Prizewinners
C.' WALTER HODGES is the man all the ' publishers of children's books, the librarians and the teachers are talking about today. As zio artist he has won the 1964 Kate Greenaway Medal for his illustrations to his own book ,-,Shakespeare's Theatre (O.U.P., 21s.); and as an ,;.author he is runner-up for the year's Carnegie .'Medal with his dramatic novel for older `children, set in the times of Alfred the Great, ';41'he Namesake (Bell, 18s. 6d.). Shakespeare's rheatre begins with a beautifully constructed short history of acting from earliest times to the heyday of Bankside: then follows a de- ; tailed description of a Globe production of Julius Caesar, seen in word and picture, from :,.4every angle. Each opening has at least one Magnificent plate in flowing colour, combining m a remarkable way uncompromising accuracy With an almost Hogarthian freedom' of move- ment and creation of character.
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SHEENA PORTER% Nordy Bank (O.U.P.. 12s. 6d.) is the winner of the 1964 Carnegie Medal. Bron, camping on Nordy Bank, finds, to her growing alarm, that the Iron Age People whose store of sling stones 'she unearths on the hillside, are claiming her spirit; why, otherwise, should she. an animal lover, drive off with a flaming branch a starving Alsatian who comes to the camp for food? A strong central theme with interesting archaeological overtones.
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