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BfK No. 69 - July 1991

Cover Story
The illustration on the front of BfK this month is the cover of The Book of the Banshee by Anne Fine (see Authorgraph for details). The book is published by Hamish Hamilton and we thank them for their help in using Derek Brazell's illustration.

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The Great White Man-Eating Shark - a Cautionary Tale

Margaret Mahy
 Jonathan Allen
(Puffin Books)
978-0140541878, RRP £3.99, Paperback
5-8 Infant/Junior
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Novin's imitation of a Great White Man-Eating Shark is wholly convincing: each time he straps on his dorsal fin, the cove becomes entirely his for a few days. But when his acting attracts the attention of an amorous lady shark, it's Norvin who has to leave the water. Margaret Mahy's unfailing talent for wordcraft and storytelling are matched by Jonathan Allen's depiction of Junior Jaws Norvin and the panic he causes in this diverting piece of nonsense.

Reviewer: 
Jill Bennett
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