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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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An original Lions collection of 18 stories from Australia which will appeal to 12 to 15 year olds. Mixed in length, mood and quality, all about teenagers, some will read aloud well or serve as models for story writing of the length our average exam-age pupils might aim for. Three examples: a dialogue story of how Jan copes with parents' decision that she leaves school; a boy's turning to advantage the embarrassment of using mum's overnight bag at school; a new Australian's (Vietnamese?) feelings about displacement. Worth buying for the library and examining for classroom use. Good to have non-British writers; I like some of the non-punchy endings.