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BfK No. 39 - July 1986

Cover story
Our cover is taken from A Traveller Child by Jose Patterson (0 241 11573 6, £3.95), a title in The Way We Live series from Hamish Hamilton. We are grateful to Hamish Hamilton for help in using this illustration.

BfK No. 39 Articles

Editor’s Page – July 1986

News and comment from the Editor.
Getting to Know You

Jose Patterson considers stereotypes and truth in the portrayal of Traveller life-style and culture, a selection of recommended books about Travellers.
How the medal was won

Gill Johnson reports from this year's panel, Chris Powling reads the books and talks to the writers and Keith Barker looks back at 50 years of the Carnegie Medal.
Meet the winners
All that glisters…
Authorgraph No 39 – Joan Aiken

Joan Aiken interviewed by Stephanie Nettell.
Sound & Vision – July 1986

News of books on TV and in the cinema.
Eureka: It's science for infants

Pat Triggs reports on the organisation and books selection for a Scientific book event for the Under Sevens.
BfK News – July 1986

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

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 39

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

Under 5s

  • Who Sank the Boat?
    Pamela Allen

  • Forget-Me-Not
    Paul Rogers

  • Mark the Drummer-Boy
    Dorothy Edwards

  • Grug at the Zoo ¦ Grug at the Snow
    Ted Prior

  • Geraldine's Blanket
    Holly Keller

  • Teddybears and the Cold Cure
    Susanna Gretz

  • What's the time, Mr Wolf?
    Colin Hawkins

  • 'AHHH!' said Stork
    Gerald Rose

  • Mig the Pig
    Colin Hawkins
    Jacqui Hawkins

  • Postman's Pat's Breezy Day
    John Cunliffe

  • Are you there, Bear?
    Ron Maris

  • Have You Seen My Duckling?
    Nancy Tafuri

Ages 5-8

  • The Bedspread
    Sylvia Fair

  • Scruff
    Gerald Rose

  • The Jumping Boy ¦ Fire Across the Street
    Anna Robinson
    Wendy Lewis

  • Alistair's Elephant
    Marilyn Sadler

  • The Bear's Water Picnic ¦ The White Cat
    John Yeoman
    Quentin Blake

  • I'm Coming to Get You ¦ The Bump in the Night
    Tony Ross

  • Special Care Babies

  • Libby, Oscar & Me
    Bob Graham

  • Avocado Baby
    John Burningham

  • 101 Things to do with a Baby
    Jan Ormerod

Ages 8-10

  • The Hare and the Tortoise
    Caroline Castle

  • Mr. Berry's Ice Cream Parlour
    Jennifer Zabel

Ages 10-14

  • A Stitch in Time
    Penelope Lively

  • Time Rope ¦ Three Against the World ¦ At War with Tomorrow ¦ The Metro Gangs Attack
    Robert Leeson

  • Hey Phantom Singlet
    Simon French

  • Aliens in the Family
    Margaret Mahy

  • The Three Detectives and the Missing Superstar
    Simon Brett

  • Unreal
    Paul Jennings

  • Fray
    T R Burch

  • The Runaway
    Gillian Cross

  • The Computer Nut
    Betsy Byars

  • The Ceremony
    Martyn Copus

  • Madame Guillotine ¦ The Last Invasion
    Simon Farrell
    Jon Sutherland

  • The Smartest Man in Ireland
    Mollie Hunter

  • The Boy from Sula
    Lavinia Derwent

Ages 14+

  • Just Good Friends
    Jane O'Connor

  • The House in Norham Gardens
    Penelope Lively

  • Mara, Daughter of the Nile
    Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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