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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

2019 ALCS EDUCATIONAL WRITERS’ AWARD SHORTLIST

Shortlist announced for the UK’s only award for creative educational writing

The Society of Authors and the Authors’ Licensing& Collecting Society have announced the shortlist for the 2019 ALCS Educational Writers’ Award, the UK’s only award for educational writing which stimulates and enhances the learning experience.

Blue Peter Book Award logo

Six books have made it onto the shortlists for the 2020 Blue Peter Book Awards. There are two categories: Best Story, and – in non-fiction November – Best Book with Facts.

And we’re off… the nominations for the 2020 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals are announced today, Monday 4^th November.

2020 UKLA BOOK AWARDS THE LONGLISTS

UKLA Awards

A record number of submissions and a new category to highlight information books marks the 12^th longlists for the UKLA Awards, the only national awards judged by active classroom teachers.

Jessica Love

Michael Rosen, children’s novelist, poet and former Children’s Laureate, has announced the shortlist for the 2020 Laugh Out Loud Awards (The Lollies), the awards that celebrate the funniest children’s books.

Lollies logo

Morag Hood, Katherine Rundell and Jason Reynolds have been announced as the winners of the UKLA Book Awards 2019 for I Am Bat, The Explorer and Long Way Down respectively.

The Alliance of Radical Booksellers (ARB) is delighted to announce that the winner of this year’s Little Rebels Children’s Book Award for Radical Fiction is Catherine Johnson for her book, Freedom (Scholastic 2018).

Catherine Johnsonn photo Andy Donohoe

‘Books are transformative because of their unique ability to develop three key magical powers: intelligence, creativity and, most important of all, empathy. Words are power; let’s take magic seriously.’ Cressida Cowell, Waterstones Children’s Laureate

STEVEN CAMDEN WINS CLiPPA 2019

Steven Camden photo by Ellie Kurttz

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