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BfK No. 75 - July 1992

Cover Story
This month we feature the cover of Chris Powling's latest title, Where the Quaggy Bends (see Authorgraph). The book is published in July by HarperCollins (0 00 185417 8, £7.99; 0 00 674087 1, £3.50 pbk) and we are grateful to them for their help in using this illustration.

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Sea Tongue

Kevin Crossley-Holland
 Clare Challice
(BBC Books)
32pp, 978-0563347859, RRP £2.50, Paperback
5-8 Infant/Junior
Read and Listen series
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Cap o'Rushes

Alison Lurie
 Victor Ambrus
(BBC Books)
32pp, 978-0563347781, RRP £2.50, Paperback
5-8 Infant/Junior
Read and Listen series
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Dare's Secret Pony

Emma Tennant
 Mark McLaughlin
(BBC Books)
32pp, 978-0563347828, RRP £2.50, Paperback
5-8 Infant/Junior
Read and Listen series
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The Tale of Trellie the Troog

Douglas Hill
 Cathy Simpson
(BBC Books)
32pp, 978-0563347811, RRP £2.50, Paperback
5-8 Infant/Junior
Read & Listen series
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We've used these beautifully produced books with their accompanying cassettes as individual and group readers in school for some time. The stories are varied, richly different in style and origin, illustrated by a variety of artists and all worth the reading in their own right. The four in this batch are part of the Summer term's Listening and Reading radio series for schools and they range from the excellently retold traditional tale, Cap o'Rushes to the modern Dare's Secret Pony.

There are many titles from previous broadcasts in this series and a child given no other books would have a wide and valuable experience from the variety available. The stories are all presented to appeal to those just taking off in independent reading, but less mature children would enjoy listening to the tapes just as much.

Reviewer: 
Liz Waterland
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