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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

DICKENS AND CHILDHOOD CONFERENCE

Dickens and Childhood Conference and Symposium Monday 18 June

It is not too late to book places on this special one-day conference on Dickens and Childhood, which will include walks, lectures, readings, and parallel sessions on topics that will appeal to students, teachers, Dickens experts, and the ‘interested reader’.

Marcia Williams Dickens

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Siobhan Dowd Trust launches competition to help encourage a love of reading

The Siobhan Dowd Trust launches competition to help encourage a love of reading

The Siobhan Dowd Trust is proud to announce that Michael Rosen, Poet and ex-Childrens’ Laureate will be on the judging panel of a schools campaign, which is asking teachers and librarians for their ideas about how they encourage a love of books in their schools. The Trust will use the entries to build up a database of ideas which can be shared and swapped… and the ten best or most innovative ideas will receive £1000 worth of books.

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Maurice Sendak June 1928 – May 2012

Maurice Sendak, who has died at the age of 83 was one of the most important illustrators of the twentieth century. Joanna Carey assesses his career for Books for Keeps

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2012 Branford Boase Shortlist

Branford Boase Award logoSeven authors are on the shortlist for the 2012 Branford Boase Award, announced today, Monday 30 April.

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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Riddell and Stewart Guest Speakers at IBBY UK AGM 2 May

Chris Riddell and Paul Stewart will be guest speakers at the IBBY UK AGM on Wednesday 2 May at Random House 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 2SA, London. The meeting is free and non-members are welcome. Refreshments will be available from 6.30pm with Chris and Paul speaking at 7pm. Book sales and a signing will take place after the meeting. To book a place email bicarrington@nasuwt.net

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2012 CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medal Shortlists

2012 CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medal Shortlists

The shortlists have been announced for the 2012 CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals, the oldest and most prestigious of all the UK’s children’s book awards.

There are eight books on each shortlist, two more than has been usual: a sign perhaps of the difficulty the judges had in making their final choice.

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GUUS KUIJER TO RECEIVE THE ASTRID LINDGREN MEMORIAL AWARD 2012

The 2012 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award is to be awarded to the Dutch author Guus Kuijer.

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FIRST BRITISH EXHIBITION OF CHINESE PICTURE BOOK ILLUSTRATION

In April, London hosts the first exhibitions in Britain of Chinese children’s and picture book illustration. The exhibitions feature eighty individual illustrations by China’s most celebrated children’s illustrators, and is organised by the Zhejiang Publishing Group, the Publishers’ Association of China, Propeller TV, and the Chinese Board on Books for Young People (CBBY); with the cooperation of the UK section of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY UK).

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NEW AWARD SHORTLISTS ANNOUNCED

As we wait for the announcement of the shortlists for this year’s CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals, two other interesting and unusual award shortlists have just been revealed.

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Transfer for Once Upon A Wartime exhibition

The Once Upon A Wartime exhibition is now at IWM North Manchester, until 2 September 2012

Based on five war-based children’s novels, the exhibition explores the history of real life conflicts from 1914 to the present day through the eyes of fictional children.

Read Kate Agnew’s Books for Keeps review of the exhibition here.

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