Frog and the Stranger
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The January cover of BfK features an illustration from No More Television!, the latest title from Philippe Dupasquier who is the subject of this month's Authorgraph. The book is published by Andersen Press and we're grateful to them for their help in using this on our front cover.
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Frog and the Stranger
Frog can teach all of us a lesson or two about prejudice and friendship, but Max Velthuijs never makes us feel that we're being improved. Instead we share frog's nervousness at encountering somebody different, we share his courage in standing out against the prejudice of his friends and we share his sadness at understanding that sometimes we have to let our friends go. All sorts of issues, carefully handled, both in terms of text and illustration, are there to explore; this book ought to be in every school.
