The Three Little Pigs
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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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This is a superb interpretation of the story; Blegvad's drawings in pen and ink and soft colours are full of dramatic detail, but they support rather than overwhelm the text which remains close to the Joseph Jacobs version of the classic English fairy tale. Very strongly recommended; and an excellent antidote to the brash Disney version that so many children come upon as an introduction to the traditional tale.