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BfK No. 44 - May 1987

Cover Story
This issue's cover is taken from an illustration by Jerry Pinkney for The Tales of Uncle Remus by Julius Lester (Bodley Head, 0 370 31089 6, £9.95). We are grateful for help from Bodley Head in using this illustration.

BfK No. 44 Articles

Editor’s Page – May 1987

News and comment from the Editor.

The Flow of the Images

Brian Alderson outlines the thinking behind `Sing a Song for Sixpence' - an exhibition he arranged at the British Library from October 1986 to January 1987. The purpose of the exhibition was not just to commemorate a great illustrator but, more ambitiously, to demonstrate `the integrity of picture-book art' and the essence of illustration...

Using Picture Books...

Andy Chapell and Louise Fitzpatrick describe their classroom approach.

Rehabilitating That Rabbit...

For years, Joel Chandler Harris's Uncle Remus stories have been under a cloud - black language and lore, say critics, concealing a white view of the world. Now Julius Lester and Jerry Pinkney have mounted a rescue operation.

Stephanie Nettell talks to both of them about one of the most exciting literary projects of the year.

The Mother Goose Award 1987 - A Bag of Plenty

Sally Grindley reports on this year's Mother Goose Award.

Authorgraph No 44 – Anthony Browne

Anthony Browne interviewed by Chris Powling.

When the Kipling had to stop

Nicholas Tucker considers the effect of new images on an old favourite: Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories

A Top-ish Twenty

Chris Powling chooses from the season's new picture books.

BfK News – May 1987

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