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BfK No. 101 - November 1996

Cover Story
The cover illustration for this issue is by Tony Ross for Allan Ahlberg’s latest addition to the ‘Happy Family’ series, Miss Dirt the Dustman’s Daughter. We are grateful to Puffin Books for their help in producing the cover of this November issue.

BfK No. 101 Articles

Editorial – November 1996

News and comment from the Editor.
Master Allan the Ahlberg

Jeff Hynds looks at Allan Ahlberg's 'Happy Family' series.
'Happy Families' - a classroom perspective

Liz Waterland on how 'Happy Families' work with children.
Authorgraph No.101: Lesley Howarth

Lesley Howarth interviewed by Stephanie Nettell.
Unfinished Stories

George Hunt explores unappreciated treasures that lie in the classroom.
Godhanger by Dick King-Smith

Julia Eccleshare investigates a powerful new novel from Dick King-Smith.
A Christmas Round Up

Fiona Waters looks at new titles for the season.
BfK Briefing – November 1996

News * Awards * Publications * Letters to the Editor
Poetry for Christmas

Jack Ousbey makes a selection.

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 101

  • Under 5s
  • Ages 5-8
  • Ages 8-10
  • Ages 10-14
  • Ages 14+

Under 5s

  • The Boy with Two Shadows
    Margaret Mahy

  • Courtney
    John Burningham

  • A Present for Paul
    Bernard Ashley

  • The Oxford Nursery Book
    Ian Beck

  • Time for Bed
    Alexis Obi

  • Jack the Dog
    John Rowe

  • The Barnyard Band

  • Toyin Fay
    Verna Wilkins

  • Buster Gets Dressed ¦ Henry's Ball
    Rod Campbell

  • Bella's Big Adventure ¦ Bella Goes to Sea
    Benedict Blathwayt

  • As Quiet as a Mouse
    Hilda Offen

  • Sophie and the New Baby
    Laurence Anholt

  • Topsy and Tim Have Itchy Heads ¦ Topsy and Tim Meet the Ambulance Crew
    Jean Adamson
    Gareth Adamson

  • Ten Green Monsters
    Gus Clarke

  • Nothing
    Mick Inkpen

  • The Big Red Bus
    Judy Hindley

  • Moon Frog
    Richard Edwards

  • Lazy Jack
    Vivian French

  • It's the Bear!
    Jez Alborough

Ages 5-8

  • Transport in Art
    Lucy Micklethwait

  • The Last Train
    Kim Lewis

  • A Letter to Granny
    Paul Rogers

  • Emerald Blue
    Ann Marie Linden

  • The Hunter
    Paul Geraghty

  • The Hottest Boy Who Ever Lived
    Anna Fienberg
    Kim Gamble

  • The Sad Story of Veronica who played the violin
    David McKee

  • The Ginger Ninja - The Dance of the Apple Dumplings ¦ The Ginger Ninja - St Felix for the Cup!
    Shoo Rayner

  • Omnibombulator
    Dick King-Smith

  • Who Stole the Pie? ¦ Put on a Show!
    Allan Ahlberg
    Colin McNaughton

  • Dog's Journey: A Goosey Farm Story
    Gene Kemp

  • A Band of Joining-in Stories
    Pat Thomson

  • Jazeera in the Sun
    Lisa Bruce

  • Dog Breath
    Dav Pilkey

  • Cows Moo, Cars Toot
    June Crebbin

  • You're Kidding Ms Wiz
    Terence Blacker

  • The Big Big Sea
    Martin Waddell

Ages 8-10

  • The Polar Bear Family Book
    Thor Larsen
    Sybille Kalas

  • The Incas
    Tim Wood

  • First Pony ¦ Grooming and Stable Management
    Kate Needham

  • Bread ¦ Pasta ¦ Fish ¦ Potatoes
    Jillian Powell

  • Maps
    Rachel Bowles
    Peter Evans

  • Way Home
    Libby Hathorn

  • Page to Jane Seymour ¦ Elizabeth Fry and the Forger's Daughter
    Geoffrey Trease

  • The Paw Thing ¦ The Cabbage Patch Fib
    Paul Jennings

  • The Crazy Shoe Shuffle
    Gillian Cross

  • The Survival of Arno Mostyn
    Sarah Garland

  • The Amazing Mr Pleebus ¦ The Freaky Beastie of Hill Road School
    Nick Abadzis

  • Mr Knuckles
    Mike Dumbleton

  • Harry the poisonous centipede
    Lynne Reid Banks

  • Ring-a-Ring O'Roses: A Book of Nursery Rhymes
    Alan Marks

  • The Camera Obscura
    Hugh Scott

Ages 10-14

  • Professor Protein's Fitness, Health, Hygiene and Relaxation Tonic ¦ Shocking Science 5,000 years of mishaps and misunderstandings
    Steve Parker

  • Spy
    Richard Platt

  • The Ultimate Game ¦ Cyberspace Adventure
    Terrance Dicks

  • Well Dazzled
    Sue Robinson

  • For the Life of Laetitia
    Merle Hodge

  • Dresses of Red and Gold
    Robin Klein

  • The Lost Mine
    Pamela Grant

  • Why we got chucked out of the Inter-Schools Football Competition
    David Ross

  • The Odyssey
    Geraldine McCaughrean

  • Flip-Flop Girl
    Katherine Paterson

  • Stonestruck
    Helen Cresswell

  • My Brother is a Superhero
    Dyan Sheldon

  • Cold Shoulder Road
    Joan Aiken

  • I can move the sea 100 poems by children ¦ Wondercrump Poetry Poems for children by children

  • The Fated Sky
    Henrietta Branford

  • Hero of Lesser Causes
    Julie Johnston

  • Shakespeare Stories II
    Leon Garfield

  • Egghead
    Steve May

Ages 14+

  • New World
    Gillian Cross

  • After the Darkness
    Michael Smith

  • Virtual Sexual Reality
    Chloë Rayban

  • Make Lemonade
    Virginia Euwer Wolff
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