The Last Puppy
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Cover Story
On our cover this issue we feature an illustration by Charles Keeping from Beowulf (OUP, 0 19 279770 0, £4.50), a new picture book version for 9-13s of the Anglo-Saxon hero tale. The story is retold by Kevin Crossley-Holland. We are most grateful to Oxford University Press for their help in using this illustration.
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The Last Puppy
A beguiling story of the last born of nine puppies who seemed destined to be last at everything for the rest of his life. When his owners put up the notice 'puppies for sale' he tries desperately not to be last again but his own anxiousness has the opposite effect. Then at last, his turn comes and he is, in the words of his new owner, 'My first puppy'. Frank Asch's simply drawn pictures in muted colours are in keeping with the gentle nature of the text and the whole should have instant child appeal.