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BfK No. 50 - May 1988

Cover Story
The illustration on our cover is by Ruth Brown and is taken from her latest book Ladybird, Ladybird published by Andersen Press (0 86264 200 0, £5.95). We are grateful to Andersen Press for help in using this.

BfK No. 50 Articles

Editor's Page - May 1988

News and comment from the Editor.
From the Outside Looking In

Illustration has never been in finer fettle. But how does even a gifted young artist break into the world of books? Margaret Carter investigates.
Bologna and Beyond
Authorgraph No 50 – Ruth Brown

Ruth Brown was interviewed by Tony Bradman.
The Ultimate Author Visit - Roald Dahl at Redbridge

Ask any school bookweek organiser which visitor she'd choose to top her bill and she'd probably say 'Roald Dahl!' Then she'd laugh and move on to a less awesome figure than the world's most popular children's author. One school bookweek organiser didn't move on, though. Lindy Barclay tells all.
Fiction For The Filofax

Chris Powling reflects on the rise of the Literary List (kids for the consumption of)

Warning: THE SLAVISH FOLLOWING OF LISTS CAN DAMAGE YOUR READING.
Mother Goose 1988

Elaine Moss, herself newly recruited to the panel of judges, gives an account of this year's award for the best newcomer to British children's book illustration'.
The Search For Spring

Jeff Hynds takes his pick of the season's new picture books.
BfK News – May 1988

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

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 50

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

Under 5s

  • But Where is the Green Parrot?
    Thomas Zacharias
    Wanda Zacharias

  • Janine and the New Baby
    Iolette Thomas

  • Chester the Chick ¦ Freckles the Rabbit ¦ Ginger the Kitten ¦ Jack the Puppy
    Jane Burton

  • The First Words Picture Book ¦ The Early Words Picture Book
    Bill Gillham

  • Sing a Song of Sixpence
    Tracey Campbell Pearson

  • Fly Like a Bird! ¦ Yes It Does, No It Doesn't; Row ¦ Row, Row the Boat ¦ Now You Try!
    Jean Morrison
    Dominic Poelsma

  • Demon Daisy's Dreadful Week
    Phillida Gili

  • Pob and Friends

  • Sheepchase
    Paul Rogers

  • My House ¦ Dig, Dig
    Lesley Wood

  • Guthrie Comes Clean
    Jonathan Allen

  • It's Not Fair!
    Anita Harper
    Susan Hellard

  • Cock-a-Doodle-Doo
    Franz Brandenberg

Ages 5-8

  • Bear's Birthday ¦ Make a Face ¦ Big Bad Pig ¦ So Can I ¦ Push the Dog ¦ Shirley's Shops ¦ Tell Us a Story ¦ One, Two, Flea!
    Allan Ahlberg
    Colin McNaughton

  • Babar and Father Christmas ¦ Babar's Travels ¦ Babar the King ¦ Babar's Friend Zephir ¦ Babar at Home
    Jean De Brunhoff

  • Jenna and the Troublemaker
    Hiawyn Oram

  • The Very First Lucy Goose Book
    Stephen Weatherill

  • Bossyboots
    David Cox

  • The Giant Jam Sandwich
    John Vernon Lord

  • Trubloff
    John Burningham

  • Say 'Cheese' ¦ Sunny-side Up ¦ Pickle Puss
    Patricia Reilly Giff

  • King Dicky Bird and the Bossy Princess
    Dorothy Edwards

  • The Mice and the Clockwork Bus
    Rodney Peppé

  • Amanda and the Witch Switch
    John Himmelman

  • Knock, Knock, Who's There?
    Sally Grindley

  • The Monster Bed
    Jeanne Willis

  • Where's Julius?
    John Burningham

  • My Dad Doesn't Even Notice
    Mike Dickinson

  • Piglet Does a Very Grand Thing ¦ Tiggers Don't Climb Tress ¦ Pooh Invents a New Game
    A A Milne

  • Another Helping of Chips
    Shirley Hughes

  • Mrs Pepperpot's Outing
    Alf Prøysen

  • A Puff of Smoke
    Catherine Sefton

  • Time for One More
    Leila Berg

Ages 8-10

  • Shine
    Jill Paton Walsh

  • Tales from the Edge of the World
    Martin Riley

  • The California Iceberg
    Harry Harrison

  • Wheel of Danger
    Robert Leeson

  • The Pain and the Great One
    Judy Blume

  • Uncle Charlie Weasel and the Cuckoo Bird
    Sam McBratney

  • Brontosaurus Superstar!
    Robert McCrum

Ages 10-14

  • Stevie Day: Super Sleuth ¦ Stevie Day: Lonely Hearts
    Jacqueline Wilson

  • The Wave
    Morton Rhue

  • Three Against the World
    Robert Leeson

  • Magical Changes
    Graham Oakley

  • Building Blocks
    Cynthia Voigt

  • Racso and the Rats of NIMH
    Jane Leslie Conly

  • Salford Road and other Poems
    Gareth Owen

  • The Not-Just-Anybody Family
    Betsy Byars

  • When Flesh Begins to Creep
    Judith Gorog

  • Anastasia at your Service
    Lois Lowry

  • Mundo and the Weather-Child
    Joyce Dunbar

  • Spellbinder
    Stephen Bowkett

  • Journey to the Volcano
    Rose Tremain

  • Isaac Campion
    Janni Howker

Ages 14+

  • Close Enough to Touch
    Richard Peck

  • The Girl Who Wanted a Boy
    Paul Zindel

  • The Tricksters
    Margaret Mahy

  • Locked in Time
    Lois Duncan
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