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BfK No. 22 - September 1983

Cover Story
The illustration on our cover is from the new paperback edition of S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders (Fontana Lions 0 00 671427 7, £1.00). We are grateful to Fontana Lions for making it possible to use it.

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Oliver Button is a Sissy

Tomie De Paola
(Mammoth)
978-0416245400, RRP £2.50, Paperback
5-8 Infant/Junior
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Individuality rules is the theme of this story wherein 'unsporty' Oliver is sent to dancing school 'for the exercise' his father insists. There he discovers the delights of tap dancing to the disgust of the other boys who tease him relentlessly. Undaunted, Oliver enters a talent contest and though he doesn't win first prize he does succeed in winning the respect of his classmates. Charming three-colour illustrations amplify the text.

Reviewer: 
Jill Bennett
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