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BfK No. 102 - January 1997

Cover Story
This issue's cover artwork for Philip Pullman's Northern Lights is by Stuart Williams. Pullman talks to BfK's interviewer Geoff Fox. Thanks to Scholastic Childen's Books for their help in producing this January cover.

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Arthur - High King of Britain

Michael Morpurgo
 Michael Foreman
(Mammoth)
144pp, 978-0749718732, RRP £8.99, Paperback
8-10 Junior/Middle
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This large format retelling of the Round Table legends is illustrated with Foreman's characteristically luminous pencil with veils of wash. Told by Arthur himself, it conveys admirably the good and evil, romance and honour of the legends and blends the various components with skill. What it lacks is any note of humour or lightness which may limit its readership to tenacious youngsters only. Worth mentioning is Morpurgo's discreet handling of knightly and adult indiscretions between callow questers and fair young maidens.

Reviewer: 
David Bennett
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