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BfK No. 43 - March 1987

Cover Story
"Our cover picture Holiday traffic on its way to the coast, August 1960' may evoke nostalgia, interest, curiosity or speculation. Whatever the response, if it encourages close looking that is what Penny Marshall had in mind when she selected for Cars (0 356 l 1393 0) in her The Camera as witness series for Macdonald."

BfK No. 43 Articles

Editor's Page - March 1987

News and comment from the Editor.
Information Please About - Thinking Globally

Terry Hyland explains the ideas which have led to a search for books with a global perspective.
Information Please About - Books about Countries

David Wright applies his criteria to recent titles.
Information Please About - What's New in Information Books?

Keith Barker considers some innovations.
Authorgraph No 43 – Katherine Paterson

Katherine Paterson interviewed by Stephanie Nettell.
Sound & Vision – March 1987

Bernard Ashley considers the issues facing the writer of television for children.
How To...using computers to help make readers

Brenda Swindells and John Snedden describe how they are using computers to help make readers.
Images and Issues

Terry Downie considers the use of photographs in information books
Information Please About… The Camera as Witness

Meet Penny Marshall whose ten-book series of photographic books is now complete.
Information please about... What's New in Computer Books?

Pat Frawley looks at some new titles in an area which is developing rapidly in school.
May We Recommend... Jean Little

Christopher Stephenson introduces Jean Little.
BfK News – March 1987

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

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 43

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

Under 5s

  • Arabella the Smallest Girl in the World
    Mem Fox

  • May We Sleep Here Tonight?
    Tan Koide

  • Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
    Bill Martin Jr

  • Mog in the Dark
    Judith Kerr

  • I'm playing with Papa!
    Shigeo Watanabe

  • It's Your Turn, Roger!
    Susanna Gretz

  • Wilberforce Goes to a Party
    Margaret Gordon

  • The Little Red Hen
    Margot Zemach

  • Over in the Meadow
    Olive A Wadsworth

Ages 8-10

  • Sleuth!
    Sherlock Ransford

  • Hocus Pocus

  • Journey to Atlantis ¦ Danger due North
    J J Fortune

  • A Packet of Poems

  • Nonstop Nonsense
    Margaret Mahy

  • Princess Polly to the Rescue
    Mary Lister

  • Buttons
    Linda Yeatman

  • Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp ¦ Hiawatha's Childhood
    Shirley Greenway

Ages 10-14

  • Gargling with Jelly
    Brian Patten

  • Bridle the Wind
    Joan Aiken

  • Thomas and the Warlock
    Mollie Hunter

  • A Pair of Desert Willies
    Sylvia Sherry

  • Asimov's Extraterrestrials ¦ Asimov's Monsters ¦ Asimov's Mutants
    Isaac Asimov
    Martin Greenberg
    Charles Waugh

  • Dragon Dance
    John Christopher

  • Sandwriter
    Monica Hughes

  • Screaming High
    David Line

  • Cracker Jackson
    Betsy Byars

  • Children of Winter
    Berlie Doherty

  • The Carpenter and Other Stories
    Susan Price

  • Shepherd's Flock
    Elizabeth Gowans

Ages 14+

  • Going Back
    Penelope Lively

  • The Other Side of the Clyde

  • Biker
    Jon Hardy

  • There Will Be a Next Time
    Tony Drake

  • The Other Side
    Jacqueline Wilson

  • A Solitary Blue
    Cynthia Voigt
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