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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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