The Marzipan Pig
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BfK No. 55 - March 1989
Cover Story
The striking illustration on our cover is taken from The Way Things Work by David Macaulay, published by Dorling Kindersley (0 86318 323 9, £15.00).
We are grateful to Dorling Kindersley for help in using this illustration.
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Illustrated by Quentin Blake
(Puffin Books)
978-0140326833, RRP £2.99, Paperback
8-10 Junior/Middle
Enchanting tale involving a marzipan pig that gets eaten by a mouse. As always in this writer's work, there's depth of feeling underneath the surface whimsy. Here, loneliness and the longing for love and company are the themes. It's like an extended poem: lucid and life-enhancing. A lovely one to read aloud to all primary ages - Blake cover and pictures are a bonus.
