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BfK No. 20 - May 1983

Cover Story
The Photographs on our cover are by Camilla Jessel and are taken from Learner Bird (Methuen, 0 416 22460 1, £3.95) We are grateful to Methuen for making it possible to use these illustrations.

BfK No. 20 Articles

Editorial – May 1983

News and comment from the Editor.
The World of Children's Books Part 6: THE AWARDS BUSINESS

We pause in our exploration to look at THE AWARDS BUSINESS.
AWARDS: The Children's Book Award, The Guardian Award & The Mother Goose Award

Awards: a four-page report.
Authorgraph No.20: Camilla Jessel

Camilla Jessel interviewed by Pat Triggs.
Lifeline Two No. 3: Traditional Tales in a Multi-Cultural Society

Judith Elkin chooses legends, folk and fairy tale.
A Book to Hand

Non-fiction for projects and trips this Summer and beyond.
INFORMATION PLEASE - People at work and at home

Rosemary Last suggests criteria and considers titles from 1982 across the age-range

Chris Fairclough writes about photographing Other Peoples Jobs

Jill Coleman, as editor, writes about the much-praised Beans series.
Sound & Vision - May 1983

News about books on TV.
BfK News – May 1983

News about what's happening in the children's book world.

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 20

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

Under 5s

  • The Bear Family ¦ The Bears' Picnic ¦ The Bears' Nursery School ¦ The Naughty Little Bear ¦ The Bears' Christmas ¦ Mitzi in Hospital
    Sara Ball

  • Oh Abigail
    Moira Miller

  • Gran's Good News ¦ Gran's Old Bones
    Michael Cole
    Joanne Cole

  • When My Naughty Little Sister Was Good ¦ My Naughty Little Sister and Bad Harry
    Dorothy Edwards

  • My Naughty Little Sister at the Fair
    Dorothy Edwards

  • Feeding Babies
    Chiyoko Nakatani

Ages 5-8

  • Frog and Toad are Friends ¦ Frog and Toad Together ¦ Little Bear ¦ Father Bear Comes Home ¦ Danny and the Dinosaur ¦ Grizzwold
    Arnold Lobel

  • The Berenstain's B Book ¦ Bears on Wheels ¦ I'll Teach my Dog 100 Words ¦ The Eye Book ¦ The Bike Lesson ¦ My Book about Me
    Stan Berenstain

  • The Princess Well-I-May
    Pamela Oldfield

  • The Roundabout Horse
    H E Todd

  • The Tale of Georgie Grub
    Jeanne Willis

  • Once in a Wood
    Eve Rice

  • Paddington on Screen
    Michael Bond

  • Gumdrop Finds a Ghost
    Val Biro

  • Cousin Blodwyn's Visit
    A Vesey

  • But No Elephants
    Jerry Smath

  • ADark Dark Tale
    Ruth Brown

  • Jafta - My Father ¦ Jafta - The Wedding
    Hugh Lewin

  • The Shopping Basket
    John Burningham

Ages 8-10

  • ABook of Cats & Creatures
    Ruth Manning-Sanders

  • The Ghost and Bertie Boggin
    Catherine Sefton

  • The Happy Prince ¦ Thumbelina
    Oscar Wilde

Ages 10-14

  • The Scarecrows
    Robert Westall

  • Sweet Frannie
    Susan Sallis

  • 'Maroon Boy ¦ Bess
    Robert Leeson

  • ACandle in the Dark
    Robert Swindells

  • The Revenge of Samuel Stokes
    Penelope Lively

  • Jamie
    Steve Bowles

  • How Green You Are!
    Berlie Doherty

  • Goodnight Mister Tom
    Michelle Magorian

  • The Baker Street Boys
    Brian Ball

  • The Long Secret
    Louise Fitzhugh

  • Emer's Ghost ¦ The Sleepers on the Hill
    Catherine Sefton
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