14 SEPTEMBER 1974, page 33

Fiction For The Very Young

Edward Blishen A weekend guest, I slept in the bed of someone's absent son — he being away at the university. To an insomniac eye, his bookshelves offered an almost perfect......

Picture Books For Children

John Rowe Townsend The Magic Tree Gerald McDermott (Kestrel £1.50) Rhymes Without Reason Mervyn Peake (Methuen £1.40) Odd One Out Rodney Pepp6 (Kestrel £1.50) Barbapapa's Ark......