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BfK No. 153 - July 2005

Cover Story
This issue’s cover illustration is from Mick Manning and Brita Granström’s Yuck! Mick Manning and Brita Granström are interviewed by Ted Percy. Thanks to Frances Lincoln for their help with this July cover.

BfK No. 153 Articles

Editorial - July 2005

News and comment from the Editor.

Early Years Reading: First encounters with non-fiction

Margaret Mallett explores informational literacy.

Take 3: Non-fictionistas

Revelations from Penny Arlon, Ruth Hooper and Rebecca Gilpin.

Hal's Reading Diary - July 2005

Roger Mills and Hal try reading in instalments.

The Multifarious Editions of Hans Christian Andersen

Brian Alderson on how Andersen has been published.

You'd Think They Could Get Their Facts Right

Felix Pirani's typology of mistakes in non-fiction/reference titles.

I Wish I'd Written... The Secret Garden

Gwynneth Rees chooses The Secret Garden.

Foyle Young Poets of the Year

Fiona Sampson discusses Emma Lindley's 'The Weather Forecast For My Family'.

The Macmillan Prize

Martin Salisbury discusses its history and influence.

Authorgraph No.153: Mick Manning and Brita Granström

Mick Manning and Brita Granström interviewed by Ted Percy.

BfK Briefing - July 2005

News * Letters to the Editor * Event * Obituary

Useful Organisations No.39: The Roald Dahl Museum & Story Centre

Museum housing Roald Dahl's extensive literary archive, plus much more.

Classics in Short No.52: Inside Outside Upside Down

Brian Alderson on Stan and Jan Berenstain's Inside Outside Upside Down.

Editor's Choice

Yankee Girl

Mary Ann Rodman
(Usborne Publishing Ltd)
5

The 1960s in the United States was the period of the Civil Rights Movement with its freedom marches and riots. Drawing on her own experiences as the daughter of one of the 150 special agents ordered to Mississippi by President Lyndon Johnson,...

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New Talent

Century

Sarah Singleton
(Simon & Schuster Children's UK)
5

Mercy and her sister Charity are trapped in a endless night-time winter world in their great house with an unchanging routine of walks and lessons. But when Mercy finds a snowdrop on her pillow this symbol of Spring enables her to open her eyes...

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All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 153

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

Under 5s

  • Yuck!

    Mick Manning
    5
  • The Dancing Tiger

    Malachy Doyle
    4
  • I Want A Friend

    Tony Ross
    4
  • In a Little While

    Charlotte Hudson
    4
  • Little Rabbit Runaway

    Harry Horse
    4
  • Looking After Little Ellie

    Dosh Archer
    Mike Archer
    4
  • No Bed without Ted

    Nicola Smee
    4
  • Once Upon a Tide

    Tony Mitton
    4
  • Oscar's Half Birthday

    Bob Graham
    4
  • The Shopping Expedition

    Allan Ahlberg
    4
  • Sleep Tight, Little Bear

    Martin Waddell
    4
  • One Magical Morning

    Claire Freedman
    3
  • Prince of the Birds

    Amanda Hall
    3
  • Farm; Zoo

    Mary Novick
    Jenny Hale
    3

Ages 5-8

  • Lucy Cat at the Farm

    Catherine Bruzzone
    5
  • Akimbo and the Crocodile Man

    Alexander McCall Smith
    3
  • Long-Long's New Year; Chopsticks

    Catherine Gower
    3
  • Journey Through Islamic Art

    Na'ima Bint Robert
    3
  • Muckabout School

    Ian Whybrow
    3
  • Rodeo Ron and his Milkshake Cows

    Rowan Clifford
    3
  • Flora the Fairy

    Tony Bradman
    2
  • Ruby Sings the Blues

    Niki Daly
    1

Ages 8-10

  • The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips

    Michael Morpurgo
    5
  • Tilly and the Wild Goats

    Joan Lingard
    4
  • I Rule Dogsbottom School; Dogsbottom School Goes Totally Mental

    Jon Blake
    3
  • The Drowned Sword

    Cherith Baldry
    3
  • Grandpa's Angel

    Jutta Bauer
    3
  • Nelly the Monster Sitter

    Kes Gray
    3
  • The Secret Life of Jamie B (Rapstar)

    Ceri Worman
    3

Ages 10-14

  • Barkbelly

    Cat Weatherill
    5
  • Century

    Sarah Singleton
    5
  • The New Policeman

    Kate Thompson
    5
  • Paint Me a Poem: new poems inspired by art in the Tate

    Grace Nichols
    5
  • Peter Raven Under Fire

    Michael Molloy
    5
  • The Sea of Trolls

    Nancy Farmer
    5
  • Yankee Girl

    Mary Ann Rodman
    5
  • Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception

    Eoin Colfer
    4
  • The Dream Merchant

    Isabel Hoving
    4
  • Epic

    Conor Kostick
    4
  • Elizabeth I; Napoleon

    Charlotte Moore
    4
  • Secrets of the Fearless

    Elizabeth Laird
    4
  • Wenny Has Wings

    Janet Lee Carey
    4
  • Being Bindy

    Alyssa Brugman
    3
  • Love, Mates & Money

    Kathryn Lamb
    3
  • The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place

    E L Konigsburg
    3
  • Skinny B, Skaz and Me

    John Singleton
    3
  • The Time Wreccas

    Val Tyler
    3
  • The New World Order

    Ben Jeapes
    2
  • The Dark Side of Midnight

    Carol Hedges
    1
  • The Fearful

    Keith Gray
    1
  • Tree of Life: The Incredible Biodiversity of Life on Earth

    Rochelle Strauss
    1

Ages 14+

  • Brilliance of the Moon

    Lian Hearn
    4
  • Divided City

    Theresa Breslin
    4
  • Girl, Nearly 16, Absolute Torture

    Sue Limb
    4
  • Roxy's Baby

    Catherine MacPhail
    4
  • The Whisper

    Bali Rai
    4
  • The Wild

    Matt Whyman
    4
  • Daniel Half Human

    David Chotjewitz
    3
  • Fatelessness

    Imre Kertész
    3
  • Jewel and Thorn

    Richard Poole
    2

Books About Children's Books

  • The Future of Childhood

    Alan Prout
    3

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