Bernard Beckett(Quercus) Stuck in a car wreck, upside down, gravely injured, Tristan and Grace are staring at death, hanging on to the faint hope that when the sun rises, someone will notice them. Fate has brought them together one final time, after doing so time and time again throughout their lives. As they fight for …
morals
Aesop’s Fables
Fiona Waters (text) & Fulvio Testa (illustrations)(Andersen Press) Aesop’s Fables are classic moral tales which date back possibly as far as 650BCE. This new edition includes 60 of some of his tales, some of them famous, some of them less so. Each fable has a double spread dedicated to it, with words by award-winning anthologist …
Jim
Hilaire Belloc (text) & Mini Grey (illustrations)(Jonathan Cape) WARNING: CONTAINS A DANGEROUS BEAST AND A MISERABLE END. The message on the cover of this great new offering from one of our favourite illustrators, Mini Grey, has us warned and sets the tone for this cautionary tale. Now, I will have to admit I had never …