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Cover Story
This issue’s cover illustration by Fangorn is taken from Brian Jacques’ Lord Brocktree (Hutchinson, 0 09 176877 2, £12.99), the thirteenth title in the internationally best-selling Redwall series. Salamandastron, the ancestral home of the Badger Lords, is under threat from Ungatt Trunn, an enemy whose power would seem to be absolute and whose evil knows no bounds. The only hope for survival is the badger Lord Brocktree who is drawn to the fortress by an undeniable sense of destiny. Brian Jacques' masterful storytelling as always spins a web of high adventure that will enthral the reader from the first page to the last. Thanks to Hutchinson Children’s Books for their help in producing this September cover.
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One of those 'books' which open up carousel-style to form four pop-up scenes when you turn the covers back to back, this is a pedestrian attempt to inspire interest in shopping. Tabs to pull add some value - a bunch of bananas registering on a weighing scale and a ginger person disappearing into a bag appealed. There is lots of environmental print to point out to 3-4 year-olds, plus tasks set in the text - counting, colour recognition, etc. The drawings are crude - it is lucky the text mentioned the wolf; we might never have identified it otherwise.
