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BfK No. 63 - July 1990

Cover Story
The photographs on our front cover this month are taken from Round Buildings, Square Buildings & Buildings That Wiggle Like a Fish by Philip Isaacson. Hardback (0 86203 447 7) and paperback (0 86203 468 X) are published by Julia MacRae.

BfK No. 63 Articles

Editor's Page - July 1990

News and comment from the Editor.
Statutory reading

Liz Waterland takes a sceptical look at the requirements of the National Curriculum.
Writer Reply - Adele Geras

Adele Geras launches an occasional series...
Authorgraph No.63 – William Mayne

William Mayne interviewed by Stephanie Nettell.
Round Buildings, Square Buildings, & Buildings That Wiggle Like a Fish

Robert Hull Discusses a new Non-Fiction Classic being published this month.
Kwik? Kwak!

George Hunt reflects on storytelling in Dominica... and its importance in classrooms everywhere.
SHOCK EXCLUSIVE! - Read To Death

Our Reporter, David Bennett, examines the evidence of `Sir's Library'.
What ChiIdren Chose Last Year...

P.L.R. estimates of Public Library Borrowing 1988/89
BfK News – July 1990

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

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 63

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

Under 5s

  • Thumbprint Circus
    Rodney Peppé

  • Out and About
    Shirley Hughes

  • Alice's Blue Cloth
    Deborah Van Der Beek

  • Roll Over, D.W.
    Marc Brown

  • Franklin in the Dark
    Paulette Bourgeois

  • Mr McGee
    Pamela Allen

  • Block City
    Robert Louis Stevenson

  • Sarah Bulldog
    Siobhan Dodds

  • Fancy That!
    Pamela Allen

  • The Gingerbread Man ¦ The Ugly Duckling
    Tony Bradman

  • This is the Bear
    Sarah Hayes

  • A Proper Little Lady
    Nette Hilton

  • Little Grey Rabbit's Party
    Alison Uttley

Ages 5-8

  • Codes and Ciphers ¦ Body Language
    Jean Cooke

  • Animals Eating ¦ Animals Fighting ¦ Animals Learning ¦ Animals Talking
    Jane Burton

  • Hemi's Pet
    Joan De Hamel

  • The Sleeping Policeman
    H E Todd

  • Satchelmouse and the Doll's House ¦ Satchelmouse and the Dinosaurs
    Antonia Barber

  • Who's a Clever Baby Then?
    David McKee

  • Three Cheers for Errol
    Babette Cole

  • Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile
    Tomie De Paola

  • In Stitches with Ms Wiz
    Terence Blacker

  • The Saddlebag Hero
    Siân Lewis

  • Melanie Brown and the Jar of Sweets
    Pamela Oldfield

  • Ten Candlelight Tales
    Alison Uttley

  • Bear's Birthday ¦ Make a Face
    Allan Ahlberg
    Colin McNaughton

  • The Scary Mouse
    Majorie Newman

  • Julian's Glorious Summer
    Ann Cameron

  • Stories for Summer
    Alf Prøysen

  • The Pizza Monster ¦ The Princess of the Fillmore Street School
    Marjorie Mitchell Sharmat

  • Suzy Magician
    Alexander McCall Smith

  • The Little Dressmaker
    Eleanor Farjeon

  • The Littles ¦ The Littles to the Rescue
    John Peterson

  • Dumbellina
    Brough Girling

  • The Magic of the Mummy
    Terry Deary

  • Franklin and the Messy Pigs
    Hans Wilhelm

  • Bangers and Mash: Ghost Boast ¦ Bangers and Mash: Eggs is Eggs
    Paul Groves

  • Fanso and Granny Flo
    James Berry

Ages 8-10

  • Seals ¦ Eagles ¦ Snakes ¦ Polar Bears ¦ Pandas
    Barbara Taylor Cork

  • Animal Builders ¦ Animal Helpers ¦ Animal Hunters ¦ Animal Travellers
    Jim Flegg

  • Fire!
    Veronica Heley

  • The Lily Pickle Eleven
    Gwen Grant

  • The Burning Questions of Bingo Brown
    Betsy Byars

  • Blitzcat
    Robert Westall

  • The Jennings Report
    Anthony Buckeridge

  • Just - William
    Richmal Crompton

  • Finders, Losers
    Jan Mark

  • Operation: Dump the Chump ¦ Other People's Ponies ¦ The Bell Reef
    Barbara Park

  • In Between Times
    Hannah Cole

  • Tricky Business
    Cathie Bartlam

  • Jungle Book Stories
    Rudyard Kipling

Ages 10-14

  • A Town Through History
    Xavier Hernandez
    Pilar Comes

  • Protecting the Oceans ¦ Working with the Oceans
    John Baines

  • Pesticides and Fertilisers in Farming ¦ Farming and the Environment
    Ron Taylor

  • Me, Jill Robinson and the Television Quiz ¦ Me, Jill Robinson and the Seaside Mystery
    Anne Digby

  • The Baillie's Daughter
    Donald Lightwood

  • On the Lion's Side
    Ann Pilling

  • Rabble Starkey
    Lois Lowry

  • The Silk and the Skin
    Rodie Sudbery

  • Bike Hunt
    Hugh Galt

  • Winners
    Mary Ellen L Collura

  • Round Behind the Ice-House
    Anne Fine

  • Against the Odds
    Robin Klein

  • Wise Child
    Monica Furlong

  • Alfreda Abbot's Lost Voice
    Jerome Fletcher

  • The Blue Moon Day
    Alison Prince

  • The Siege of Troy & The Travels of Ulysses

  • Large Print Read-alongs

  • The Railway Children
    E Nesbit

  • Ramona Quimby Age 8
    Beverly Cleary

Ages 14+

  • Chain of Fire
    Beverley Naidoo

  • Big Girls' Shoes
    Anne Cassidy

  • One Green Leaf
    Jean Ure

  • Weetzie Bat
    Francesca Lia Block

  • Staying Up
    Robert Swindells

  • Dream Palace
    Anthony Masters

  • Fade
    Robert Cormier

  • Round the Bend
    Mitzi Dale

  • Melusine
    Lynne Reid Banks

  • A Breath of Fresh Air
    Geraldine Kaye

  • The Champion
    Maurice Gee
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