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BfK No. 52 - September 1988

Cover Story
The illustrations on our cover are taken from Starting School by Janet and Allan Ahlberg, published by Viking Kestrel (0 670 81688 4, £6.95). We are grateful to Viking Kestrel for help in using these illustrations.

BfK No. 52 Articles

Editor's Page - September 1988

News and comment from the Editor.
In Pursuit of a Little Understanding…

Jeff Hynds looks at the Great Debate about Reading.
Authorgraph No 52 – Sid Fleischman

Sid Fleischman was interviewed by Stephanie Nettell.
Lifeline 4: Projects and Topics

Pat Thomson continues her seven-part series on the theme of Water.
Janet Ahlberg

It is now some years since we 'Authorgraphed' the Ahlbergs (May 1982). Janet Ahlberg herself rarely gives interviews. Judith Elkin, who has known Janet for many years, talked to this singular illustrator...
Sound and Vision - September 1988

A round-up of forthcoming tie-ins.
Books to Make Readers

Jill Bennett recommends some books, published over the last three or four years, which she has found 'work' well in the context of learning to read with real books
BfK News - September 1988

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

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 52

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

Under 5s

  • Corduroy ¦ A Pocket for Corduroy
    Don Freeman

  • Sixes and Sevens
    John Yeoman
    Quentin Blake

  • Wake Up, Bear
    Lynley Dodd

  • The Vain Teddy, and other Teddy Bear stories

  • Bad Boris and the New Kitten
    Susie Jenkin-Pearce

  • I'm Going on a Dragon Hunt
    Maurice Jones

  • Loudmouth George and the Fishing Trip
    Nancy Carlson

  • Frogs' Holiday
    Margaret Gordon

  • Who's Counting?
    Nancy Tafuri

  • My Cat
    Jonathan Allen

  • Hangdog
    Graham Round

  • The Great Big Enormous Turnip
    Alexei Tolstoy

  • King Rollo's Spring ¦ King Rollo's Summer ¦ King Rollo's Autumn ¦ King Rollo's Winter
    David McKee

  • I Wish I Could Fly
    Ron Maris

  • Ride a Cock-Horse
    Sarah Williams

Ages 5-8

  • Melric and the Balloon
    David McKee

  • The Boy Who Bounced and Other Magic Tales
    Margaret Mahy

  • Holiday with the Fiend
    Sheila Lavelle

  • The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg
    Geoffrey Patterson

  • Jerry and the Monsters
    Allen Saddler

  • Mike's Magic Seeds
    Alexander McCall Smith

  • When Sheep Cannot Sleep: the Counting Book
    Satoshi Kitamura

  • Say Cheese!
    Carolyn Dinan

  • Dorrie and the Goblin ¦ Dorrie and the Birthday Eggs
    Patricia Coombs

  • Varenka ¦ The Magic Paintbrush
    Mischa Damjan

  • Mr Creep the Crook ¦ Mrs Jolly's Joke Shop ¦ Miss Dose the Doctors' Daughter
    Allan Ahlberg

  • The Lighthouse Keeper's Catastrophe
    Ronda Armitage
    David Armitage

  • The Mice Next Door
    Anthony Knowles

  • Mr and Mrs Pig's Evening Out
    Mary Rayner

  • The Two Admirals ¦ The Little Hare Book ¦ The Bear's Bicycle¦ Bob and Bobby
    David McKee

Ages 8-10

  • The Persuading Stick
    John Rowe Townsend

  • The Mysterious Mr Ross
    Vivien Alcock

  • Who's Afraid?
    Philippa Pearce

  • The Sound of Propellers
    Clive King

  • Tales for the Perfect Child
    Florence Parry Heide

  • Mister Tinker in Oz ¦ Ozma and the Wayward Wand
    James Howe

  • Josh's Panther
    Fay Sampson

  • The Beautiful Take-Away Palace
    Geraldine Kaye

  • A Gift of Squares
    Edel Wignell

  • The Cuckoo Clock
    Mrs Molesworth

  • Red Letter Day
    Alexa Romanes

  • The Story of a Red Deer
    J W Fortescue

  • The Stowaways
    Roger McGough

Ages 10-14

  • Also Known as Sadzia! The Belly Dancer!
    Merrill Joan Gerber

  • Howl's Moving Castle
    Diana Wynne Jones

  • Shots
    Nigel Gray

  • Manka, The Sky Gipsy
    B B - D J Watkins-Pitchford

  • The Runaways
    Ruth Thomas

  • Picture Me, Falling in Love
    June Foley

  • Frank Boulderbuster: The Last of the Great Swagmen
    Doug MacLeod

  • The Last of the Fianna
    Michael Scott

  • A Pistol in Greenyards
    Mollie Hunter

  • Hairline Cracks
    John Robert Taylor

  • Degrassi Junior High - Exit Stage Left
    William Pasnak

Ages 14+

  • Can't Stop Us Now
    Fran Lantz

  • The Moves Make the Man
    Bruce Brooks

  • Is Anyone There?

  • Amber
    Jacqueline Wilson

  • The Other Side of the Fence
    Jean Ure

  • Misfits

  • Taking Terri Mueller
    Norma Fox Mazer
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