Page 8, 4th December 1981
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Goldfish Soup
IN ORDER TO capture the attention of readers of all ages, whether familiar or not with sacred Scripture. the authors of these two hooks have been lavish in their use of fancy......
Enter The Dragon
The Dragon Of Og h■ Ru ttier (hidden (Papermac) PAULINE Baines has done beautiful coloured illustrations for these two books, Rumer Godden's The Dragon Of Og is a tale of......
Swine, Chicken And Song
THERE ARE two characters who have come my way recently who should tumble into lots of Santa's sacks this year. One is Portly McSwine, a pig of great pathos, racked by doubts......
Afghan Prince
Prince What-a Mess by Frank Muir (Carousel, 95p) FOR THOSE of you who have not heard of What-a-Mess, he is a disorderly untidy pedigree Afghan pup. who in this book is trying to......
Afloat And A Fight
Lizzies Floating Shop by John Wain Bodley Head. £3.50) LI/11ES Floating Shop is the story of a fourteen-year-old girl. with no apparent worries, until she tries to raise enough......
B Ackward
and superficial These four books each with a different illustrator are attractive enough to look at. But one wonders for what age of child they were intended. The illustrations......
B Etter Looking
I TRIED OUT these books on a young mother, not very rich, who has two small boys. one still being read to and the other old enough to read for himself. She said that although......
Coloured Stocking Fodder
THERE IS a fairly plentiful supply this year of the slim kind of paper-back book for children and young people that seems to be designed with an eye to its being rolled into a......