Shepherd's Pie
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Cover Story
Through star filled skies on Christmas Eve Kay Harker, in a sleigh pulled by eight unicorns and driven by Herne the Hunter, returns in triumph to Tatchester. The illustration on the cover of this issue of BfK is by Faith Jaques and is taken from The Box of Delights, a newly illustrated edition of John Masefield's classic children's book, abridged by Patricia Crampton and published by Heinemann, 0 434 95052 1, £7.95. A paperback edition (without colour plates) is available from Fontana Lion (0 00 572415 9, £1.50). We are grateful to Heinemann and Fontana for help in using this illustration.
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I often think that some of the best stories for younger children build upon the jokes that they tell and upon their innate love of 'playing' with words. Here, the fun's to be had from the knowledge that the giant's wife uses real cottages for cottage pie; genuine rocks for rock cakes! You can guess why the Shepherd's children get anxious... A splendid story for middle infants to first year juniors. The author's cleverly integrated pictures help the text along for newly-independent readers. This appeared first in Julia MacRae's hardback Blackbird series, well worth investigating if you don't yet know it, and currently being extensively plundered for paperback editions. (See Puffins.)
