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BfK No. 102 - January 1997

Cover Story
This issue's cover artwork for Philip Pullman's Northern Lights is by Stuart Williams. Pullman talks to BfK's interviewer Geoff Fox. Thanks to Scholastic Childen's Books for their help in producing this January cover.

BfK No. 102 Articles

Editorial – January 1997

News and comment from the Editor.

Judging a Book by its Cover

Alec Williams on a new design award.

Mervyn Peake 1911-1968

Diana Wynne Jones on Mervyn Peake's Boy in Darkness and P J Lynch on the challenges of illustrating it.

The Treasury Wars

Brian Alderson looks at the current crop of gift collections.

Publishing Profiles No.1: The Non-Fiction Editor

Liz Attenborough goes behind the scenes in publishing.

Authorgraph No.102: Philip Pullman

Philip Pullman interviewed by Geoff Fox.

BfK Briefing – January 1997

Publishers' Choice * News * Awards * Events * Best Seller Charts * Letters to the Editor

Good Reads: Burscough County Primary, Ormskirk

Reviews from Burscough County Primary School, Ormskirk.

Classics in Short No.1: Treasure Island

Helen Levene on Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island.

Editor's Choice

Care of Henry

Anne Fine
(Walker Books Ltd)
5

Just how do children learn to make good choices? Hugo's mum will be away in hospital for three days having a baby and Hugo must choose who to stay with during this time - with Granny, with the next door neighbour or with Uncle Jack? Hugo devises...

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New Talent

Hiding Places

Ruth Dowley
(Orion Publishing Co)
3

'The enemy chiefs were whispering together. Cuthbert saw them from the fortress. Something suspicious was going on. And now Cuthbert had these new people to watch. They might turn out to be the enemies of the Lands as well...' This is how this...

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All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 102

  • Under 5s
  • Ages 5-8
  • Ages 8-10
  • Ages 10-14
  • Books About Children's Books

Under 5s

  • Adam Pig's Big Book

    Selina Young
    5
  • My Oxford Pop-up Surprise 1 2 3; My Oxford Pop-up Surprise A B C

    Robert Crowther
    4
  • The Nursery Storybook

    Georgie Adams
    4
  • When the Teddy Bears Came

    Martin Waddell
    4
  • There's No Such Thing as a Dragon

    Jack Kent
    3
  • Spot Bakes a Cake

    Eric Hill
    3
  • Rub-a-Dub-Dub

    Val Biro
    3
  • My Busy Day

    Philippe Dupasquier
    3
  • The Very Busy Spider

    Eric Carle
    3

Ages 5-8

  • Care of Henry

    Anne Fine
    5
  • Angus Rides the Goods Train

    Alan Durant
    Chris Riddell
    5
  • The Happy Prince

    Jane Ray
    5
  • The Lollipop Witch

    Elizabeth Hawkins
    4
  • Bumps in the Night

    Frank Rodgers
    4
  • The Bear

    Raymond Briggs
    4
  • Good Zap, Little Grog

    Sarah Wilson
    4
  • Little Green Tow Truck; Big Blue Engine

    Ken Wilson-Max
    4
  • The Orchard Book of Funny Poems

    4
  • When Martha's Away

    Bruce Ingman
    4
  • The Butterfly; The Wolf; Fly Traps!; My Body, Your Body

    Claude Delafosse
    3
  • The Adventures of Robin Hood

    Marcia Williams
    3
  • The Acorn's Story

    Valerie Greeley
    3
  • The Tiger Child

    Joanna Troughton
    3

Ages 8-10

  • The Puffin Book of Nonsense Verse

    4
  • The Better Brown Stories

    Allan Ahlberg
    4
  • Watch out for Witches!

    Hilda Offen
    4
  • King Max the Last

    Dick King-Smith
    4
  • Twin Trouble

    Penelope Farmer
    4
  • Alexander Graham Bell; Alfred the Great; Anne Frank; Dick Whittington; Elizabeth I; Louis Braille

    Emma Fischel
    3
  • Home in the Blitz; Tudor Warship; Roman Fort; Victorian Factory

    Marilyn Tolhurst
    3
  • Spring on the Farm; Winter on the Farm

    Jillian Powell
    3
  • Oxford Book of Poetry for Children

    3
  • Arthur - High King of Britain

    Michael Morpurgo
    3
  • Thunderbolt's Waxwork

    Philip Pullman
    3
  • Premlata and the Festival of Lights

    Rumer Godden
    3
  • Theseus Monster Killer; Odysseus Super Hero; Odysseus Goes Through Hell

    Tony Robinson
    Richard Curtis
    3
  • Funky Chickens

    Benjamin Zephaniah
    3
  • Hiding Places

    Ruth Dowley
    3
  • Hide and Shriek!; Madam Sizzers

    Paul Dowling
    3
  • Man Hunt

    Malaika Rose Stanley
    3
  • Wow! I'm a Whale!

    Tony Bradman
    3
  • The Last Polar Bears

    Harry Horse
    3
  • The River Bank and other stories from The Wind in the Willows

    Kenneth Grahame
    3
  • A Year Full of Poems

    3
  • Schools in Victorian Times

    Margaret Stephen
    2
  • The Great Grammar Book

    Jennie Maizels
    Kate Petty
    2

Ages 10-14

  • Many Rivers to Cross

    Errol Lloyd
    5
  • The Firework-Maker's Daughter

    Philip Pullman
    5
  • Speak for Yourself!; You're My Best Friend - I Hate You

    Rosie Rushton
    4
  • On the Rocks

    Sandra Chick
    4
  • Adam and Eve and Pinch-Me

    Julie Johnston
    4
  • Loving April

    Melvin Burgess
    4
  • Diving In

    Kate Cann
    4
  • The Young Oxford History of Britain and Ireland

    Mike Corbishley
    John Gillingham
    Rosemary Kelly
    Ian Dawson
    James Mason
    4
  • From Cubit to Kilogram; From Candle to Quartz Clock

    Anita Ganeri
    4
  • The Orchard Book of Poems

    4
  • The Tulip Touch

    Anne Fine
    4
  • The Wakening

    Paul Stewart
    4
  • The Big Bazoohley

    Peter Carey
    4
  • You Wait Till I'm Older Than You!

    Michael Rosen
    4
  • The Bronze Trumpeter

    Jenny Nimmo
    4
  • The Oxford Treasury of Classic Poems

    4
  • A Caribbean Dozen

    4
  • Deep Water

    Ann Turnbull
    4
  • The Livewire Guide to Going, Being and Staying Veggie!

    Juliet Gellatley
    3
  • What Jamie Saw

    Carolyn Coman
    3
  • In the Middle of the Night

    Robert Cormier
    3
  • Farming

    Katie Roden
    3
  • Tales of Real Heroism

    Paul Dowswell
    3
  • 101 Optical Illusions

    Terry Jennings
    3
  • What They Don't Tell You About Shakespeare

    Anita Ganeri
    3
  • The Demon Headmaster Strikes Again

    Gillian Cross
    3
  • Last Bus

    Robert Swindells
    3
  • Love. In Cyberia

    Chloë Rayban
    2

Books About Children's Books

  • The New Oxford Book of Children's Verse

    3
  • Information and Book Learning

    Margaret Meek
    2

BfK News

CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals: the winners 2013

Sally Gardner (c) Kate ChristerSally Gardner won her second major award of the year today when she was awarded the CILIP Carnegie Medal for Maggot Moon (Hot Key Books). Earlier this year, Maggot Moon won the Costa Children’s Book Award.

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NEW DANCE THEATRE PROJECT WANTS YOUNG PEOPLES’ STORIES

Tall Tales Big Moves, a new dance theatre project based in Thanet, Kent, is inviting young people aged 5 to 16 to submit stories to its Story Pool.

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MALORIE BLACKMAN APPOINTED AS THE 8TH CHILDREN’S LAUREATE

Malorie Blackman is the new Children’s Laureate. At a ceremony on Tuesday 4 June, hosted by Channel 4’s Krishnan Guru-Murthy, and attended by previous holders of the position including Anne Fine and Anthony Browne, she was presented with the medal by the outgoing Laureate Julia Donaldson.

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2013 ASTRID LINDGREN MEMORIAL AWARD WINNER ISOL RECEIVES HER PRIZE

2013 ASTRID LINDGREN MEMORIAL AWARD WINNER ISOL RECEIVES HER PRIZE

Isol winsIn a ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall Monday 27 May, picture book artist Marisol ‘Isol’ Misenta was presented with the 2013 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award by H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden.

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THE FRANCES LINCOLN DIVERSE VOICES CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD 2013

Tariq Mehmood has won the Frances Lincoln Diverse Voices Children’s Book Award 2013 for You’re Not Proper. The announcement was made on 23rd May 2013 by John Nicoll, founder of the award, at Seven Stories - National Centre for Children’s Books.

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DANIEL MORDEN WINS 2013 TIR NA N-OG ENGLISH AWARD

The Welsh Books Council has announced Daniel Morden as winner of the 2013 Tir na n-Og English Award for his collection of stories Tree of Leaf and Flame (Pont Books).

Morden’s first book, Weird Tales from the  Storyteller, was shortlisted for the Tir
na n-Og English-language award in 2004 and he won the award in 2007 for Dark Tales from the Woods.

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ROYAL SOCIETY YOUNG PEOPLE’S BOOK PRIZE 2013 SHORTLIST

The Royal Society has announced the shortlist for their 2013 Young People’s Book Prize, naming the six books the judges consider best communicate science to young people.

Professor John Goodby FRS, Chair of the judges described the shortlist as eclectic, but enthralling.

The six books shortlisted by the judges are:

Build the Human Body by Richard Walker (Templar Publishing)

In the judges’ words: ‘A hands on, fun kit to help learn about the human body, accompanied by a well-illustrated, concise, clear book.’

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SARAH GARLAND WINS INAUGURAL LITTLE REBELS CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD

Sarah Garland has won the first Little Rebels Children’s Book Award for Azzi in Between, which tells the story of a family forced to fell their homeland and settle in a strange and unfamiliar country. The book is based on the author’s own experience of working among refugee families and is endorsed by Amnesty International.

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2013 BRANFORD BOASE AWARD: THE SHORTLIST

‘Seven outstanding debuts, eight really interesting authors, doing really interesting things’

The shortlist for the 2013 Branford Boase Award has been announced. The Branford Boase Award is given annually to the author of an outstanding debut novel for children. Uniquely, it also honours the editor of the winning title and highlights the importance of the editor in nurturing new talent.

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2013 CLPE Poetry Award: Winner

CLPE AwardThe 2013 CLPE Poetry Award has been won by George Szirtes for  In the Land of the Giants, illustrated by Helen Szirtes (Salt Publishing). Szirtes was presented with the award by last year’s winner Rachel Rooney at a ceremony at CLPE on the evening of Tuesday 30 April.

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