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BfK No. 182 - May 2010
BfK 182 May 2010

Cover Story
This issue’s cover is from Mary Hooper’s latest book, Fallen Grace, to be published on 7 June (978 0 7475 9913 5, £8.99 hbk). Mary Hooper is interviewed by Julia Eccleshare. Thanks to Bloomsbury for their help with this May cover.

BfK No. 182 Articles

Editorial – May 2010

News and comment from the Editor.

Once bitten: the fang bang fiction of Stephenie Meyer

Nicholas Tucker analyses the appeal of the vampire.

Ten of the Best Poetry Books for Children

Morag Styles chooses her top ten titles.

Children’s Laureate Anthony Browne on appreciating picture books

Anthony Browne discusses Chris Van Allsburg's The Mysteries of Harris Burdick.

The Catcher in the Rye

Clive Barnes assesses the influence of Salinger's classic novel.

Authorgraph No.182: Mary Hooper

Mary Hooper interviewed by Julia Eccleshare

Hal’s Reading Diary – May 2010

Roger Mills tries to avoid being a pushy parent.

BfK Briefing – May 2010

* Awards * Letter * Events

Obituary: William Mayne

William Mayne: 1928 – 2010

I wish I’d written… The Hidden Adult – Defining Children’s Literature

Peter Hunt chooses Perry Nodelman’s The Hidden Adult – Defining Children’s Literature.

Good Reads: Truro School, Cornwall

Reviews from pupils of Truro School, Cornwall.

Classics in Short: The Sword in the Stone

Brian Alderson on T H White’s The Sword in the Stone.

Editor's Choice

Everybody was a baby once and other poems

Allan Ahlberg
(Walker)
5

In his discussion of single poet collections in BfK No 179, Brian Alderson talked about the importance for such compilations to be ‘what might be called “shaped units” existing as a complete reading experience in themselves...

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New Talent

Montacute House

Lucy Jago
(Bloomsbury Publishing PLC)
3

As an illegitimate child, 13-year-old poultry maid Cess is lucky to have a job at all. Life is hard for her and her mother who are shunned by their prosperous and ‘respectable’ relatives – but rebellious Cess finds it hard to accept being...

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All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 182

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

Under 5s

  • Don't Want to Go!

    Shirley Hughes
    5
  • Six Dinner Sid: A Highland Adventure

    Inga Moore
    5
  • Let's Save the Animals

    Frances Barry
    5
  • Love-a-Duck

    Alan James Brown
    4
  • I'm the Best

    Lucy Cousins
    4
  • Little Rex

    Ruth Symes
    4
  • The Fox and the Hen

    Eric Battut
    3
  • Don't Let the Aliens Get My Marvellous Mum!

    Gillian Shields
    3
  • Rhino's Great Big Itch!

    Natalie Chivers
    3
  • The Giant Carrot

    Allan Manham
    3
  • Big Noisy Book of Animals

    Harriet Blackford
    3

Ages 5-8

  • When Daddy's Truck Picks Me Up

    Jana Novotny Hunter
    5
  • Catherine's Story

    Genevieve Moore
    5
  • Everybody was a baby once and other poems

    Allan Ahlberg
    5
  • Cloud Tea Monkeys

    Mal Peet
    Elspeth Graham
    4
  • The Most Precious Present in the World ¦ Dad David, Baba Chris and ME

    Becky Edwards
    4
  • Frightfully Friendly Ghosties

    Daren King
    4
  • The Snake King of the Kalinago

    Children - Atkinson School - Dominica
    3
  • The Twelve Dancing Princesses

    3
  • Why the Animals Came to Town

    Michael Foreman
    3
  • Noddy and the Farmyard Muddle

    Sophie Smallwood
    3
  • The Knight of Swords and Spooks

    Terry Deary
    3
  • What's Ukrainian for Football?

    Helena Pielichaty
    3
  • Pigs in Planes: The Chicken Egg-splosion

    Paul Cooper
    3

Ages 8-10

  • Calamity Jack

    Shannon Hale
    Dean Hale
    5
  • No Way Out

    Gene Kemp
    4
  • Lob

    Linda Newbery
    4
  • The Raven Mysteries: Book 3: Lunatics and Luck

    Marcus Sedgwick
    4
  • Beswitched

    Kate Saunders
    4
  • Enchanted Glass

    Diana Wynne Jones
    4
  • The Greatest Intergalactic Guide to Space Ever… by the Brainwaves

    Carole Stott
    4
  • The Boy Who Climbed into the Moon

    David Almond
    3
  • Rose and the Lost Princess

    Holly Webb
    3
  • Nobody's Horse

    Jane Smiley
    3
  • Tassie and the Black Baron

    Katie Roy
    3

Ages 10-14

  • Bone by Bone by Bone

    Tony Johnston
    5
  • Where I Belong

    Gillian Cross
    5
  • Leon - Spit on the Mic

    Ola Laniyan-Amoako
    4
  • The Legionary from Londinium and Other Mini-mysteries

    Caroline Lawrence
    4
  • Drawing With Light

    Julia Green
    4
  • Crawlers

    Sam Enthoven
    4
  • Rebel

    R J Anderson
    4
  • Flyaway

    Lucy Christopher
    4
  • Geronimo ¦ The Perfect Rebel: The Life and Death of Emily Davison

    Tanya Landman
    4
  • Montacute House

    Lucy Jago
    3
  • Striker Boy

    Jonny Zucker
    3
  • The Stone Crown

    Malcolm Walker
    3
  • The History Book

    Samone Bos
    Laura Buller
    others
    3
  • The Way We Work

    David Macaulay
    Richard Walker
    3
  • Gaia Warriors

    Nicola Davies
    2

Ages 14+

  • No and Me

    Delphine de Vigan
    5
  • The Carbon Diaries 2017

    Saci Lloyd
    5
  • My Love Lies Bleeding

    Alyxandra Harvey
    4
  • Koh Tabu

    Ann Kelley
    4
  • The Worst of Me

    Kate Le Vann
    3
  • Guilt Trip

    Anne Cassidy
    3
  • Stolen

    Lucy Christopher
    3
  • Need

    Carrie Jones
    3
  • Prisoner of the Inquisition

    Theresa Breslin
    3
  • When I Was Joe

    Keren David
    3
  • Pretties

    Scott Westerfeld
    3
  • The Left Hand of God

    Paul Hoffman
    3

Books About Children's Books

  • Reading the Novels of Aidan Chambers: Seven Essays

    Nancy Chambers
    5
  • Poetry - From Reading to Writing: A Classroom Guide for Ages 7-11

    Robert Hull
    5

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The shortlists for the prestigious CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals are announced today, 18 March. The awards are the UK’s oldest for children and young people.

This year’s judges praised their shortlists for ‘offering hope and escapism during lockdown’ through explorations of freedom, the great outdoors and journeys through the natural world.

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The Jhalak Prize has announced the longlist for the inaugural Jhalak Children’s & Young Adult Prize.

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Award-winning author and activist, Onjali Raúf takes up the post as the new Writer in Residence for BookTrust, today, International Women’s Day. She takes over from Smriti Halls.

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The Henrietta Branford Writing Competition, the annual competition for young people which runs in conjunction with the Branford Boase Award, is now open.

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Every two years, IBBY invites nominations for its international List of Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities. Nominations are made by IBBY national sections and the final list is selected from these by the IBBY Documentation Centre of Books for Young People with Disabilities, based in Toronto. Because of its international content, the list is unique in the children’s book world. It is a huge voluntary undertaking as every country is encouraged to submit up to twelve titles across the three categories.

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