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BfK No. 14 - May 1982

Cover Story
Our cover illustration is from Moonlight by Jan Ormerod. (Kestrel, 0 7226 5749 8, £3.95). We are grateful to Kestrel for their help in reproducing this illustration in full colour.

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Two Tales of Basil Brush

Peter Firmin
(Fontana)
978-0006720164, RRP £1.75, Paperback
5-8 Infant/Junior
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Two stories here, Basil Brush Goes Boating and Goes Flying. Both were published in separate volumes over ten years ago. The garrulous fox comes over well as a story character in these two. There's a good combination of text and pictures, an eye-catching cover and the careful production we expect from the Lions imprint. The two stories have similar format: Basil goes on an escapade with his friend Harry and Mole. This will help novice readers: in fact, six-to-nines who still need to see that there's fun in reading should warm to the accessible lengths (each story is about 40 pages): good coherent plots and, not least, a character whose 'voice' they'll be able to hear as they read.

Reviewer: 
Colin Mills
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