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BfK No. 42 - January 1987

Cover Story
Our cover this issue is taken from the jacket illustration by Trevor Webster for Peter Carter's Bury the Dead (OUP 0 19 271493 7, £9.95). We are grateful for help from OUP in using this illustration.

BfK No. 42 Articles

Editor's Page - January 1987

News and comment from the Editor.

The Jolly Postman: another Ahlberg classic

Chris Powling examines another Ahlberg classic.

Authorgraph No 42 – Helen Cresswell

Helen Cresswell interviewed by David Bennett.

Books in the Teenage World

Last year as a precursor to its autumn Teen Read promotion the Book Marketing Council (BMC) commissioned some research into what was known about young people's reading habits.

Michael Pountney who took on the job gives us a flavour of what he discovered.

Making the Charts - book style

Jessica Yates looks at the top pop lists from the Teen Read promotion and reveals her own approach to picking a chart topper.

New Horizons?

At last, a real chance to do something about teenage reading. Steve Bowles welcomes the new Pan Horizons series.

Border Country

Michael Jones examines the work of Peter Carter who has twice been awarded the Observer prize for teenage fiction; this year for Bury the Dead.

Livewires and Upstarts

Two new teenage lists this year from The Women's Press and Virago

Pat Triggs talks to the editor and previews some of the books.

BfK News – January 1987

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

Sound & Vision – January 1987

News of books on television.

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 42

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

Under 5s

  • The Billy Goats Gruff ¦ Three Little Geese ¦ The Fox and the Hare

    Isabelle Balibar
  • Postman Pat's Messy Day ¦ Postman Pat's Safari ¦ Postman Pat's Wet Day ¦ Postman Pat Plays for Greendale

    John Cunliffe
  • The Truck Book

    Ann Morris
  • Pig in the Library ¦ Pig Pig Rides

    Diane Wilmer
  • The Big Sneeze ¦ Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain

    Ruth Brown
  • Jen the Hen

    Colin Hawkins
    Jacqui Hawkins
  • The Very Worst Monster

    Pat Hutchins
  • Oranges and Lemons

  • Trouble in the Ark

    Gerald Rose
  • Dance Away

    George Shannon
  • My Day

    Rod Campbell
  • I'm going for a walk!

    Shigeo Watanabe
  • What a Tale ¦ My Dream

    Brian Wildsmith
  • Cecil's Breakfast

    Roger Smith
  • Blossom

    Diane Wilmer
  • One Night at a Time

    Susan Hill
  • A Kiss on the Nose

  • Teddy at the Seaside

    Amanda Davidson

Ages 5-8

  • The Hat

    Tomi Ungerer
  • Lion at School and Other Stories

    Philippa Pearce
  • Haunted Ivy

    Hazel Townson
  • The Return of the Antelope

    Willis Hall
    Mary Hoffman
  • Dear Daddy

    Philippe Dupasquier
  • Under the Bed: The Bedtime Book ¦ Smelly Jelly Smelly Fish: The Seaside Book

    Michael Rosen
    Quentin Blake
  • The Princess and the Pea

    Dick Gackenbach
  • The Great Bamboozle Bird

    John Cameron
  • A Cat and Mouse Love Story

    Nanette Newman
  • Pinnochio

  • I'll Always Love You

    Hans Wilhelm
  • The Cake Maker

Ages 8-10

  • The Curse of the Blue Figurine

    John Bellairs
  • Gymnast Gilly: The Novice ¦ Gymnast Gilly: The Dancer

    Peter Ackroyd
  • The Runaway Duck

    David Lyon
  • Charlie Lewis Plays for Time

    Gene Kemp
  • The Grannie Season

    Joan Phipson
  • The Magic Horse

    Sally Scott
  • Gangelhoff

    Brian Murphy
  • Muckfields Midnight Monster Match

    Lee Pressman
  • The Birthday Burglar and A Very Wicked Headmistress

    Margaret Mahy

Ages 10-14

  • Ghost Sitter

    Christobel Mattingley
  • The Dancing Meteorite

    Anne Mason
  • Ned Only

    Barbara Willard
  • Fourth Year Triumphs at Trebizon

    Anne Digby
  • Curtis the Hip-Hop Cat

    Gini Wade
  • Sword and Flame

    Simon Farrell
    Jon Sutherland
  • Henry's Leg

    Ann Pilling
  • Eleanor, Elizabeth

    Libby Gleeson
  • Earth Invaded¦ Slaveworld ¦ The Liberators

    Nathan Elliott
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