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BfK No. 70 - September 1991

Cover Story
The illustration on the front of BfK this month is from Rub-a-Dub-Dub: Val Biro's 77 Favourite Nursery Rhymes (see Authorgraph for details). The book is published by Blackie and we thank them for their help in using this illustration.

BfK No. 70 Articles

Editorial – September 1991

News and comment from the Editor.

Reading and the Imagination

Jack Ousbey on reading, imagination, stories...

Authorgraph No.70: Val Biro

Val Biro interviewed by Pam Harwood.

History in the National Curriculum

John Fines on the history curriculum plus recommended titles for Key Stage Two.

The Story of Jets

Fiona Kenshole discusses the series, with help from Scoular Anderson.

Kaye Webb and Puffin’s 50th

Stephanie Nettell on the legendary editor, Kaye Webb.

Creating the Oxford Children's Encyclopedia

Mary Worrall, Managing Editor, Children's Reference, reports.

Happy Birthday to Us...

Chris Powling looks at three publications to mark Puffin's Fiftieth Anniversary.

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 70

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

Under 5s

  • A Child's Garden of Verses

    Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Postman Pat and the Letter-Puzzle and other stories

    John Cunliffe
  • Busy A B C

    Colin Hawkins
    Jacqui Hawkins
  • Go Tell It to the Toucan

    Colin West
  • That New Dress

    Malorie Blackman
  • Can Hippo Jump?

    Gerald Rose
  • Wake Up, Dad! ¦ Can I Help, Dad?

  • All Gone ¦ Oh No!

    Sarah Garland
  • The Wheels on the Bus

    Maryann Kovalski
  • My Brown Bear Barney

    Dorothy Butler
  • The Fat King

    Graham Jeffery

Ages 5-8

  • Ace

    Dick King-Smith
  • Recycling

    Barbara James
  • A Seaport through History

    Xavier Hernandez
    Jordi Ballonga
  • My Car ¦ My Drum ¦ My Magnet ¦ My Shell

    Kay Davies
    Wendy Oldfield
  • Monster Hullabaloo!

    Andrew Matthews
  • Messy Maisy Maisy's Measles

    Sheila Lavelle
  • The Royal Huddle The Royal Muddle

    Michael Rosen
  • Benjamin Pig and the Apple Thieves Annabelle Pig and the Travellers

    David McKee
  • The Flayaway Pantaloons

    Sue Scullard
    Joseph Sharples
  • The Saracen Maid ¦ Khumalo's Blanket

    Leon Garfield
  • The Frog Prince

    Jan Ormerod
  • Boneshaker

    Paul Rogers
    Emma Rogers
  • The Secret in the Matchbox

    Val Willis
  • Once There Were Giants

    Martin Waddell

Ages 8-10

  • Jim and the Umbells

    Leigh Odlin
  • Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

    Roald Dahl
  • Archimedes

    Peter Lafferty
  • The Greeks ¦ The Romans ¦ The Incas ¦ The Vikings

    Jacqueline Dineen
  • Mel's Run

    Anthony Masters
  • Number the Stars

    Lois Lowry
  • Anneli the Art Hater

    Anne Fine
  • The Haunted Sand

    Hugh Scott
  • The Whitby Witches

    Robin Jarvis
  • The Outside Child

    Nina Bawden
  • Maybreak

    Frances Usher
  • All My Own Stuff

    Adrian Mitchell
  • The Triple Spiral

    Stephanie Green
  • Thunderwith

    Libby Hathorn
  • A Box of Ogres

    Tim Healey
    Charles Fuge
  • What Would You Do with a Wobble-Dee-Woo?

    Colin West
  • A Summer Ghost

    Ruth Tomalin
  • The Stone Menagerie

    Anne Fine
  • In the Doghouse ¦ The Sleeping Party

    Jan Needle
  • Winning Words

  • New Kid on the Block

    Jack Prelutsky
  • The Hypnotiser

    Michael Rosen
  • Oddly

    Jon Blake
  • Why, Charlie Brown, Why?

    Charles M Schulz

Ages 10-14

  • Thunder and Lightnings

    Jan Mark
  • Five Minute Thrillers

    Bernard Jackson
    Susie Quintanilla
  • Ian and Fred's Big Green Book

    Fred Pearce
    Ian Winton
  • My Childhood in Nazi Germany

    Elsbeth Emmerich
    Robert Hull

Ages 14+

  • I'd Rather Be Famous

    Pete Johnson
  • Silver

    Norma Fox Mazer
  • The Room With No Windows

    Gene Kemp
  • Plague 99

    Jean Ure
  • Josephine

    Kenneth Lillington
  • Jan Alone

    Robert Leeson
  • Girls Are Powerful

    Susan Hemmings
  • The Promise

    Robert Westall
  • Almost Japanese

    Sarah Sheard
  • Chinese Handcuffs

    Chris Crutcher
  • Among Friends

    Caroline B Cooney
  • Eva

    Peter Dickinson
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