Some of Us ¦ When I'm Near Water ¦ Know the Time
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Cover Story
The illustration on our cover is from the newly-published Robert Cormier novel Beyond the Chocolate War, (Gollancz, 0 575 03711 3, £7.95). The illustration is by Caroline Binch and shows in the centre Archie Costello, Assigner of the Vigils, holding the white ball which readers of The Chocolate War will remember as all important in deciding who undertakes the assignments that are required from certain unfortunate individuals. In this sequel new characters join him and the old return to play out Archie's last term at Trinity High. We are grateful to Gollancz for help in using this illustration.
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When I'm Near Water
Know the Time
Althea Braithwaite's Dinosaurs have a deserved reputation for quality and value for money as well as for acknowledging that we live in a multi-ethnic society and this latest batch is well up to standard. 'Vive la difference' is the theme of Some of Us wherein we see just a small proportion of the ways people are different: in shape and size, colour, occupation, habits, eating preferences and so on. The happy tone of the book is reflected in both the brief rhyming text and the jolly pictures.
In When I'm Near Water the dangers of water, be it swimming pool, pond, river, canal or sea, are sensitively explained through a narrative style text which is not over didactic and there is some sensible advice for adults at the back of the book.
Know the Time introduces children to the language of time through a sequence of their everyday experiences which are illustrated and augmented with bubble talk thus extending the main text. A very useful little book for infant classrooms and for home reading.
