The Vanishment of Thomas Tull
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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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The Vanishment of Thomas Tull
Shades of The Shrinking of Treehorn in this early vintage Ahlberg about an incredible shrinking boy. There's the witty and wordy fun we expect from the writer and the artist's episodic, complementary pictures are as inventive as ever. Their special talent is for picture book stories for younger children, I think: and this doesn't have the magic of some of their other work. There's a feeling of a good idea being stretched. But even below their very best they're better than most so I'll find a place for this in bookshops and libraries for sevens to nines.
