Winning Words
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The illustration on the front of BfK this month is from Rub-a-Dub-Dub: Val Biro's 77 Favourite Nursery Rhymes (see Authorgraph for details). The book is published by Blackie and we thank them for their help in using this illustration.
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The winners of the Faber and Faber Write-A-Story Competition for children were selected according to which entries appeared to have been enjoyable to write. Consequently, the book provides much in the way of light entertainment, but this rather bland collection of mainly escapist fantasies reflects little of the storymaking of children living in a real world of personal and social strife. Still, there are some gems here. My class particularly enjoyed 'Naughty Mr Nip Nip' - a chilling miniature narrative by six-year-old James Granger. May his pen never rest.