Captain Skip
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Cover Story
There was a boy called Thomas Mead
Who never ever learned to read.
"l wish you would!" his teacher sighed
"Why should l?" Thomas Mead replied.
The Tale of Thomas Mead (Bodley Head 0 370 30357 1, £3.25, January 1981) which is a positive and hilarious answer to `Why should I?' Pat says, `I liked the idea because both my children found reading difficult.' We are delighted to have Thomas Mead on our cover and Pat Hutchins in the Authorgraph (p. 14). For more see the Editor's Page in this issue.
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If you have read Paul Biegel's 'Little Captain' books you will be extremely disappointed by the pale pastiche similarities of plot and characterisation in this vastly inferior 'Captain Skip' adventure.
The reader is invited to come aboard the boat, Somedayfind, with Captain Skip, Panama, Pete, Bill-Bill and Sally, and join their magical, fun-packed quest to find the paradise of Holiday Island. My advice is to decline gracefully and stay with the genuine Biegel article.
