Pretty Things
Peter Campbell, 21 February 1980
Beauty and the Beast
by Rosemary Harris and Errol Le Cain.
Faber, 32 pp., £3.50, October 1980,0 571 11374 5 Show More
by Rosemary Harris and Errol Le Cain.
Faber, 32 pp., £3.50, October 1980,
Mazel and Shlimazel
by Isaac Bashevis Singer and Margot Zemach.
Cape, 42 pp., £3.95, November 1980,0 224 01758 6 Show More
by Isaac Bashevis Singer and Margot Zemach.
Cape, 42 pp., £3.95, November 1980,
La Corona
by Russell Hoban and Nicola Bayley.
Cape, 32 pp., £3.50, September 1980,0 224 01397 1 Show More
by Russell Hoban and Nicola Bayley.
Cape, 32 pp., £3.50, September 1980,
Comic and Curious Cats
by Angela Carter and Martin Leman.
Gollancz, 32 pp., £3.50, April 1980,0 575 02592 1 Show More
by Angela Carter and Martin Leman.
Gollancz, 32 pp., £3.50, April 1980,
The Wild Washerwomen
by John Yeoman and Quentin Blake.
Hamish Hamilton, 32 pp., £3.75, October 1980,0 241 89928 1 Show More
by John Yeoman and Quentin Blake.
Hamish Hamilton, 32 pp., £3.75, October 1980,
“... The literature of pre-literacy reaches its audience by way of adults – parents, teachers, librarians and so on. The best reason for learning to read is to escape from what they prescribe or tolerate. Being neither buyers nor readers, the ultimate audience for picture books is doubly disadvantaged when it comes to influencing what is provided for them ... ”
