Bonny's Big Day
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Cover Story
The illustration on our cover is taken from War Boy: A Country Childhood, written and illustrated by Michael Foreman and published in October 1989 by Pavilion Books (185145 353 9, £9.99). We are grateful to Pavilion for help in using this illustration.
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Bonny's Big Day
Illustrated by Ruth Brown
It has been said that the best of children's literature must have a universal appeal, touching chords of recognition in adults and children alike. Taken from It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet, the story of how Bonny, a retired carthorse, is entered and wins first prize at Darrowby Show has all the gentle appeal of the best of Herriot's wrting. With Ruth Brown's evocative illustration. we have here one of those books that will remain with the reader as a trace of memory. giving a warm feeling long after the details of the story itself have been forgotten.
