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Absolutely Revolting
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The Year in Review

'The Year in Review' by Margaret Aitken

by Margaret Aitken •
July 1982, no. 42


Children’s Book Week is traditionally a time to take an overall view of the last year’s output of children’s books. Such an overall view is necessarily superficial but it can be interesting to note the appearance of new authors and illustrators, new themes, or different treatment of old themes. This article will look at the picture books and fiction of the last twelve months.

 


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