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BfK No. 135 - July 2002

Cover Story
This issue's cover illustration by Nick Sharratt is from Jeremy's Strong's Krazy Kow Saves the World - Well, Almost. Jeremy Strong is interviewed by Jeff Hynds. Thanks to Puffin for their help with this July cover.

BfK No. 135 Articles

Editorial - July 2002

News and comment from the Editor.
Popping Up All Over

Geoff Fox on movable books.
The Art of Looking at Things

Joanna Carey on new picture books.
Hal’s Reading Diary - July 2002

Roger Mills on his son Hal at 16 months.
The Wicor Ten

Sue Leach on an innovative reading project.
BfK Profile: Helen Flint

Lois Keith on the novels of Helen Flint.
Adult Books Teenagers Read

Julia Eccleshare on the books that attract teens.
Authorgraph No.135: Jeremy Strong

Jeremy Strong interviewed by Jeff Hynds.
BfK Briefing - July 2002

News * Awards * Events * Obituaries * Letters to the Editor
Useful Organisations No.22: Healthy Books

Books offering information and reassurance with health and emotional problems.
I Wish I’d Written... Rufugee Boy

Michael Rosen chooses Benjamin Zephaniah's Refugee Boy.
Good Reads: Saint Stithian's Girls’ Preparatory School

Reviews from pupils of Saint Stithian's Girls' Preparatory School, Randburg, South Africa.
Classics in Short No.34: Molesworth

Brian Alderson on Geoffrey Willans and Ronald Searle's Molesworth.

Editor's Choice

The Boy Who Lost His Face
Louis Sachar
(Bloomsbury Publishing PLC)
5

David reluctantly takes part in stealing an old lady's cane in an ugly incident in which she falls off her chair showing her knickers and has lemonade tipped over her head. As David struggles with peer group pressure and bullying, this painful...

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New Talent

Cold Tom
Sally Prue
(Oxford University Press)
5

One of the tribe who live on the common, Tom fends cautiously for himself, ever watchful in case his growing clumsiness leads to his expulsion or worse. Meanwhile the houses of the much-feared demons have edged closer. These alien worlds come...

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All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 135

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

Under 5s

  • Do Like a Duck Does!
    Judy Hindley
    5

  • Frog
    Susan Cooper
    4

  • Room for One More
    Ingrid Schubert
    Dieter Schubert
    4

  • Wet Pebbles Under Our Feet
    Manya Stojic
    4

  • Sleepy Pendoodle
    Malachy Doyle
    3

  • Flop-Ear is Brave!
    Guido Van Genechten
    3

  • Wiggle My Toes and other action rhymes
    Kaye Umansky
    3

Ages 5-8

  • This Amazing World
    5

  • The Birdwatchers
    Simon James
    5

  • Start with Art: Animals
    Sue Lacey
    3

  • Seasons Turning ¦ High Tide, Low Tide ¦ Story of a Storm ¦ When the Sun Goes Down ¦ Watch Out! Builders About!
    Mick Manning
    Brita Granström
    3

  • Nice One, Smithy
    Paul May
    3

  • Frankenstella and the Video Shop Monster
    Herbie Brennan
    3

  • Tumbler
    Liz Filleul
    3

  • Finn Family Moomintroll
    Tove Jansson
    2

  • Patrick: Saint of Ireland
    Joyce Denham
    2

  • A Book of Letters
    Ken Wilson-Max
    2

Ages 8-10

  • Archer's Goon
    Diana Wynne Jones
    4

  • The Wool Pack
    Cynthia Harnett
    4

  • When Marnie Was There
    Joan G Robinson
    3

  • Midnight for Charlie Bone
    Jenny Nimmo
    3

  • Shrinking Violet
    Jean Ure
    3

  • Big George
    Eric Pringle
    3

  • Sir Rupert and Rosie Gusset in Deadly Danger
    Jeremy Strong
    3

  • Danger by Moonlight
    Jamila Gavin
    3

  • Great Expectations
    3

  • The Colour of My Dreams
    Peter Dixon
    3

  • The Sleeping Sword
    Michael Morpurgo
    3

  • Quirky Tales
    Paul Jennings
    2

Ages 10-14

  • Food Supply: Our Impact on the Planet; An Overcrowded World? Our Impact on the Planet
    Rob Bowden
    5

  • The Blitz; Evacuation; Rationing; Women's War
    Stewart Ross
    5

  • The Boy Who Lost His Face
    Louis Sachar
    5

  • Cold Tom
    Sally Prue
    5

  • The Edge
    Alan Gibbons
    5

  • Burning Issy
    Melvin Burgess
    5

  • Tuck Everlasting
    Natalie Babbitt
    5

  • The Great Depression; The Civil Rights Movement
    R G Grant
    4

  • Why Do People Fight Wars?; Why Do People Harm Animals?
    Ali Brownlie
    Chris Mason
    4

  • Cut
    Patricia McCormick
    4

  • Shopaholic
    Judy Waite
    4

  • Pawnee Warrior
    Chris D'Lacey
    4

  • Child X
    Lee Weatherly
    4

  • Green Fingers
    Paul May
    4

  • Twilight Ghost
    Magdalen Nabb
    4

  • What My Mother Doesn't Know
    Sonya Sones
    3

  • Daisy Chain War
    Joan O'Neill
    3

  • Letters to Liz: Jo's Letter; Letters to Liz: Nicki's Letter
    Mary Hooper
    3

  • Spindle's End
    Robin McKinley
    3

  • Transported: The Diary of Elizabeth Harvey, Australia 1790
    Goldie Alexander
    3

  • Whispers on the Wind
    Sue Welford
    3

  • Paper Faces
    Rachel Anderson
    3

  • Catherine the Great; Mao Zedong
    Christine Hatt
    2

  • Vicky Angel
    Jacqueline Wilson
    2

  • Book of Shadows; The Coven
    Cate Tiernan
    1

Ages 14+

  • The Other Wind
    Ursula Le Guin
    5

  • Martyn Pig
    Kevin Brooks
    5

  • Generations: Poems between Fathers, Mothers, Daughters, Sons
    5

  • They're Only Human
    James Grieve
    4

  • Raider's Tide
    Maggie Prince
    4

Books About Children's Books

  • The Address Book of Children's Authors and Illustrators
    Gervase Phinn
    4

  • The Child that Books Built
    Francis Spufford
    4

BfK News

THE CLiPPA SHORTLIST 2017

The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE) has announced the 2017 shortlist for the Centre for Literacy in Primary Poetry Award (CLiPPA). Established in 2003, CLiPPA encourages and celebrates outstanding poetry published for children. 2017 is the 15th anniversary of the award, which remains the only annual award in the UK for published poetry for children.

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KLAUS FLUGGE PRIZE SHORTLIST 2017

Klaus Flugge Prize logoThe shortlist for the 2017 Klaus Flugge Prize was announced tonight 17 May at a special event at Foyles bookshop, Charing Cross Road.

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SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED FOR 2017 BRANFORD BOASE AWARD

Branford Boase Award logoThe shortlist for the 2017 Branford Boase Award has been announced. The Branford Boase Award is given annually to the author of an outstanding debut novel for children.

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WINNER OF THE INAUGURAL MARGARET MALLETT AWARD FOR CHILDREN'S NON-FICTION ANNOUNCED

The English Association has established a new prize in memory of Margaret Mallett, a Fellow of the English Association and a long-serving member of the editorial board of their journal English 4-11. Margaret, who died after a short illness in March 2017, was a passionate advocate for high quality books for children, and in particular non-fiction books. She had a deep and wide-ranging knowledge of children's literature, as readers of the reviews she wrote for Books for Keeps will know.

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SHORTLISTS ANNOUNCED FOR SCHOOL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INFORMATION BOOK AWARD 2017

The School Library Association has announced the shortlist for the seventh annual SLA Information Book Award.

Chair of the Judges Chris Brown said; ‘This is the 7th year of the Awards and it is an absolute delight to have received more brilliant, attractive and amazing books than ever. Inevitably that wonderful abundance has made judging and choices more difficult and this shortlist reflects the incredibly high standards publishers are achieving in producing information books for our young readers.’

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THE CILIP CARNEGIE AND KATE GREENAWAY SHORTLISTS 2017

The shortlists for the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals have been announced. More than ninety books were nominated by librarians for the awards, of these 20 in each category where longlisted. Eight have now made it onto the shortlists.

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LONGLIST ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2017 KLAUS FLUGGE PRIZE

The longlist for the 2017 Klaus Flugge Prize is announced today (Wednesday 8 March 2017). Established in 2016, the Klaus Flugge Prize is awarded to the most promising and exciting newcomer to children’s book illustration. It honours publisher Klaus Flugge, founder of children’s publisher Andersen Press and a supremely influential figure in picture books.

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SHORTLIST FOR THE UKLA BOOK AWARDS ANNOUNCED

The shortlists for the 2017 UKLA Book Awards have been announced.

In three age categories, the awards recognise books that can ‘enhance all aspects of literacy learning’, and are the only awards chosen by teachers.

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SCHOOL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INFORMATION BOOK AWARD 2017: THE LONGLIST

The longlist for the School Library Association Information Book Award 2017 has been announced. The SLA Information Book Award is an annual event celebrating information books, and is designed to support school libraries and to reinforce the importance of non-fiction whilst highlighting the high standard of resources available. The shortlist will be announced next month and the 2017 award ceremony will take place in November.

UNDER 7s

A First Book of Animals by Nicola Davies illustrated by Petr Horacek Walker Books

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THE BOOKSELLER YA BOOK PRIZE SHORTLIST

The Bookseller has announced the ten titles on the shortlist for The YA Book Prize 2017.

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