Shan Helps Rani
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The illustration on our cover is taken from Stories for Children by Oscar Wilde, illustrated by P J Lynch, 0 7500 0302 2, £10.00 (see Fairy Tale Favourites). The book is published by Simon & Schuster and we're grateful to them for help in using this illustration.
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Shan Helps Rani
Meena Jamil
Shan is upset that he's not allowed to do the shopping with his older sister. But shopping is much easier if you remember to take a bag as Rani discovers when she struggles home with her arms loaded: that's where Shan has his chance to help.
There are still all too few simple domestic stories featuring Asian families, so this one is particularly welcome - and available in four dual-language editions, as well as English only. 'My Mum really liked this book,' said one of my readers, 'she read me the Punjabi and I read her the English.'