3 NOVEMBER 1967, page 21

Blueprint

ELAINE MOSS Many people believe that background in children's books is a divisive element (out-with- pony-club, in-with-'pop') and so it can be if it is merely a sterile......

Myth And Poetry

WILLIAM BUCHAN The Shadow Land Peter Vansittart (Macdonald 16s) In their very different ways these two books would make a good addition to the library of any intelligent older......

The Wi.shing Tree William Faulkner

Full of magic ELIZABETH JENNINGS illus- trated by Don Bolognese (Chatto and Vs'indus 18s) William Faulkner seems the most unlikely person to have written a children's book. He......