The Lazy Beaver
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Cover Story
The illustration on the cover of this issue of Books for Keeps shows the arrival of King Sahure's funeral procession at the pyramid at Abusir around 2473 BC. Reconstructed from archaeological evidence, this illustration by David Salariya and Shirley Willis is taken from Ancient Egypt by Rosalie and Antony E. David, published by Kingfisher in the History as Evidence series (0 86272 091 5, £3.95). We are grateful to Kingfisher for help in using this illustration. (See Information Please, pages 20-21)
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Beavers have a reputation for industry; not so young Bertram who is content to while away his time in more leisurely pursuits whilst the rest of the colony are hard at work constructing a new settlement. But the natural beaver trait for work finally reasserts itself thanks to a trip to the dentist and a charming lady beaver. Although the busy, detailed illustrations are comic like and the beavers anthropomorphic, there is a factual element behind the tale as is made clear in the details about beavers' habits given at the end of the book.