The Left-Outs
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The illustration on the front of BfK this month is from Let's Go Home, Little Bear by Martin Waddell and illustrated by Barbara Firth (see Authorgraph for details). The book is published by Walker Books and we thank them for their help in using this illustration.
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The Left-Outs
Joan is energetically awful, deflated temporarily by her father's refusal to have her live with him and the discovery that he has a girl-friend. When she's turned down for a speaking part in the class production of The Pied Piper, she finds a new companionship with the rest of the 'left-outs', cast as rats, who develop their own play and become a formidable force against the taunts of other children. The way these left-outs flourish and develop is both funny and moving.
