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BfK No. 104 - May 1997

Cover Story
This issue's cover is a photograph of Anne Frank whose diary is discussed by Michael Rosen fifty years after its first publication. Following the arrest of the Frank family and their companions, the secret annex in Amsterdam where they had been in hiding was locked up and everybody forbidden to enter it, since Jewish possessions became Nazi property and were carted away. Before this happened, the young woman, Miep Gies, who had provided those in hiding with food and who had a second key to the annex, risked herself once more by entering it. Miep retrieved Anne's diary from the devastation together with the Frank family photograph album.

Thanks to Penguin Children's Books for help in reproducing this cover.

BfK No. 104 Articles

Editorial – May 1997

News and comment from the Editor.
Breaking Down the Barriers

Julia Eccleshare on recent books about victims of discrimination and prejudice.
Letterbox Library

BfK meets a book club that celebrates equality and cultural difference.
Doe-eyed and Fluffy

Stephanie Nettell investigates a new mass market series, Animal Ark.
Publishing Profiles No.3: The Designer

Liz Attenborough goes behind the scenes in publishing.
The History of Children’s Books, No.1: How Children’s Books Began

The first of a new series of articles by John Rowe Townsend on the history of children's literature.
Authorgraph No.104: Anne Frank

Anne Frank discussed by Michael Rosen
BfK Briefing – May 1997

News * Events * Obituary * Awards * Best Seller Chart * Publications * Letters to the Editor
Good Reads: Westfield Primary School, Barnes

Chosen by pupils of Westfield Primary School, Barnes, London.
Classics in Short No.3: The Secret Garden

Helen Levene on Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden.

Editor's Choice

Loneliness and Making Friends
Sarah Levete
(Franklin Watts Ltd)
5

Learning to make friends is a crucial part of their development for children of six years and upwards and a successful (or unsuccessful) outcome of this process can impact hugely on an individual's notion of self worth and ability to form...

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New Talent

A Friend for Rachel
Margaret McAllister
(Oxford University Press)
5

Rachel is having a miserable time - her vicar father has moved to a new church where his innovations, and his family, come in for much unfair criticism; Rachel has no best friend at her new school; her pregnant mum feels unwell a lot of the time...

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All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 104

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

Under 5s

  • Chicken Licken -A Wickedly Funny Flap Book
    Jonathan Allen
    5

  • Greetings from Sandy Beach
    Bob Graham
    4

  • Three-Star Billy
    Pat Hutchins
    4

  • Grandmother and I ¦ Grandfather and I
    Helen E Buckley
    4

  • Planes; Trucks; Boats
    Jan Pieńkowski
    4

  • Daisy and Jack in the Garden; Daisy and Jack and the Surprise Pie
    Prue Theobalds
    4

  • I like it when...
    Mary Murphy
    4

  • Time for a Tale
    Julia Eccleshare
    3

  • There's a Monster in my House; There's a Dragon at my School
    Jenny Tyler
    Philip Hawthorn
    3

  • Charlie's Checklist
    Rory S Lerman
    3

  • Kitty's Fishy Dinner
    Linda Jennings
    3

  • Billy and the Baby
    Tony Bradman
    3

  • From Snowflakes to Sandcastles
    Annie Owen
    2

Ages 5-8

  • A Worm's Eye View
    Jan Mark
    5

  • Wolf!
    Sara Fanelli
    5

  • Loneliness and Making Friends
    Sarah Levete
    5

  • Lord of the Animals
    Fiona French
    5

  • The Monster Story-Teller
    Jacqueline Wilson
    4

  • Magic Betsey
    Malorie Blackman
    4

  • Goodnight, Monster
    Carolyn Dinan
    4

  • Mouse Creeps
    Peter Harris
    4

  • All Because of Jackson
    Dick King-Smith
    2

  • Bear's Bad Mood
    John Prater
    2

Ages 8-10

  • A Friend for Rachel
    Margaret McAllister
    5

  • The Brothers Grimm: Popular Folk Tales
    5

  • There's a Pharaoh in Our Bath!
    Jeremy Strong
    4

  • Keeping Cats
    Jay Ashton
    4

  • Smart Girls Forever
    Robert Leeson
    4

  • Famous with Smokey Joe
    Chris Powling
    4

  • The Invisible Dog
    Dick King-Smith
    4

  • Staying With Grandpa
    Penelope Lively
    4

  • The Dadhunters
    Josephine Feeney
    3

  • Ginny's Egg
    Pippa Goodhart
    3

  • Charlie's Eye
    Dorothy Horgan
    3

  • Kind ¦ Fair ¦ Reliable ¦ Honest
    Janine Amos
    3

  • Poppy's Secret ¦ The Lost Treasure
    Mary Hooper
    3

  • Harvey Goes to School
    Terrance Dicks
    3

  • What Do We Know About Islam?; My Muslim Life
    Shahrukh Husain
    2

Ages 10-14

  • Junk
    Melvin Burgess
    5

  • The Egg and Sperm Race
    Fran Balkwill
    5

  • Looking at Pictures - an introduction to art for young people through the collection of the National Gallery
    Joy Richardson
    5

  • The Snake-stone
    Berlie Doherty
    5

  • More Shakespeare Without the Boring Bits
    Humphrey Carpenter
    4

  • In Between
    4

  • The Usborne Illustrated Atlas of the 20th Century
    Lisa Miles
    4

  • Revolutionaries
    Paul Thomas
    4

  • A spell of Words
    Elizabeth Jennings
    4

  • A Fine Summer Knight
    Jan Mark
    4

  • Lost for Words
    Elizabeth Lutzeier
    4

  • Midwinter
    Maeve Henry
    4

  • We Couldn't Provide Fish Thumbs ¦ Another Day on Your Foot and I Would Have Died
    James Berry
    Judith Nicholls
    Grace Nichols
    Vernon Scannell
    Matthew Sweeney
    4

  • A.N.T.I.D.O.T.E.
    Malorie Blackman
    4

  • The Girl in the Blue Tunic
    Jean Ure
    4

  • Drug Trafficking
    Jillian Powell
    3

  • The Aztec News ¦ The Egyptian News ¦ The Greek News ¦ The Roman News
    Philip Steele
    3

  • Special Powers
    Mary Hoffman
    3

  • Truth, Lies and Homework
    Josephine Feeney
    3

  • Best of Friends
    Val Bierman
    3

  • The Barefoot Book of Heroines ¦ The Barefoot Book of Heroes
    Rebecca Hazell
    3

  • Tongue Twisters and Tonsil Twizzlers ¦ Parent-Free Zone
    3

  • Gloria's Gramophone
    Akulah Agbami
    3

  • Getting into Drugs
    Pete Sanders
    2

  • The History of Emigration from Greece ¦ The History of Emigration from Africa ¦ The History of Emigration from Ireland ¦ The History of Emigration from the Indian Subcontinent
    Sofka Zinovieff
    2

  • A Punishment to Fit the Crime? ¦ A Right to Die? ¦ A Right to Smoke? ¦ Rights for Animals?
    Alison Cooper
    1

Books About Children's Books

  • Focus on the Child: Libraries, Literacy and Learning
    4

  • The Natural History of Make-believe
    John Goldthwaite
    4

  • International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature
    2

BfK News

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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THE 2013 CLPE POETRY AWARD SHORTLIST

Weight of WaterFour outstanding poetry books are shortlisted for the 2013 CLPE Poetry Award. Established in 2003, the annual Poetry Award encourages and celebrates outstanding new children’s poetry.

 

 

 

 

 

The four books on the shortlist are:

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2013 ENGLISH 4 – 11 PICTURE BOOK AWARDS: THE WINNERS

The winners of the 2013 English 4 – 11 Picture Book Awards have been announced. Established in 1995, the awards are presented annually to the best picture books of the previous year, in four categories, Fiction 4 – 7 and 7 – 11 years, and Non-Fiction 4 – 7 and 7 – 11 years.

From a 15 strong shortlist, the winners are:

Fiction 4 – 7 years

Hippospotamus by Jeanne Willis illustrated by Tony Ross (Andersen Press)

Fiction 7 – 11 years

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IBBY Announces the 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Award Nominees

The nominees for the 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Award have been announced.

The Hans Christian Andersen Award is the highest international distinction given to authors and illustrators of children's books. Awarded every other year by IBBY, the award recognizes lifelong achievement and is given to an author and an illustrator whose complete works have made an important, lasting contribution to children's literature.

For the 2014 Awards 29 authors and 31 illustrators have been nominated from 34 countries. They are:

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New Little Rebels Children’s Book Award: Shortlist Announced

The shortlist has been announced for The Little Rebels Children’s Book Award, a new award for radical children’s fiction.

The Little Rebels Children’s Book Award recognises fiction for ages 0-12 which promotes or celebrates social justice and equality. It is awarded by the Alliance of Radical Booksellers (ARB) and administered by Letterbox Library. Wendy Cooling, Bookstart co-founder & editor and author Elizabeth Laird are both judges.

The four books on the inaugural shortlist are:

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School Library Association Information Book Award 2013 Short List Announcement

The School Library Association has announce the shortlist for the 2013 prize. The Information Book Award is an annual event, in its third year its aim is to reinforce the importance of non-fiction whilst highlighting the high standard of resources available.

The judges - a panel of experienced librarians, SLA board members and a member of Peters Bookselling Services - have produced what they describe as ‘a strong and very varied selection of titles for the shortlist’. These are

Under 7s

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