The Collins Book of Stories for Eight-Year-Olds
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Cover story
On the front of BfK this month is the cover of Yesterday by Adèle Geras. The artwork is by Carolyn Piggford. This book is one from the 'Teenage Memoirs' series published by Walker (see the article, All Their Yesterdays, in this issue) and Adèle, of course, is the subject of our Authorgraph - see centre-spread. Our thanks to Walker Books for their help in using this illustration.
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The Collins Book of Stories for Eight-Year-Olds
Julia Eccleshare
Eight-year-olds? One of the stories in this book, 'Such a Sweet Little Girl' by Lance Salway, gave me my first serious nightmare for almost 20 years. Others, such as 'Fishing with Dicky' by Sally Christie and 'Blondin's Rainbow' by Judith Vidal, are thought-provoking enough to hold the attention of much older children. This is a minor quibble compared with the strengths of the book, which provides a range of fascinating tales in a variety of moods and genres. Moral dilemmas, mythology, comical scrapes, ghost stories and urban surrealism come together in a collection which should appeal to readers throughout the primary age range and beyond.