Jessica
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Cover Story
Our cover illustration this month is by Shirley Hughes from The Big Alfie Out of Doors Storybook (see her article in this issue), published by Bodley Head (0 370 31516 2) at £8.99. We thank them for their help in reproducing an illustration from the book.
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Ruthie doesn't have a pet, or a brother or a sister but she does have an imaginary friend called Jessica. Kevin Henkes has created a delightful heroine and combines an excellent, highly pertinent storyline with expressive illustrations and clever use of lettering, all set in a tight yet highly appropriate and stylish design. When one of my children reviewed it as being a really 'neat' book, it seemed a very accurate description.
