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BfK No. 46 - September 1987

Cover Story
The illustration on our cover is by Stephen Lavis and is taken from the paperback edition of The Hounds of The Morrigan by Pat O'Shea (Puffin, 014 03.2207 8, £2.95). We are grateful to Puffin Books for help in using this illustration.

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The Tale of the Crooked Crab

Delia Huddy
 Linda Birch
(Corgi)
978-0552524421, RRP £1.75, Paperback
5-8 Infant/Junior
'A 'By Myself' Book'
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There's wit, action and some lively characterisation in this tale of a mini-mutiny on a sailing ship when a Captain takes a holiday. There's a contemporary feel to the writing: the ship collides with an oil rig. I recommend you to look at this 'By Myself' series. It's had a very promising start, and this book was very popular with seven-year-olds. I like the fact that the language is accessible, without ever being prosaic, or over-simplified. The ship is described as 'a rainbow-coloured dancer, bobbing and nodding and slowly sinking': that's the kind of writing the very newly independent need.

Reviewer: 
Colin Mills
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