Just Like Us
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Cover Story
The illustration on our cover is taken from Stories for Children by Oscar Wilde, illustrated by P J Lynch, 0 7500 0302 2, £10.00 (see Fairy Tale Favourites). The book is published by Simon & Schuster and we're grateful to them for help in using this illustration.
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Illustrated by Daniel Baird
Despite its easy-to-read text and appearance, this isn't a book for very young children. Billy, ignoring the warnings of his family, visits the other side of the wall where he meets another Billy who, he discovers, is just like himself. Simple and straightforward - or is it? Billy's family seem unaware that they break all the rules and are seen to be practising child abuse, environmental pollution, extermination of wild life and anything but organic cultivation. Much food for thought and discussion here.
