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BfK No. 47 - November 1987

Cover Story
The illustration on our cover is by Errol Le Cain and is taken from Christmas 1993 by Leslie Brieusse (Faber, 0 571 14651 1, £7.95). We are grateful to Faber for help in using this illustration.

BfK No. 47 Articles

Editor's Page - November 1987

News and comment from the Editor.
Worth Every Penny

Pat Triggs makes a personal choice from this season's hardbacks
Taking Care of the Small Box

Jack Ousbey on necessary encounters with poetry.
Talking Books

Chris Powling considers the value of stories on tape.
Authorgraph No 47 – Errol le Cain

Errol Le Cain interviewed by Penny Sibson.
Awards – The Other Award and The Observer Teenage Fiction Prize

Report on the latest prizes.
Sound & Vision - November 1987

News and views about books on radio, TV and in films.
BfK News - November 1987

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

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 47

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

Under 5s

  • Carrot Tops
    Joan Wyatt

  • Pound Puppies Heathrow ¦ Pound Puppies Honeypot ¦ Pound Puppies Max ¦ Pound Puppies Willerby
    Author and Illustrator Unknown

  • If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
    Laura Joffe Numeroff

  • Cromwell's Glasses
    Holly Keller

  • See Mouse Run
    Sally Grindley

  • Crocodile Teeth
    Marjorie Ann Watts

  • Out Cat Flossie
    Ruth Brown

  • The Pushchair Adventure
    Michel Gay

  • Melissa Mouse's Birthday Surprise
    Maria Claret

  • Teddy's Birthday
    Amanda Davidson

  • Alpaca in the Park
    Rosemary Billam

  • Diddle Diddle Dumpling ¦ The Three Little Kittens
    Tomie De Paola

Ages 5-8

  • Not So Fast Songololo
    Niki Daly

  • Hank Prank and Hot Henrietta
    Jules Older

  • What's Under My Bed ¦ The Great Big Especially Beautiful Easter Egg
    James Stevenson

  • Dragon Fire
    Ann Ruffell

  • Fiona Finds Her Tongue
    Diana Hendry

  • The Fairy Rebel
    Lynne Reid Banks

  • The Arrow
    Alex Brychta

  • The Emperor's New Clothes

  • Simon's Secret
    Judith Worthy

  • Loudmouth George and the Big Race
    Nancy Carlson

  • Nosey Mrs Rat
    Jeffrey Allen
    James Marshall

  • Harriet and William and the Terrible Creature
    Valerie Carey

  • Colvin and the Snake Basket
    Sam McBratney

  • The Hairy Book
    Babette Cole

Ages 8-10

  • The Nervous Wreck
    Robert Lee

  • George H. Gastly to the Rescue
    Ritchie Perry

  • Gruesome and Bloodsocks Move House
    Jane Holiday

  • Guilt and Gingerbread
    Leon Garfield

  • Radio Alert
    John Escott

  • The Revenge of the Brain Sharpeners
    Philip Curtis

  • Your Guess is as Good as Mine
    Bernard Ashley

  • Many Happy Returns and Other Stories
    Kathryn Cave

  • The Magic Orange Tree and Other Stories
    Jamila Gavin

  • Mystery Cat
    Susan Saunders

Ages 10-14

  • Star Wind
    Linda Woolverton

  • MacGyver on Ice
    Mark Daniel

  • Grange Hill Rebels
    Phil Redmond
    David Angus

  • Stringybark Summer
    Judith O'Neill

  • Tangara
    Nan Chauncy

  • The Wild Ride and Other Scottish Stories

  • The Jellyfish Season
    Mary Downing Hahn

  • Frying as Usual
    Joan Lingard

  • Creeps
    Tim Schoch

  • Slade
    John Tully

Ages 14+

  • Angel Face
    Norma Klein

  • This Time of Darkness ¦ The Priest of Ferris
    H M Hoover

  • The Fat Girl
    Marilyn Sachs

  • Zak
    Frances Thomas

  • The Stalker
    Joan Lowery Nixon

  • Time Rope
    Robert Leeson

  • Please Don't Go
    Peggy Woodford

  • You Win Some, You Lose Some
    Jean Ure
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