Sweets from a Stranger
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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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These stories would be no problem for class reading in terms of length but I can't say there's anything I feel desperate to share with my groups. The book's publication shows the value of an author's name - an unknown would have struggled to get this collection into print. (I notice that all the titles I'm reviewing are by well-known writers.) Fisk's starting points are quite interesting, they just don't lead to rounded, satisfying stories.