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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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