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BfK No. 83 - November 1993

Cover Story
The illustration on our cover this month is by Andrew Skilleter from Susan Cooper's Over Sea, Under Stone. Susan Cooper is interviewed by Stephanie Nettell. The book is published by Bodley Head, to whom we are grateful for help in using this illustration.

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The Canterbury Tales

Selina Hastings
 Reg Cartwright
(Walker Books Ltd)
978-0744530643, RRP £7.99, Paperback
8-10 Junior/Middle
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After a very useful introduction to the setting of the tales and to Chaucer himself, seven stories are told quite accessibly, economically and straightforwardly. The individual tellers (Knight, Miller, Reeve, Pardoner, Wife, Franklin, Nun's Priest) are briefly characterised but their voices don't seem to come through in the retellings, which for me was a pity. The illustrations and decorations do good service to the text, even the slightly cheeky bits, which writer and artist have handled very dexterously. Well worth a library copy.

Reviewer: 
David Bennett
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