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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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