The Magic Hare
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The illustration on our cover this month is by Andrew Skilleter from Susan Cooper's Over Sea, Under Stone. Susan Cooper is interviewed by Stephanie Nettell. The book is published by Bodley Head, to whom we are grateful for help in using this illustration.
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A dozen stories about a dancing, elusive, kindly, but slightly vain creature who mimics the part of a fickle fairy godmother as he hops between the animal and human domains, using a kind of shrewd magic to undermine vices and solve predicaments. Each story has an implicit moral which does not intrude upon the nimbleness of the narrative. This is a pleasant collection to read aloud to a class of upper infants or younger juniors; it would also provide some mildly contemplative entertainment for independent readers of all ages.
