Diana and her Rhinoceros
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Cover Story
On our cover this issue we feature a double page spread from Going West by Martin Waddell and Philippe Dupasquier. (Andersen, 0 86264 052 0, £4.95). We are very grateful to Andersen for help in using this illustration.
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Diana and her Rhinoceros
Stylish Ardizzone story about a little girl who 'adopts' a rhino reminds us again that few recognised so soon what other artists now know: picture books have such potential for exploring the imaginative 'secondary' worlds of children. The pleasure for six to nines will lie in the possibility of exploring the exotic from a cosy, homely setting. My mixed-age infants were fascinated by the contrasts between the light, bright water colours and the black - white, subdued shadings ... and the ways in which these both helped the story along. Let's put the young of the eighties in touch with a true artist who never sells them short.
