Once There Was a Tree
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The illustration on our cover is from a new book of nursery rhymes illustrated by Charlotte Voake - Over the Moon published by Walker Books, 0 7445 0337 X, £6.95. We are grateful to Walker Books for help in using this illustration.
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Illustrated by Gennady Spirin
Unashamedly didactic is this beautiful information/story book, which was originally published in Russia. The stump of a fallen tree is colonised by a variety of different creatures, including man. Each thinks the stump belongs exclusively to him. 'The man thought he owned the forest- and the earth- so why not the tree stump?' But who really owns the tree stump?, asks the book. And provides the answer. Beautifully detailed and accurate paintings illustrate the text.
