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BfK No. 55 - March 1989

Cover Story
The striking illustration on our cover is taken from The Way Things Work by David Macaulay, published by Dorling Kindersley (0 86318 323 9, £15.00).

We are grateful to Dorling Kindersley for help in using this illustration.

BfK No. 55 Articles

Editor's Page - March 1989

News and comment from the Editor.
Facing the Facts

Eleanor von Schweinitz considers the current state of Information Books for children.
Lifeline 4: Projects and Topics

Pat Thomson continues her seven-part series with the theme of The Senses.
A Tribute to Errol Le Cain

Phyllis Hunt, his editor at Faber for 20 years, recalls that relationship.
Authorgraph No. 55 – David Macaulay

David Macaulay was interviewed by Mary Jo Foley.
Integrating the Core Curriculum

Some ideas for combining Mathematics, Science and English by problem-solving from picture books.
BfK News – March 1989

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 55

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

Under 5s

  • Henry's Exercises ¦ Henry's Aeroplane
    Rodney Peppé

  • The Proud and Fearless Lion
    Ann Cartwright
    Reg Cartwright

  • A Bundle of Birds
    Dorothy Butler

  • Lights Off Lights On
    Anelise Taylor

  • Fire Engines
    Anne Rockwell

  • Come Back Hercules
    Rob Lewis

  • Welcome, Little Baby
    Aliki

Ages 5-8

  • Pigs Might Fly
    Emily Rodda

  • Spid
    Ursula Moray Williams

  • Private Zoo ¦ ABC Zoo
    Detlif Kersten

  • The Witch's Funnybone
    Ralph Wright

  • Mrs Simkin and the Magic Wheelbarrow
    Linda Allen

  • The Pig's Wedding
    Helme Heine

  • The Boy Who Turned into a Goat
    James Riordan

  • A Book of Mice

  • Where do the Wicked Witches Live?
    Juliet Snape
    Charles Snape

  • Titchywitch
    Jean Baylis

  • Crafty Chameleon
    Mwenye Hadithi

  • Teeny Tiny
    Jill Bennett

  • The Sad Story of Veronica who played the violin
    David McKee

  • No Prize or Presents for Sam
    Thelma Lambert

  • The Greedy Little Cobbler
    Tony Ross

  • Mac the Macaroni
    Margaret Andrew
    Tracey Lewis

  • The Trouble with Gran
    Babette Cole

Ages 8-10

  • All the Way to Wits' End
    Sheila Greenwald

  • The Ghosts of Hungryhouse Lane
    Sam McBratney

  • Perkins: The Cat who was More than a Friend
    Linda Yeatman

  • Jacob Two-Two and the Dinosaur
    Mordecai Richler

  • The Marzipan Pig
    Russell Hoban

  • The Snow Spider ¦ Emlyn's Moon
    Jenny Nimmo

  • Fables
    Arnold Lobel

  • Grandma Cadbury's Trucking Tales
    Dianne Bates

  • Fred Frederick and Captain Hook
    Denny Robson

  • Alice Alone
    Shirley Isherwood

  • The Dragon Box
    Barbara Willard

  • Kirsty Knows Best
    Annalena McAfee

  • Tumbleweed
    Dick King-Smith

Ages 10-14

  • Dominic
    William Steig

  • The Blossoms and the Green Phantom
    Betsy Byars

  • The Hideaway
    Jamila Gavin

  • Witchery Hill
    Welwyn Wilton Katz

  • Dogsbody
    Diana Wynne Jones

  • King of the Cloud Forests
    Michael Morpurgo

  • Games
    Robin Klein

  • The Well
    Gene Kemp

  • The Third Eye
    Joan De Hamel

  • Dracula
    Bram Stoker

  • The Landfill
    David Leney

  • Phoebe ¦ Daphne ¦ Cassie ¦ Lydia
    Marilyn Kaye

  • Toby Lived Here
    Hilma Wolitzer

Ages 14+

  • Words by Heart
    Ouida Sebestyen

  • The Amazing and Death-Defying Diary of Eugene Dingman
    Paul Zindel

  • Streetwise
    Anthony Masters

  • In Summer Light
    Zibby Oneal

  • Slambash Wangs of a Compo Gormer
    Robert Leeson

  • The Warriors of Taan
    Louise Lawrence

  • Don't Blame the Music ¦ Strictly for Laughs ¦ Binding Ties
    Caroline B Cooney
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