The Witches and the Singing Mice
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This month's cover features Jean Ure's new book Faces at the Window (see the Jean Ure Authorgraph) with a photograph by Oliver Hunter. The book is published by Corgi Freeway and we are grateful to Transworld Publishers for their help in using this illustration.
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The Witches and the Singing Mice
Illustrated by Angela Barrett
Three witches pass through the highland village of Glenmagraw to take up residence at a deserted house. They enter the village only to make impossible demands of the craftsman there. When these demands are refused, the village children begin to succumb to a sinister sleeping sickness caused by the bites of the singing mice. This is a short and peculiar little story strongly supported by Angela Barrett's intensely atmospheric paintings of dark and diabolical struggle. A happy ending is provided by the village cats, so don't be too cautious about recommending this lively story to readers of a nervous disposition.
