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BfK No. 190 - September 2011
BfK 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)
5

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...

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New Talent

Good Little Wolf

Nadia Shireen
(Jonathan Cape (PB))
5

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...

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All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 190

  • 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

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