty proves strong when others start mocking Walt's snowplay. Both the pictures of the canine characters and the short text are distinctly American but the message that blood is thicker than water is what emerges most strongly from this quietly humorous tale.
