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BfK No. 75 - July 1992

Cover Story
This month we feature the cover of Chris Powling's latest title, Where the Quaggy Bends (see Authorgraph). The book is published in July by HarperCollins (0 00 185417 8, £7.99; 0 00 674087 1, £3.50 pbk) and we are grateful to them for their help in using this illustration.

BfK No. 75 Articles

Editorial – July 1992

News and comment from the Editor.
Taking Series Seriously

Steve Rosson makes the case
Authorgraph No.75: Chris Powling

Chris Powling interviewed by Colin Mills.
Take Up Thy Bed and Walk (or How To Be a Good Girl)

Lois Keith looks afresh at three classic children's stories featuring disability.
Disability in Modern Children's Fiction

Pat Thomson selects some novels for 9-16 year-olds.
Blind Spot: Walter de la Mare

Michael Rosen on the poetry of Walter de la Mare.
A View of Reality

Barrie Watts, a professional photographer, talks about working on children's books.
BfK Briefing – July 1992

Awards * Publications

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 75

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

Under 5s

  • Penguin Goes to Playschool ¦ Penguin and the New Baby
    Pat Posner
    Alison Finch

  • Give a Dog a Bone
    Brian Wildsmith

  • Babybug
    Catherine Storr

  • White is the Moon
    Valerie Greeley

  • Emma's Lamb
    Kim Lewis

  • Going Swimming
    Sarah Garland

  • It's a Perfect Day
    Abigail Pizer

  • Daniel's Dinosaurs
    Mary Carmine

  • Poonam's Pets
    Andrew Davies
    Drina Davies

  • Baby Talk: Useful words and phrases for babies and grown ups
    Sami Sweeten
    Annie David

  • Sally and the Limpet
    Simon James

  • Aren't You Lucky!
    Catherine Anholt

  • Borka
    John Burningham

  • Mrs Pig Get Cross
    Mary Rayner
    Geraldine McEwan

  • Mr Gumpy's Outing and Other Stories Oi! Get Off Our Train and Other Stories
    John Burningham

  • Off to School ¦ Our New Baby ¦ Get Well Soon
    Various Authors

Ages 5-8

  • Calculator Annie
    Alexander McCall Smith

  • Elizabeth and Larry
    Marilyn Sadler

  • Dreamy Daniel, Brainy Bert
    Scoular Anderson

  • Wheels A Tale of Trotter Street
    Shirley Hughes

  • Lazy Lion
    Mwenye Hadithi

  • Tyrone the Dirty Rotten Cheat
    Hans Wilhelm

  • People Poems

  • Man Mountain
    Martin Waddell

  • Hello, Fred ¦ Fred Again
    Christine Nostlinger

  • Sea Tongue ¦ Cap o'Rushes ¦ Dare's Secret Pony ¦ The Tale of Trellie the Troog
    Kevin Crossley-Holland

  • Herbert Saves the Day
    Heather Eyles

  • Coming Home
    Martin Waddell

  • The Whistling Piglet
    Dick King-Smith

  • Feeding the World
    Janine Amos

  • Baby

  • The Vegetarian Troll
    Ralph Wright

Ages 8-10

  • Julian Secret Agent
    Ann Cameron

  • Listen to This

  • Coojeebear and the Monster
    Barry Booth
    Robert Gray

  • Hopping Mad
    Hazel Townson

  • A Medal for Malina
    Narinder Dhami

  • The Song that Sings the Bird

  • The Lost Ones
    Margaret Greaves

  • Leadfoot
    Nicholas Fisk

  • Thawing Frozen Frogs
    Brian Patten

  • Michael
    Tony Bradman
    Tony Ross

  • The Afterdark Princess
    Annie Dalton

  • Playing with Fire
    Anthony Masters

  • The Wedding Ghost
    Leon Garfield

  • The Seven Chinese Brothers
    Margaret Mahy

  • The Mystery of the Blue Arrows
    Chuck McKee

  • The Fifteenth Peanut Butter Sandwich
    Marjorie Kaplan

  • Boris the Tomato
    Alex Martin

  • The Rabbit Club ¦ Ransom for a River Dolphin
    Sarita Kendall

Ages 10-14

  • My Friend Walter
    Michael Morpurgo

  • Jason and the Golden Fleece The Travels of Ulysses
    Andrew Lang

  • Wild Robert
    Diana Wynne Jones

  • Dracula in Sunlight
    Chris Powling

  • Climbing
    Steve Ashton

  • The Space Atlas
    Heather Couper
    Nigel Henbest

  • Buried in Ice
    Owen Beattie
    John Geiger

  • A Mayan Town Through History
    Xavier Hernandez

  • The Rise of Islam
    Peter Chrisp

  • Dirty Great Monsters: our planet in trouble
    Christina Martinez
    Alex Martinez

  • Why I'm Already Blue
    Terry Farish

  • The Bus People
    Rachel Anderson

  • Albion's Dream
    Roger Norman

  • Stormsearch
    Robert Westall

  • Sister ¦ Her Own Song
    Ellen Howard

  • The Year of the Leopard Song
    Eric Campbell

  • Lockie Leonard: Human Torpedo
    Tim Winton

  • The Thirty-Nine Steps
    John Buchan

  • The Magic in the Pool of Making
    Beth Webb

  • The Adventures of Endill Swift
    Stuart McDonald

  • The Abradizil
    Andrew Gibson

  • Monkey Island
    Paula Fox

  • The Gargoyle
    Hugh Scott

  • Mother Gave a Shout

  • Adam's Ark
    Paul Stewart

Ages 14+

  • Goggle-Eyes
    Anne Fine

  • The Visual Dictionary of Plants

  • On Fortune's Wheel
    Cynthia Voigt

  • Sticks and Stones
    Susan Price

  • Wild Child
    Chloë Rayban

  • A Rose from Blighty
    Marjorie Darke

  • Say Goodnight, Gracie
    Julie Reece Deaver

  • Overlord
    Christopher Hudson
    Stuart Cooper

  • Ranters, Ravers, and Rhymers Poems by Black and Asian Poets
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