At the Crossroads
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Cover Story
The illustration on our cover is taken from Think of an Eel, Karen Wallace, ill. Mike Bostock, published by Walker (0 7445 2250 1, £6.99) - see the article 'Facts... With the Freshness of Fiction' for more about this book and others in the 'Read and Wonder' series. We are grateful to Walker Books for their help in using this illustration.
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A most attractive, large-format picture book which explores a day in the life of a small boy in a South African shanty town. It's a very special day; the day his father is expected back from working in the mines after ten months away. The text is in the first person and gives a real feel of the excitement, the waiting and the joy which the child and his friends feel. Small children won't need to know anything about the political background to share in the experience and savour the bold and dramatic pictures.
