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BfK No. 60 - January 1990

Cover Story
The illustration on our cover is taken from War Boy: A Country Childhood, written and illustrated by Michael Foreman and published in October 1989 by Pavilion Books (185145 353 9, £9.99). We are grateful to Pavilion for help in using this illustration.

BfK No. 60 Articles

Editor's Page - January 1990

News and comment from the Editor.

Picture Books With Older Readers

What can you do for the less-able secondary-age child who is a poor reader and is intimidated by books? In the English Department of Romsey Community School, Hampshire, two teachers, disappointed with some of the material available for less-able pupils, decided to take a fresh look at the problem.

Margaret Lowman and Georghia Elinas-Lewis present their experiences as the account of one teacher.

New Series For Teenagers

Jessica Yates considers Walker Teens, Macdonald Frontlines and Orchard Originals.

Authorgraph No.60 – Joan Lingard

Joan Lingard interviewed by Valerie Bierman.

Some Fictions of Non-Fiction

Robert Hull questions some standard beliefs about the Language of Information Books.

Rough Books

Toby Forward on Fiction with Young Offenders.

Who Reads Teenage Fiction?

Adele Geras reflects...

BfK News - January 1990

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

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 60

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

Under 5s

  • Emily's Paintbox

    Riana Duncan
  • Heffalump? and the Toy Hospital

    Eleanor Nilsson
  • I Can't Find It!

    Bel Mooney
  • Tom and Pippo and the Dog

    Helen Oxenbury
  • Superbabe

    Deborah Van Der Beek
  • Eat Up, Gemma

    Sarah Hayes

Ages 5-8

  • The Queen Cat

    Ann Turnbull
  • Katy's Kit Car

    Robin Lawrie
  • Bonny's Big Day

    James Herriot
  • Wings: A Tale of Two Chickens

    James Marshall
  • The Fisherman and his Wife

    Mark Southgate
  • Chocolate Porridge and Other Stories

    Margaret Mahy
  • The Cat with Two Tales

    Alix Nathan
  • Jacob's Little Giant ¦ The Little Lighthouse Keeper ¦ Hild at Allotment Lane School ¦ Ragdolly Anna's Treasure Hunt

    Barbara Smucker

Ages 8-10

  • War with Old Mouldy

    Jean Ure
  • Tough Luck

    Berlie Doherty
  • The Hallowe'en Cat

    Kenneth Lillington
  • Stan's Galactic Bug ¦ The Secret of Bone Island ¦ As If by Magic ¦ When I Lived Down Cuckoo Lane

    John Emlyn Edwards
  • Birdy and the Ghosties

    Jill Paton Walsh
  • Simon's Challenge

    Theresa Breslin
  • The Lives of Christopher Chant

    Diana Wynne Jones

Ages 10-14

  • A Goose on Your Grave: Stories of Horror, Suspense and Fantasy

    Joan Aiken
  • Picking Up the Threads

    Ian Strachan
  • Nobody's Child

    Anthony Masters
  • The Shaman's Stone

    Hugh Scott
  • The Devil's Diagonal

    Margaret Shennan
  • Frankie's Run

    Mary C Ryan
  • The Night Walkers

    Otto Coontz
  • Into the Dark

    Nicholas Wilde
  • Geoffrey's First

    Jon Blake

Ages 14+

  • Adam's Paradise

    Alison Rush
  • After the Rain

    Norma Fox Mazer
  • Blue Days

    Donna Sharp
  • Kiss

    Linda Hoy
  • Bad Company

    Jenny Oldfield
  • Spirit River

    Monica Hughes
  • Shadow of the Stone

    Catherine Lucy Czerkawska
  • Where Nobody Sees

    James Watson
  • Fat: A Love Story ¦ Love is the Crooked Thing ¦ Beautiful Losers

    Barbara Wersba
  • An Ash-blonde Witch

    Kenneth Lillington
  • Last Laugh

    Rex Harley
  • Revolution!

    Leon Garfield
  • The Lost Boy

    Paula Fox
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