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Irresistible Reading

Gillian Freeman Manhattan is Missin g E. W. Hildick (Tom Stacey) £1.60 A Cold Wind Blowing Barbara Willard (Longman £1.50) The Incline William Mayne (Hamish Hamilton £1.40) A......

Books For Younger Children

Caroline Hillier Rumer Godden is possibly the only writer for children who can still centre her story on the 'Big House' of the village and get away with it. The secret is......