7 DECEMBER 1974, page 20

For The Very Young

Bedtime tales Sandra Paul Harlequin and the Gift of Many Colours Remy Charlip and Burton Supree (Kestrel £1.75) Cinderella John Fowles (Jonathan Cape £1.25) Skimpy William......

Teenage Fiction

The ghastly grin Peter Ackroyd Cold Christmas Nina Beachcroft (Heinemann £2.10) The Cricket Term Antonia Forest (Faber £2.50) Young Winter's Tales 5edited by M. R. Hodgkin......