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BfK No. 86 - May 1994

Cover Story
Our cover this month is taken from Jane Hissey's new book, Ruff, which is published by Hutchinson. We're grateful to them for their help in reproducing this illustration.

BfK No. 86 Articles

Editorial – May 1994

News and comment from the Editor.
Analysing a Picture Book

Jane Doonan explores Helen Cooper's The Bear Under the Stairs.
Series Titles

Some of the latest, reviewed by Steve Rosson.
Awards: The Guardian Children's Fiction Award & The Mother Goose Award - 1994

Judges Rachel Anderson and Michael Foreman talk about this year's winners.
Authorgraph No.86: Jane Hissey

Jane Hissey interviewed by Stephanie Nettell.
Encyclopedias in the Age of the Ringbinder

Nick Tucker reports on new problems for encyclopedia publishers.
Celebrating Keeping

Douglas Martin on the illustration of Charles Keeping.
A Visit to the Keeping Gallery

Jeff Hynds looks at some of Charles Keeping's huge output.
Feed and Grow

Trevor Dickinson selects spring picture books.
BfK Briefing – May 1994

News * Publications * Obituary * Events * Award * Letters to the Editor
New (-ish) Tales for Old

Jon Scieszka, revamper extraordinary, talks to Chris Powling.

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 86

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

Under 5s

  • The Rescue Party
    Nick Butterworth

  • Jane Hissey titles
    Anton Rodgers

  • A Fox Got My Socks
    Hilda Offen

  • Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?
    Bill Martin Jr

  • The Twins, Two by Two
    Catherine Anholt
    Laurence Anholt

  • This Is the Bear and the Scary Night
    Sarah Hayes

  • Noisy Farm
    Rod Campbell

  • On Your Potty!
    Virginia Miller

  • Impo
    Jon Blake

  • Tasty Poems
    Jill Bennett

  • Cockatoos
    Quentin Blake

  • Jake's Birthday
    Rob Lewis

  • A Busy Day at the Building Site; A Busy Day at the Harbour; A Busy Day at the Railway Station; A Busy Day at the Garage; A Busy Day at the Factory; A Busy Day at the Airport
    Philippe Dupasquier

  • Mr Archimedes' Bath
    Pamela Allen

  • The New Boy
    Holly Keller

  • The Cock, the Mouse and the Little Red Hen: A traditional tale
    Graham Percy

Ages 5-8

  • Amazing Magnets; Build it Strong; Using Energy; Weather Watch
    Julian Rowe
    Molly Perham

  • The Time Travelling Cat
    Julia Jarman

  • Fowl Pest
    James Andrew Hall

  • Crystal Maze Mystery 3: The Sacred Necklace; Crystal Maze Mystery 4: Phantom in the Tower
    Peter Arnold

  • Penelope's Protest
    Douglas Hill

  • Inside the Worm
    Robert Swindells

  • A Child's Guide to Adoption: Andy's Big Question ¦ A Child's Guide to Adoption: Divorce, Mike's Lonely Summer ¦ A Child's Guide to Adoption: Growing Old, Jenny and Grandpa ¦ A Child's Guide to Adoption: Bereavement, Emma Says Goodbye
    Carolyn Nystrom

  • Metalmiss
    Linda Pitt

  • Blabbermouth
    Morris Gleitzman

  • Rotten Island
    William Steig

  • Wyvern Winter
    Toby Forward

  • Treasures for Cousin Crystal; Paper Faces
    Rachel Anderson

  • Dragon
    Wayne Anderson

  • In the Middle of the Night
    Kathy Henderson

  • The Princess and the Admiral
    Charlotte Pomerantz

  • Ig and Tig's Trip to Earth
    Keith Brumpton

  • The Paperbag Prince
    Colin Thompson

  • Under the Moon
    Vivian French

  • Dr Xargle's Book of Earth Weather
    Jeanne Willis

  • The Melanie Brown Stories
    Pamela Oldfield

  • Ms Wiz Loves Dracula
    Terence Blacker

  • What Did You Do at School Today?
    Humphrey Carpenter

  • Hattie Pearl Click Click
    Emily Hern

  • Madame Nightingale Will Sing Tonight
    James Mayhew

  • Mouse and Mole
    Joyce Dunbar

  • Josie, Click and Bun and the Little Tree House
    Enid Blyton

  • B is for Book!
    Frank Rodgers

  • New Blue Shoes
    Eve Rice

  • Jack's Fantastic Voyage
    Michael Foreman

  • The Pirate Queen
    Marianne Macdonald

Ages 8-10

  • How your Body Works
    Christopher Maynard

  • Pond and Stream; Wasteland
    Colin S Milkins

  • Making a Book
    Mandy Suhr

  • When Mum Went to Work
    Rachel Anderson

Ages 10-14

  • The Breakup of Yugoslavia
    Martyn Rady

  • The Arctic and its People
    Susan Bullen

  • The Alps and their People
    Susan Bullen

  • The Mediterranean and its People
    David Flint

  • Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary
    Ruud Van Der Rol

  • Environmental Disasters
    John Baines

  • The Secret Summer of Daniel Lyons
    Roy Apps

  • No Gun for Asmir
    Christobel Mattingley

  • Coast to Coast
    Betsy Byars

  • A Ghost in Waiting
    Hugh Scott

  • The Diary of Anne Frank
    David A Adler

  • Mandragora
    David McRobbie

  • Just Like Superman
    Clare Bevan

  • The Rollickers and other stories
    Andrew Gibson

  • Blood and Mortar
    Peggy Woodford

  • Naming the Dark
    Annie Dalton

  • Hiding Out
    Elizabeth Laird

  • Hob and the Goblins
    William Mayne

Ages 14+

  • Cutting Loose
    Carole Lloyd

  • Love Hurts - A Book of Love Stories
    Miriam Hodgson

  • Down Came a Blackbird
    Nicholas Wilde
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