The Little Christ Child and the Spiders
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Cover Story
The illustration on our cover by Denis Ryan is taken from the Teen Tracks paperback of The Pigman's Legacy by Paul Zindel (0 00 672977 0, £2.25) to he published in April. We are grateful to Collins for help in using this illustration.
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The Little Christ Child and the Spiders
Illustrated by George Buchanan
A lovely book for reflecting on Christmas. George Buchanan's delicate shimmering illustrations gently depict the house being readied, clean and sparkling for Christmas. Meanwhile the poor house spiders are relegated to the attic, and it seems that, yet again, they will miss seeing the crowning glory - the Christmas tree. Visiting the house later that night to check that all was well, the Little Christ Child takes pity on them and allows them to come downstairs telling them that they may look but they must not touch. Overcome by excitement in their haste to explore, they spin dusty grey webs all over the beautiful tree but the Little Christ Child manages to create a miracle from the disaster.
