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BfK No. 120 - January 2000

Cover Story
This issue’s cover is from Edward Ardizzone’s Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain. Brian Alderson discusses this classic picture book, now reissued in a beautiful new edition by Scholastic in ‘Classics in Short’. Thanks to Scholastic Children’s Books for their help in producing this January cover.

BfK No. 120 Articles

Editorial - January 2000

News and comment from the Editor.

Young Children Growing Up in a Drug Using World

Noreen Wetton on the role of children's books in early drugs education.

Series Fiction for Young Readers

Annabel Gibb assesses recent books for 'beginner' and 'confident' readers.

Good Reads: Immanuel College, Bushey and Humphry Davy School, Penzance

Reviews from pupils of Immanuel College, Bushey, Hertfordshire, and Humphry Davy School, Penzance, Cornwall.

Authorgraph No.120: Magdalen Nabb

Magdalen Nabb interviewed by Rosemary Stones.

BfK Briefing - January 2000

News * Events * Awards * Best Seller Chart * Publications * Letter to the Editor

Useful Organisations No.9: Listening Books

Postal library for those with physical as well as print disabilities.

I Wish I'd Written... The Stones are Hatching

Linda Newbery chooses Geraldine McCaughrean's The Stones are Hatching.

Classics in Short No.19: Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain

Brian Alderson on Edward Ardizzone's Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain.

Editor's Choice

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll

(Walker Books Ltd)

First published in 1865 and never out of print, Alice is to Tenniel as Winnie-the-Pooh is to E H Shepard. Bold the illustrators (and in Alice ’s case there have been quite a few, from...

Fire Bringer

David Clement-Davies

(Macmillan Children's Books)

When a fawn is born with a patch of white fur on its forehead in the shape of an oak leaf, it seems that an ancient prophecy has come true and Herne, the god of the deer, has sent a saviour. But Rannock, the fawn, is now in danger and must flee...

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

Under 5s

Snore!

Michael Rosen

5
Merrymaid of Zennor, The

Charles Causley

5
Tale of the Turnip, The

Brian Alderson

4
Snow-white

Josephine Poole

4
Queen of the Night

Ronda Armitage

4
Happy Birthday, Amelia

Nicola Moon

4
Goo-Goo Gorilla

Ian Whybrow

4
Your World: A First Encyclopedia

Angela Wilkes

3
Word in Pig's Ear, A

Nick Ward

3
If You Should Meet a Crocodile; Poems about Animals

3
One, Two, Three, Oops!

Michael Coleman
Gwyneth Williamson

3
The Big Wide-Mouthed Frog; Mission Ziffoid

Ana Martin Larranaga

3

Ages 5-8

Elf Hill: Tales from Hans Christian Andersen

Naomi Lewis

5
Celtic Fairy Tales; Favourite Fairy Tales

4
Christy's Dream

Caroline Binch

4
Lunch Boxes Don't Fly; Poppet; Super Molly and the Lolly Rescue

Michael Rosen

3
Injury Time; Rivals United; Soccer Secret; Striker's Boots

Michael Hardcastle

3
Shimmy with my Granny

3
'Excuse Me' Learning About Politeness; 'I'll Do It!' Taking Responsibility; 'It Wasn't Me!' Learning About Honesty

Brian Moses

3
Football

Jason Page

3

Ages 8-10

Ring of Words, The: An Anthology of Poetry for Children

5
Leaf in Time, A

David Walker

5
Castle Diary: the Journal of Tobias Burgess, Page

Richard Platt

5
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll

5
My Dear Noel: The Story of a Letter from Beatrice Potter; Quentin Blake

Jane Johnson

4
Living with Cerebral Palsy; Living with Leukaemia

Dr Paul Pimm

4
Trevor McDonald's World of Poetry

Trevor McDonald

3
Day in the Life of a World War II Evacuee, A

Alan Childs

3
Bathrooms Through the Ages; Bedrooms Through the Ages

Richard Wood

3
What Do We Know About Hinduism?; What Do We Know About Judaism?

Anita Ganeri

2

Ages 10-14

Story of the Holocaust, The

Clive A Lawton

5
Mister Spaceman

Lesley Howarth

5
Escape from Shangri-La; Kensuke's Kingdom

Michael Morpurgo

5
An Interview with Anne Fine ¦ An Interview with Gillian Cross ¦ An Interview with Jenny Nimmo ¦ An Interview with Michael Morpurgo ¦ An Interview with Michelle Magorian ¦ An Interview with Theresa Breslin

4
Eating Disorders; Family Violence

Jenny Bryan

4
Day My Parents Ran Away, The

Josephine Feeney

4
Kingfisher History Encyclopedia, The

3
Kingfisher Book of Religions, The

Trevor Barnes

3
Fire Bringer

David Clement-Davies

3
Survivor's Guide to School, A

Jeanette Baker

2
Kingfisher Book of Planet Earth, The

Martin Redfern

2
Hutchinson Book of Kings and Queens of England, The

Tony Robinson

2

Ages 14+

Streetlife

5
The Sterkarm Handshake

Susan Price

5
Little Soldier

Bernard Ashley

5
Holes

Louis Sachar

5
What's Your Problem?

Sherry Ashworth

4
Crime and Punishment: Changing Attitudes 1900-2000; Medical Ethics: Changing Attitudes 1900-2000

Alison Brownlie

4
Breathing Fear

Malcolm Rose

4
Reality Bites Back!

Caroline Plaisted

2

Books About Children's Books

Reading Otherways

Lissa Paul

4
Children's Books in England: Third Edition

4

BfK News

2016 EDUCATIONAL WRITERS’ AWARD: JUDGING PANEL ANNOUNCED

The Society of Authors and the Author’s Licensing & Collecting Society are delighted to announce the judges for the 2016 Educational Writers’ Award, the UK’s only award for educational writing.

They are: Jonathan Lomas, secondary school English teacher and author; Nicola Morgan, award-winning author and acclaimed expert on adolescence; and Nicky Ransley, school librarian.

The third annual World Book Day Award (WoBoD) launches today (Monday 26 September) and is offering primary and secondary schools across the country the chance to transform their libraries.

Schools are invited to take part in a creative challenge, which celebrates reading for pleasure. For 2017, this will be inspired by A Child of Books, the new children’s book, written and illustrated by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston.

The longlist for the 2017 UKLA Book Awards has been announced. The UKLA Book Awards are the only awards judged by active classroom teachers, and next year’s cohort of 56 judges will come from Scotland.

The longlisted books are:

Longlist 3-6

All Aboard for the Bobo Road, Stephen Davies illus Christopher Corr, Andersen Press

Take Away the A, Michaël Escoffier, illus Kris Giacomo, Andersen Press

Nicholas John Frith has won the inaugural Klaus Flugge Prize for the most exciting and promising newcomer to children’s picture book illustration. He won for his book Hector and Hummingbird (Alison Green Books), about a spectacled bear and his noisy best friend.

The School Library Association is holding a photographic competition Read80 to mark its 80^th birthday in 2017. The competition will celebrate reading for pleasure and the impact school libraries have. Competitors are encouraged to take photographs that show people of any age celebrating the joy of reading anywhere.

Children’s reading charity BookTrust has announced a new children’s books in translation initiative, called In Other Words, aimed at encouraging UK publishers to publish more works from around the world.

The Honour List for the SLA School Librarian of the Year Award 2016 has been announced. The SLA School Librarian of the Year Award is the School Library Association’s prestigious honour to recognize the excellent work that is carried out in school libraries every day and highlight the best practice of those whose work is outstanding.

CROSSAN AND RIDDELL (AND ROSEN) WIN AGAIN

Sarah Crossan and Michael Rosen have been named joint winners of the 2016 CLiPPA (CLPE Poetry Award), Sarah Crossan won with her verse novel One, which is also winner of the 2016 CILIP Carnegie Medal and YA Prize, while Rosen won for A Great Big Cuddle, illustrated by Chris Riddell.

CLiPPA winners

UKLA BOOK AWARDS 2016 WINNERS ANNOUNCED

UKLA Award logo The winners of the UKLA Book Awards, the only awards to be judged entirely by teachers, have been announced.

HORATIO CLARE WINS 2016 BRANFORD BOASE AWARD

Horatio Clare and his editor Penny Thomas have won the 2016 Branford Boase Award given annually to the author and editor of the outstanding debut novel for children, for Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot publi

Books for Keeps 120 - the children's book magazine online

Digital version – browse, print or download

BfK Newsletter

BfK No. 120 Articles

Editor's Choice

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

New Talent

Fire Bringer

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 120

Under 5s

Snore!

Merrymaid of Zennor, The

Tale of the Turnip, The

Snow-white

Queen of the Night

Happy Birthday, Amelia

Goo-Goo Gorilla

Your World: A First Encyclopedia

Word in Pig's Ear, A

If You Should Meet a Crocodile; Poems about Animals

One, Two, Three, Oops!

The Big Wide-Mouthed Frog; Mission Ziffoid

Ages 5-8

Elf Hill: Tales from Hans Christian Andersen

Celtic Fairy Tales; Favourite Fairy Tales

Christy's Dream

Lunch Boxes Don't Fly; Poppet; Super Molly and the Lolly Rescue

Injury Time; Rivals United; Soccer Secret; Striker's Boots

Shimmy with my Granny

'Excuse Me' Learning About Politeness; 'I'll Do It!' Taking Responsibility; 'It Wasn't Me!' Learning About Honesty

Football

Ages 8-10

Ring of Words, The: An Anthology of Poetry for Children

Leaf in Time, A

Castle Diary: the Journal of Tobias Burgess, Page

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

My Dear Noel: The Story of a Letter from Beatrice Potter; Quentin Blake

Living with Cerebral Palsy; Living with Leukaemia

Trevor McDonald's World of Poetry

Day in the Life of a World War II Evacuee, A

Bathrooms Through the Ages; Bedrooms Through the Ages

What Do We Know About Hinduism?; What Do We Know About Judaism?

Ages 10-14

Story of the Holocaust, The

Mister Spaceman

Escape from Shangri-La; Kensuke's Kingdom

An Interview with Anne Fine ¦ An Interview with Gillian Cross ¦ An Interview with Jenny Nimmo ¦ An Interview with Michael Morpurgo ¦ An Interview with Michelle Magorian ¦ An Interview with Theresa Breslin

Eating Disorders; Family Violence

Day My Parents Ran Away, The

Kingfisher History Encyclopedia, The

Kingfisher Book of Religions, The

Fire Bringer

Survivor's Guide to School, A

Kingfisher Book of Planet Earth, The

Hutchinson Book of Kings and Queens of England, The

Ages 14+

Streetlife

The Sterkarm Handshake

Little Soldier

Holes

What's Your Problem?

Crime and Punishment: Changing Attitudes 1900-2000; Medical Ethics: Changing Attitudes 1900-2000

Breathing Fear

Reality Bites Back!

Books About Children's Books

Reading Otherways

Children's Books in England: Third Edition

BfK News