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BfK No. 190 - September 2011

This issue's cover illustration by Tony Ross is from Francesca Simon's Horrid Henry and the Zombie Vampire. Thanks to Orion Children's Books for their help with this September cover.

By clicking here you can view, print or download the fully artworked Digital Edition of BfK 190 September 2011.

BfK No. 190 Articles

Ian Beck on The Haunting of Charity Delafield

Ian Beck on The
Haunting of Charity Delafield

Editorial - September 2011

News and comment from the Editor.

Tomi Ungerer: A Life of Contrasts

Brian Alderson assesses Ungerer’s career as a picture book creator.

Ten of the Best: 'Lyrical' Non-Fiction Books

Margaret Mallett chooses her top ten ‘lyrical’ non-fiction
books.

BfK Basics: Buying Reference Books for Your Child

Sue Unstead makes recommendations.

Uncle Tom's Cabin Reassessed

Clive Barnes determines the relevance to today's young readers

BfK's Brilliant Bookshops: The Main Street Trading Company

The Main Street Trading Company

Windows into Illustration: John Fardell

John Fardell on how he went about illustrating The Day Louis Got Eaten.

Authorgraph No. 190: Francesca Simon

Francesca Simon interviewed by Julia Eccleshare.

BfK Briefing - September 2011

Awards * news

Hal's Reading Diary - September 2011

Roger Mills on reading versus writing.

I Wish I'd Written... The Iron Man

Andy Stanton chooses Ted Hughes' The Iron Man.

Good Reads: The Stephen Perse Foundation

Reviews from the pupils of The Stephen Perse Foundation, Cambridge.

Classics in Short No. 89: Black Beauty

Brian Alderson on Anna Sewell's Black Beauty

K.M.Peyton by Meg Rosoff

The winner of the Carnegie Award in 1969 with The Edge of the Cloud , the second part of the ‘Flambards’ trilogy, K M Peyton had her first book published while she was still at school. Her friend Meg Rosoff pays tribute to K M Peyton’s long and distinguished career.

Dredging the Past: Sally Gardner’s new novel

Sally Gardner delves into uncharted waters for her new novel, The Double Shadow. Damian Kelleher gets his toes wet for Books for Keeps.

Christopher Paolini: Growing up with dragons

Melissa Hyder caught up with Christopher Paolini for Books for Keeps at the beginning of a hectic four-day UK visit.

Tony DiTerliz interviewed

Graham Marks talks to Tony DiTerlizzi

Editor's Choice

Wonderstruck

Brian Selznick

(Scholastic)

Brian Selznick won the 2008 Caldecott Medal for his first book, www.scholastic.com/hugocabret/">The Invention of Hugo Cabret, a novel that broke new ground with its dual visual...

Good Little Wolf

Nadia Shireen

(Jonathan Cape (PB))

First picture books are so often let down by a story that doesn’t really work but Nadia Shireen’s debut picture book which she wrote and illustrated, is wittily and tightly constructed and perfectly pitched to engage young readers.

Rolf is...

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

Under 5s

Good Little Wolf

Nadia Shireen

5
The Animal Bop Won't Stop

Jan Ormerod

4
My Dad is Beautiful

Jessica Spanyol

4
The Rhyming Rabbit

Julia Donaldson

4
The Queen of France

Tim Wadham

4
What Will You Be Grandma?

Nanette Newman

4
Silly Doggy

Adam Stower

3

Ages 5-8

Painting Out the Stars

Elspeth Graham

4
When Chico went fishing

Robin Tzannes

3
Grub's Pups

Abi Burlingham

3
Detective Brother: Jamie’s Amazing Cape Adventure

Pete Johnson

3
Queen of the Falls

Chris Van Allsburg

3
Fetlocks Hall: The Curse of the Pony Vampires

Babette Cole

3
Hubble Bubble Granny Trouble

Tracey Corderoy

3
Dear Fairy Godmother

Michael Rosen

2

Ages 8-10

Wonderstruck

Brian Selznick

5
The Sleeping Army

Francesca Simon

4
Secret Horse

Jane Smiley

4
The Filth Licker

Cristy Burne

4
Stitch Head

Guy Bass

3
My Name is Rose

Sally Grindley

3
For the Record

Ellie Irving

3
The Deeping Secrets

Victor Watson

2

Ages 10-14

Immortal War

Justin Somper

5
A Monster Calls

Patrick Ness

5
How to be a boy

Tony Bradman

4
Siz Words and a Wish

Karen McCombie

4
Undead

Kirsty McKay

4
Edda

Conor Kostick

4
Caddy’s World

Hilary McKay

4
Trapped

Isla Whitcroft

3
Outlaw

Stephen Davies

3
An Act of Love

Alan Gibbons

3
Angel's Fury

Bryony Pearce

3
A Year without Autumn

Liz Kessler

3
Muhammad Ali – fifteen rounds with the greatest ¦ Charles Dickens – Hard Times and Great Expectations ¦ John Lennon- the story of the original Beatle ¦ J.K. Rowling – the mystery of fiction

Hugh MacDonald

3

Ages 14+

Strings Attached

Judy Blundell

5
Paradise

Joanna Nadin

5
Salem Brownstone: All Along the Watchtowers

John Harris Dunning

4
Closer

Maxine Linnell

4
Shift

Jeri Smith Ready

4
Cold Hands, Warm Heart

Jill Wolfson

4
Belle's Song

K M Grant

4
Pretty Twisted

Gina Blaxill

4
Legend

Marie Lu

4
Out of Towners

Dan Tunstall

3
Marcelo in the Real World

Francisco X Stork

3
Unearthly

Cynthia Hand

3
Here Lies Bridget

Paige Harbison

3

BfK News

NATASHA FARRANT WINS 2020 COSTA CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD

Natasha Farrant

Writer and literary scout Natasha Farrant has won the 2020 Costa Children’s Book Award for Voyage of the Sparrowhawk, a book which the judges described as ‘pure heavenly escapism and a purely joyful read.’

The winner of the 2020 ALCS Educational Writers’ Award is Black History Matters: The Story of Black History, From African Kingdoms to Black Lives Matter. Written by acclaimed Black historian, Robin Walker, the 2020 judges praised this accessible, comprehensive and inspiring book which provides a timely introduction both to Black history and the Black Lives Matter movement.

IBBY UK has announced that Marcus Sedgwick and David McKee will be the UK nominations for the 2022 Hans Christian Andersen Award.

Debut authors Darren Charlton and Jenny Pearson join Natasha Farrant and Meg Rosoff on the shortlist for the 2020 Costa Children’s Book Award.

The shortlist for the 2020 Costa Children’s Book Award has been announced. No less than 146 books were submitted and from those the judges have chosen a shortlist of four. They are:

Wranglestone by Darren Charlton (Little Tiger)

CLPE Reflecting Realities Report 2020

The six books shortlisted for the 2021 Blue Peter Book Awards have been announced.

Blue Peter Book Award logo

Happy National Non-Fiction November 2020

It’s National Non-Fiction November! Organised by the Federation of Children’s Book Groups, National Non-Fiction November is an annual celebration of the power of non-fiction to inspire children and celebrate readers who have a passion for information and facts. 2020 is the 10th anniversary of National Non-Fiction November.

Jane Porter and Maisie Paradise Shearring have won the 2020 Little Rebels Award for their picture book The Boy who Loved Everyone. They will share the £2000 prize.

The Open University (OU) is launching Book Chat: Reading with your Child, a resource which comprises three short films and support materials to help parents, families and carers read books conversationally and creatively to children. Working with Macmillan Children’s Books, the films use a selection of their picture books and a poetry collection to support families with reading to different ages of children.

Tom Palmer

Books for Keeps 190 - the children's book magazine online

Digital version – browse, print or download

BfK Newsletter

BfK No. 190 Articles

Editor's Choice

Wonderstruck

New Talent

Good Little Wolf

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 190

Under 5s

Good Little Wolf

The Animal Bop Won't Stop

My Dad is Beautiful

The Rhyming Rabbit

The Queen of France

What Will You Be Grandma?

Silly Doggy

Ages 5-8

Painting Out the Stars

When Chico went fishing

Grub's Pups

Detective Brother: Jamie’s Amazing Cape Adventure

Queen of the Falls

Fetlocks Hall: The Curse of the Pony Vampires

Hubble Bubble Granny Trouble

Dear Fairy Godmother

Ages 8-10

Wonderstruck

The Sleeping Army

Secret Horse

The Filth Licker

Stitch Head

My Name is Rose

For the Record

The Deeping Secrets

Ages 10-14

Immortal War

A Monster Calls

How to be a boy

Siz Words and a Wish

Undead

Edda

Caddy’s World

Trapped

Outlaw

An Act of Love

Angel's Fury

A Year without Autumn

Muhammad Ali – fifteen rounds with the greatest ¦ Charles Dickens – Hard Times and Great Expectations ¦ John Lennon- the story of the original Beatle ¦ J.K. Rowling – the mystery of fiction

Ages 14+

Strings Attached

Paradise

Salem Brownstone: All Along the Watchtowers

Closer

Shift

Cold Hands, Warm Heart

Belle's Song

Pretty Twisted

Legend

Out of Towners

Marcelo in the Real World

Unearthly

Here Lies Bridget

BfK News