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BfK No. 122 - May 2000

Cover Story
This issue’s cover shows Jane Simmons’ popular character, Daisy, and her baby brother Pip. Two Daisy books with their ‘dynamic yet affectionate pictures’ full of painterly exuberance are reviewed in this issue. Thanks to Orchard Books for their help in producing this May cover.

BfK No. 122 Articles

Editorial - May 2000

News and comment from the Editor.
Books for Children with a Mathematical Focus

Sheila Ebbutt assesses recent titles.
Authorgraph No.122: Debi Gliori

Debi Gliori interviewed by Lindsey Fraser.
On the Use of Photography in Illustration

P J Lynch discusses the techniques and the issues.
Are Traditional Stories Sexist?

Rosalind Kerven looks at the role of women in traditional tales.
BfK Briefing - May 2000

News * Events * Obituaries * Awards * Letters to the Editor
Useful Organisations No.10: The Puffin Book Club

Book club aiming to make children into readers.
I Wish I’d Written… Meeting Midnight

Gene Kemp on Carol Ann Duffy’s poem collection, Meeting Midnight.
Good Reads: Aberdare Girls’ School

Reviews from pupils of Aberdare Girls' School.
Classics in Short No.21: Clever Bill

Brian Alderson on William Nicholson's Clever Bill.

Editor's Choice

Girl in Red
Gaye Hiçyilmaz
(Orion Childrens)
5

The sustained tabloid campaign against asylum seekers and the vitriol expressed, in particular, against Gypsies from Romania make Hicyilmaz's new novel eerily topical. Teenager Frankie lives in a run down council block near the sea at Dover....

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New Talent

The Wind Singer
William Nicholson
(Mammoth)
3

In the walled city of Aramath, the population is controlled by a rigid system of public examinations. Each family member is tested and accommodation and colour coded clothing provided according to which band their results fit into. The Hath...

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All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 122

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

Under 5s

  • Little Bear's Grandad
    Nigel Gray
    4

  • Daisy and the Egg; Daisy and the Beastie
    Jane Simmons
    4

  • Floppy/Llip
    Guido Van Genechten
    3

  • Pete and Polo's Nursery School Adventure
    Adrian Reynolds
    3

  • Who's Next?
    Sally Grindley
    3

  • Teddy Bear Nursery Rhymes; Teddy Bear ABC
    Prue Theobalds
    3

  • Baby Tiger
    Susan Hellard
    3

  • The Wheels on the Bus
    Penny Dann
    3

  • Penguin goes to Playschool; Parrot goes to Playschool
    Jeanne Willis
    2

Ages 5-8

  • Who Made Me?
    Shirley Tulloch
    5

  • Jack's Big Race
    Michael Foreman
    5

  • Unicorns! Unicorns!
    Geraldine McCaughrean
    5

  • Rumpelstiltskin and other Grimm Tales
    Carol Ann Duffy
    5

  • Tales from the Old World
    Kevin Crossley-Holland
    5

  • Josie Smith in Spring
    Magdalen Nabb
    4

  • The Seven Ravens
    Brian Wildsmith
    4

  • We're Going on a Bear Hunt; Little Rabbit Foo Foo
    4

  • Freaky Tales from Far and Wide; Moon Tales
    Hugh Lupton
    4

  • Please, Mr Crocodile!
    4

  • School; Pirates; Witches
    Colin Hawkins
    Jacqui Hawkins
    3

  • Just in Time - A tell-the-time story book
    Kathryn Cave
    3

  • There's More to a Banana
    Rita Phillips Mitchell
    3

  • The Leprechaun Who Wished He Wasn't
    Siobhan Parkinson
    3

  • I Spy, Pancakes and Pies; Bad Boys and Naughty Girls; Silly Sons and Dozy Daughters; Ugly Dogs and Slimy Frogs; Greedy Guts and Belly Busters; If Wishes Were Fishes
    3

  • Samira's Eid
    Nasreen Aktar
    3

  • Kitten Crowd/Puppy Puzzle/Hamster Hotel/Chick Challenge
    Lucy Daniels
    2

  • Esio Trot
    Roald Dahl
    1

Ages 8-10

  • Captain Ming and the Mermaid; Imogen and the Ark
    William Mayne
    5

  • Dare to be Different
    Elana Bergin
    Malorie Blackman
    Fiona Waters
    Henrietta Branford
    5

  • Donkey-ride to Disaster; Madness in the Mountains
    Kaye Umansky
    5

  • Electricity; Levers; Gears; Wind-ups
    Chris Ollerenshaw
    Pat Triggs
    4

  • Arthur, High King of Britain
    Michael Morpurgo
    4

  • The Roundhill
    Dick King-Smith
    4

  • The Wind Singer
    William Nicholson
    3

  • Let's Talk About Where Babies Come From
    Robie H Harris
    3

  • Shopping in Grandma's Day; Grandma's War
    Rebecca Hunter
    Angela Davies
    3

  • Blackbird Has Spoken
    3

  • Never Stare at a Grizzly Bear: Animal Poems; A Sea Creature Ate My Teacher: Fishy Poems; Let's Twist Again: More Tongue Twisters and Tonsil Twizzlers
    Nick Toczek
    2

  • Why Are You Calling Me a Barbarian?
    Birgitta Petrén
    Elisabetta Putini
    Mary Becker
    2

  • The Egg Thieves
    Joan Lingard
    2

  • All the Things I See: Selected Poems for Children; The Poet's House
    Jenny Joseph
    1

Ages 10-14

  • Truth or Dare
    Celia Rees
    5

  • Girl in Red
    Gaye Hiçyilmaz
    5

  • Shadow of the Minotaur
    Alan Gibbons
    4

  • Dear Del
    Alison Prince
    4

  • Girls Out Late
    Jacqueline Wilson
    4

  • What Every Girl Should Know: An A-Z of Health - from Allergies to Zits!
    Dr David Bull
    3

  • What They Don't Tell You About Vikings ¦ Ancient Greeks ¦ Ancient Egyptians ¦ Romans in Britain ¦ Anglo-Saxons ¦ World War II
    Bob Fowke
    3

  • Ship of Ghosts ¦ Danny's Great Goal ¦ Nicked! ¦ Eddie and the Zedlines
    Nigel Hinton
    3

  • Maddocks, or how to discover America
    Peter Oram
    3

  • Wanted - One Body! ¦ Forbidden Game ¦ Runaway Train
    Maggie Pearson
    3

  • Winners and Losers ¦ The Cinderella Principle ¦ Guard Dog ¦ The Haunted Surfboard

    Trevor Wadlow
    3

  • Potty Politics
    Terry Deary
    3

  • The Art of Science
    Martin Jenkins
    2

  • Red Hugh
    Deborah Lisson
    2

  • Cirque du Freak
    Darren Shan
    2

Ages 14+

  • Dirty Planet: The Friends of the Earth Guide to Pollution and What You Can Do About it
    Caroline Clayton
    5

  • Dosh
    Robert Swindells
    4

  • The Raging Quiet
    Sherryl Jordan
    4

  • Future Eden
    Colin Thompson
    4

  • Two Moons
    Martha Brooks
    4

  • The Boy-free Zone
    Veronica Bennett
    4

BfK News

FAR FROM HOME WINS THE 2018 EDUCATIONAL WRITERS’ AWARD

The winner of the 2018 Educational Writers’ Award, the UK’s sole award for creative educational writing, is Far From Home: Refugees and Migrants Fleeing War, Persecution and Poverty by Cath Senker, a topical and richly illustrated book which sensitively examines the root causes of mass migrations of people in the 21st century.

Cath Senker wins EWA 2018

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SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2018 EDUCATIONAL WRITERS’ AWARD

Canvases, Codes, Clean Water & Empathy

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COSTA CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD 2018: SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED

Costa have announced the shortlist for the 2018 Costa Children’s Book Award. In a record year for submissions, four have made it onto a strong shortlist.

They are:

The Colour of the Sun by David Almond published by Hodder Children’s Books

Bone Talk by Candy Gourlay published by David Fickling Books

Orphan Monster Sky by Matt Killeen published by Usborne

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PATRICE LAWRENCE AND DARREN CHETTY TO JUDGE 2019 LITTLE REBELS AWARD

Little Rebels prize logoAward-winning YA author Patrice Lawrence and Books for Keeps contributor Darren Chetty have been named as judges of the 2019 Little Rebels Award. The Little Rebels Award celebrates children’s books for readers age 0-12 which promote social equality and social justice.

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SHORTLISTS ANNOUNCED FOR BLUE PETER BOOK AWARDS

The shortlists have been announced for the 2019 Blue Peter Book Awards. They are:

Best book with facts

The Element in the Room by Mike Barfield and illustrated by Lauren Humphry, Laurence King Publishing

The Colours of History by Clive Gifford and Marc-Etienne Peintre, QED Publishing

Professor Astro Cat's Human Body Odyssey by Dominic Walliman and Ben Newman, Flying Eye Books

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NOMINATIONS PUBLISHED FOR THE CILIP CARNEGIE & KATE GREENAWAY MEDALS 2019

Nominations have been published for the CILIP Carnegie Medal and the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal, the country's oldest children’s book awards.

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‘SHARE A STORY’ AT THE HEART OF WORLD BOOK DAY 2019

Lauren Child WBD coverSnap by Patrice Lawrence

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Refugee Story wins Klaus Flugge Prize for consecutive year

Kate Milner has won the 2018 Klaus Flugge Prize for the most exciting and promising newcomer to children’s picture book illustration. She won for her book My Name is Not Refugee (Barrington Stoke), which follows a young boy as he and his mother set out from their home to find somewhere safe to live.

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UKLA BOOK AWARD WINNERS 2018

UKLA logos

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MITCH JOHNSON AND HIS EDITORS WIN 2018 BRANFORD BOASE AWARD

Mitch Johnson and M G Leonard

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