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BfK No. 32 - May 1985

Cover Story
The illustration on the cover of this issue is an enlarged detail from Badger's Parting Gifts, the book for which Susan Varley won this year's Mother Goose Award. We are grateful for the help of Andersen Press in using this illustration.

BfK No. 32 Articles

Editor's Page – May 1985

News and comment from the Editor.
Shirley Hughes Meets Magical Mr Anno

Shirley Hughes writes about the winner of this year's Hans Andersen Award for Illustration, Mitsumasa Anno.
Lifeline 3 – Books for sharing

The last part of Joan Barker and David Bennett's series on Books for Sharing.
Authorgraph No 32 – Eric Carle

Eric Carle interviewed by Pat Triggs.
Awards – The Mother Goose Award, The Guardian Award & The Children's Book Award

Fiona Waters on The Mother Goose Award. Stephanie Nettell on The Guardian Award. Pat Thomson on The Children's Book Award.
What's happening to paperback picture books?

Pat Triggs reports some new moves.
What do you do with a book like that?

A look at Maurice Sendak's Outside Over There.
Picture Books for Everyone

A selection from recent publishing.
BfK News – May 1985

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

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 32

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

Under 5s

  • Animal Tales from Listen With Mother
    Author and Illustrator Unknown

  • Tim Mouse Goes Down the Stream
    Judy Brook

  • The Kettleship Pirates
    Rodney Peppé

  • Humphrey the Number Horse
    Rodney Peppé

  • Red Fox and His Canoe ¦ Mooch the Messy
    Nathaniel Benchley

  • You'll Soon Grow into Them, Titch
    Pat Hutchins

  • Dear Zoo
    Rod Campbell

  • Home Sweet Home
    Maureen Roffey

  • Going Shopping ¦ Doing the Washing
    Sarah Garland

  • The Little Car ¦ The Old Man Who Sneezed
    Leila Berg

Ages 5-8

  • Pirate Pete ¦ The Friends Have a Visitor ¦ Private Zoo ¦ Puss in Boots
    Erwin Moser

  • Mr Bubbus and the Railway Rescue
    Joan Drake

  • Mardie's Adventures
    Astrid Lindgren

  • The Railway Cat ¦ Duck Boy ¦ Little Boy Lost
    Phyllis Arkle

  • Tales from Allotment Lane School ¦ Three Cheers for Ragdolly Anna
    Margaret Joy

Ages 8-10

  • Nicholas at Large
    Rene Goscinny

  • The Curse of the Egyptian Mummy
    Pat Hutchins

  • Charlie, Emma and the Dragon Family
    Margaret Greaves

  • Community Magic
    Patricia Cleveland-Peck

  • The Finn Gang
    Catherine Sefton

  • The Vanishing Gran
    Hazel Townson

  • Quick, Let's Get Out of Here
    Michael Rosen
    Quentin Blake

  • Going West
    Martin Waddell
    Philippe Dupasquier

  • Doctor De Soto
    William Steig

  • The Young Performing Horse
    John Yeoman
    Quentin Blake

Ages 10-14

  • The Way to Sattin Shore
    Philippa Pearce

  • Thimbles
    David Wiseman

  • Handles
    Jan Mark

  • The Neverending Story
    Michael Ende

  • The Root Cellar
    Janet Lunn

  • The Granny Project
    Anne Fine

  • Lizzie Dripping
    Helen Cresswell

  • The Dark Behind the Curtain
    Gillian Cross

Ages 14+

  • Zed
    Rosemary Harris

  • Talking in Whispers
    James Watson

  • Futuretrack 5
    Robert Westall

  • The Bumblebee Flies Anyway
    Robert Cormier

  • Goodbye Summer
    Alison Prince
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