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BfK No. 82 - September 1993

Cover Story
The illustration on our cover this month is by Ted Dewan from Inside Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Creatures. This book was written by Steve Parker and published by Dorling Kindersley, to whom we are grateful for their help in using this illustration.

BfK No. 82 Articles

Editorial – September 1993

News and comment from the Editor.
Taking Humour Seriously

Betsy Byars on what children find funny.
Series Titles – September 1993

Some of the latest, reviewed by Steve Rosson.
Authorgraph No.82: John Agard

John Agard interviewed by Morag Styles.
Beyond Jurassic Park

George Hunt reports on a school visit by Ted Dewan.
The Eleanor Farjeon Award

Wendy Cooling meets 1993 winner, Susan Belgrave.
Shadowing Carnegie

Jane Inglis experiments with reading.
The Making of Mortimer and Arabel

Angela Beeching on a new BBC series.
BfK Briefing – September 1993

News * Events * Publications * Award
Editor’s Choice

Chris Powling chooses new hardbacks.

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 82

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

Under 5s

  • Listen to This Stuff and Nonsense

  • A Night of Lullabies ¦ Playdays: Lizzie Singalong

  • One Cow Moo Moo!
    David Bennett

  • I'm Green and I'm Grumpy
    Alison Lester

  • Rosie Runs Away
    Maryann Macdonald

  • The Purrfect Carpet; I Am a Frog
    David Passes

  • Lollopy
    Joyce Dunbar

  • The Happy Hedgehog Band
    Martin Waddell

  • Brinkworth Bear's New Baby Sister ¦ Brinkworth Bear Goes to Hospital
    Annie West

  • Doing the Garden
    Sarah Garland

  • Peek-a-Book: Who Does What?; Peek-a-Book: Opposites; Peek-a-Book: Animals; Peek-a-Book: Nursery Rhymes
    Eric Hill

  • Lizzie and Her Puppy; Lizzie and Her Friend
    David Martin

  • Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
    Carol Lawson

  • How Do I Put It On?
    Shigeo Watanabe

  • Mrs Honey's Holiday ¦ Mrs Honey's Glasses ¦ Mrs Honey's Dream
    Pam Adams

Ages 5-8

  • Spring; Summer
    Ruth Thomson

  • Caring for Young; Gathering Food
    Daphne Butler

  • Magical Stories

  • Tea with Aunt Augusta
    Emma Chichester Clark

  • Ten Little Mice
    Joyce Dunbar

  • Hector's New Trainers
    Amanda Vesey

  • If Dinosaurs Were Cats and Dogs
    Colin McNaughton

  • Noah and the Animals
    Prue Theobalds

  • Reckless Ruby
    Hiawyn Oram

  • Zebra's Hiccups
    David McKee

  • Tin Can Hero
    Kaye Umansky

  • Slobcat
    Paul Geraghty

  • Girl Wonder and the Terrific Twins
    Malorie Blackman

  • Pugwash and the Buried Treasure
    John Ryan

  • The Tin Can Puppy
    Wendy Orr

  • Beware of Boys
    Tony Blundell

  • Twin Poems; Night Poems; Monster Poems; Star Poems; Wizard Poems

  • Mallory Cox and his Interstellar Socks
    Andrew Matthews

  • A Pot of Gold

  • Jack and the Beanstalk
    Alan Garner

  • Little Elephant
    W J Corbett

  • Hurrah for Ethelyn
    Babette Cole

Ages 8-10

  • Power from Plants; Power from the Earth; Power from the Wind
    Susan Bullen

  • Mystery on Tape

  • Myth Busters
    A. E. Bowvayne
    Chris Strange

  • Along a Lonely Road
    Catherine Sefton

  • Round the Twist
    Paul Jennings

  • The Trumpet of the Swan
    E B White

  • Earthways, Earthwise

  • The Princess in the Pigpen
    Jane Resh Thomas

  • Greg's Revenge
    George Hendry

  • Mud Pies and Water-Bombs
    David Schutte

  • Best Friends, Worst Luck
    Mary Hooper

  • Gideon Gander Solves the World's Greatest Mysteries
    David Henry Wilson

  • Samson Superslug
    Ken Adams

  • Triv in Pursuit
    Michael Coleman

  • Birds, Beasts and Fishes

  • Find the White Horse
    Dick King-Smith

  • Love and Be Wise
    Charles Perrault

  • The Secrets of Celia
    Hazel Townson

  • The Demon Piano
    Rachel Dixon

Ages 10-14

  • Exploration by Land; Exploration by Sea
    Paul Strathem

  • Mummy
    James Putnam

  • Spacefacts
    Susan Goodman

  • Create your own Magazine
    Barbara Taylor

  • Seashells of Great Britain and Europe
    R Tucker Abbott

  • Tales from Shakespeare
    Charles Lamb
    Mary Lamb

  • Rags and Riches
    Joan Lingard

  • The Secret Garden
    Frances Hodgson Burnett

  • Snotty Bumstead
    Hunter Davies

  • My Daniel
    Pam Conrad

  • The Stones of Muncaster Cathedral
    Robert Westall

  • Gulf
    Robert Westall

  • The Book of the Banshee
    Anne Fine

  • Vote for Baz
    Ann Pilling

  • Forbidden Doors
    Susan Price

  • Down a Dark Hall
    Lois Duncan

  • Low Tide
    William Mayne

  • Wild Magic
    Tamora Pierce

  • Impressionism
    Jude Welton

  • Watercolour; Manet
    Michael Clarke

  • Exploring the Titanic
    Robert D Ballard

Ages 14+

  • Twopence to Cross the Mersey
    Helen Forrester

  • Alessandra - Alex in Rome
    Tessa Duder

  • When Darkness Comes
    Robert Swindells

  • Dear Nobody
    Berlie Doherty

  • Falling Into Glory
    Robert Westall

  • We All Fall Down
    Robert Cormier

  • We Are All Guilty
    Kingsley Amis

  • Heroes and Monsters: Legends of Ancient Greece; The Children of Odin
    James Reeves
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