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BfK No. 51 - July 1988

Cover Story
The illustration on our cover is by Andrew Tiffen from a new collection by Michael Rosen, The Hypnotiser, published by Andre Deutsch (0 233 97929 8, £5.95). We are grateful to Andre Deutsch for help in using this.

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Princess Smartypants

Babette Cole
(Picture Lions)
978-0006627982, RRP £4.50, Paperback
5-8 Infant/Junior
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This is the story of a young lady who, being a modern short of person, likes to do her own thing. Getting married to a Prince is not in her plan, so when various Princes turn up to seek her hand she sets them the most impossible tasks; all of them that is until the final one, Prince Swashbuckle. He succeeds where the others have failed and only when our heroine changes him into a frog does he depart, in his sports car and looking extraordinarily cross. Strong female characters are hard to find in children's books, but here's good one in a story that's both unexpected and amusing. Highly recommended!

Reviewer: 
Moira Small
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