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BfK No. 72 - January 1992

Cover Story

Our cover illustration this month is by Alan Lee from The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien. The first-ever colour illustrated edition is now available from HarperCollins (0 261 102230 3) at £30.00. We thank them for their help in reproducing the cover of the book.

BfK No. 72 Articles

Editorial – January 1992

News and comment from the Editor.
The Tolkien Centenniel

David Day discusses J R R Tolkien on the 100th anniversary of his birth.
Authorgraph No.72: James Berry

James Berry interviewed by Morag Styles.

How safe is your Schools Library Service?

Margaret Smith outlines national changes and... Mary Hoffman describes a little local difficulty.
Old Lies Revisited: Young Readers and the Literature of War and Violence

Nicholas Tucker reviews a book with a message that's 'simply too uncomfortable in today's world'.
A Jostle of Poetries

Robert Hull assesses some new anthologies.
BfK Briefing – January 1992

Awards
Moscow: August 1991

Judith Elkin in Moscow just as the August 1991 coup broke...
Dreams and Mysteries

Stephanie Nettell chooses recent Teenage Fiction.

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 72

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

Under 5s

  • Pudding and Pie Oranges and Lemons Ride-a-Cock Horse Round and Round the Garden

  • Can You Keep a Secret?
    Emma Guénier

  • The Big Concrete Lorry
    Shirley Hughes

  • Rub-a-Dub-Dub Val Biro's 77 Favourite Nursery Rhymes
    Val Biro

  • Animal Seasons ¦ Animal Tricks
    Brian Wildsmith

  • Guess Who? ¦ Guess What?
    Pam Ayres

  • Mary's Tiger
    Rex Harley

  • Animal Friends ¦ Wild Animals
    Bettina Paterson

  • Fur
    Jan Mark

  • Walk for Me, Baby!
    Melanie Wakley

Ages 5-8

  • Remembering Mum ¦ Adventure Holiday
    Ginny Perkins
    Leon Morris

  • Tools ¦ Machines
    Henry Pluckrose

  • You Can't Catch Me, Quick Let's Get Out of Here
    Michael Rosen

  • Foggy's Crown
    Meg Rutherford

  • UFO Diary
    Satoshi Kitamura

  • The Old Man of Lochnagar
    HRH The Prince Of Wales

  • Rats!
    Pat Hutchins

  • That Spells Magic
    Tony Bradman

  • Paddington Meets the Queen ¦ Paddington Rides On!

  • The Best Train Set Ever
    Pat Hutchins

  • Spiky the Hedgehog
    Mirabel Cecil

  • Operation Hedgehog
    Margaret Lane

  • Whiskers and Paws

  • James the Jumble ¦ Henry's Hallowe'en ¦ The Umbrella Tree ¦ One of our Marrows is Missing
    Gill Davies

  • One Snowy Night
    Nick Butterworth

  • Freckly Feet and Itchy Knees
    Michael Rosen

  • Mr Bear's Plane
    Colin Hawkins
    Jacqui Hawkins

  • The Vanishing Pumpkin
    Tony Johnston

  • Bye Bye Baby
    Janet Ahlberg
    Allan Ahlberg

  • Zot's Treasures
    Ivan Jones

  • Peter and the Bogeyman
    Michael Ratnett

Ages 8-10

  • Christopher Columbus ¦ Westward with Columbus
    Ken Hills

  • New Bike ¦ New Car ¦ New Shampoo ¦ New Shoes
    Kate Petty

  • Electricity ¦ Levers ¦ Gears ¦ Wind-ups
    Chris Ollerenshaw
    Pat Triggs

  • Look Lively Rest Easy

  • Jelly Pie
    Brian Patten
    Roger McGough

  • Not Just a Witch
    Eva Ibbotson

  • The Nativity ¦ Hanukkah
    Jenny Koralek

  • The Market Square Dog
    James Herriot

  • World of Fairy Tales

  • The War and Freddy
    Dennis Hamley

  • The Human Zoo
    Virginia Ironside

  • Monty Bites Back ¦ Harry With Spots On
    Colin West

  • The Snow Queen
    Hans Christian Andersen

  • The Big Kick
    Rob Childs

  • The School Spirit
    Terrance Dicks

Ages 10-14

  • The American Frontier ¦ The Roman Empire
    Nigel Smith

  • Bird Migration ¦ Insect Migration ¦ Mammal Migration ¦ Migration in the Sea
    Liz Oram
    R Robin Baker

  • Volcanoes
    Susanna Van Rose
    Ian F Mercer
    Ian F Mercer

  • Seasons of My Life
    Hannah Hauxwell
    Barry Cockcroft

  • The Machine Gunners
    Robert Westall

  • Knights of the Sacred Blade
    Julian Atterton

  • A Begonia for Miss Applebaum
    Paul Zindel

  • Bully
    Yvonne Coppard

  • The Deadman Tapes
    Michael Rosen

  • Faces in a Crowd - poems about people

  • Wings
    Terry Pratchett

  • I Want to be an Angel and other stories
    Jamila Gavin

Ages 14+

  • Under Milk Wood
    Dylan Thomas

  • Cider With Rosie
    Laurie Lee

  • The Outsiders
    S E Hinton

  • Fallen Angels
    Walter Dean Myers

  • Give Me Shelter

  • Phoenix Rising or How to Survive Your Life
    Cynthia Grant

  • Scars
    Anne Bailey

  • Double Vision
    Diana Hendry

  • A Kindness
    Cynthia Rylant

  • The Hillingdon Fox
    Jan Mark
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