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BfK No. 91 - March 1995

Cover Story
Our front cover this month features an illutration by Mark Longworth for Gillian Cross's new paperback, The Revenge of the Demon Headmaster. Puffin publish this book in April 1995 (see the Gillian Cross Authorgraph for full details) and we are grateful to them for their help in using this illustration.

BfK No. 91 Articles

Editorial – March 1995

News and comment from the Editor.
Seeing with the Heart

Alan Wakeman on his new translation of The Little Prince - with further commentary by Michael Foreman and Erik Blegvad.
Authorgraph No.91: Gillian Cross

Gillian Cross interviewed by Julia Eccleshare.
Navigating with a Faulty Compass

Eleanor von Schweinitz on how the contents page, captions and index can hinder...
Blind Spot: Daddy-Long-Legs

Robert Leeson on why he resists the appeal of Jean Webster's classic, Daddy-Long-Legs.
Books an Bi-lingual Pupils

With Section 11 under threat Viv Edwards contemplates GEST 16.
BfK Briefing – March 1995

News * Events
Books that Do Furnish a War

Chris Powling on books about World War II.

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 91

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

Under 5s

  • What About Me?
    Alex De Wolf

  • Here Come the Babies
    Catherine Anholt
    Laurence Anholt

  • Leo and the Wallpaper Jungle
    Rachel Pank

  • Giant Hiccups
    Jacqui Farley

  • Don't Climb Out of the Window Tonight
    Richard McGilvray

  • The Hungry Cat
    Phyllis King

  • Cuddly Dudley
    Jez Alborough

  • Mog on Fox Night
    Judith Kerr

  • Snake Supper
    Alan Durant

  • A Lion at Bedtime
    Debi Gliori

  • A Zoo in Our House
    Heather Eyles

  • Good Night, Gorilla
    Peggy Rathmann

  • Grandpa Bodley and the Photographs
    Caroline Castle

  • Let's Go Home, Little Bear
    Martin Waddell

Ages 5-8

  • Ants; Ladybirds; Butterflies and Moths; Grasshoppers and Crickets; Stick Insects; Woodlice and Millipedes
    Barrie Watts

  • Buildings; Food; Clothes; Transport
    Nicola Edwards

  • The Body; Changes; Light and Sound
    Anita Ganeri

  • About Your Body; In the Bathroom
    Barbara Taylor

  • The Window Doll
    Siân Bailey

  • Timid Tim and the Cuggy Thief
    John Prater

  • The Little Steamroller; The Little Horse Bus
    Graham Greene

  • Who's That Banging on the Ceiling?
    Colin McNaughton

  • Keep on Chomping!
    Nigel Gray

  • Big Bad Barney Bear
    Tony Ross

  • A Book of Mice

  • Simon's Revenge; Don't Do It, Dani!; Shut up, Mickey!
    Margaret Ryan

  • Masai and I
    Virginia Kroll

  • Leo and Emily; Leo and Emily's Big Ideas
    Franz Brandenberg

Ages 8-10

  • The World of Flags
    William Crampton

  • Greek Myths for Young Children
    Marcia Williams

  • Calamity with the Fiend
    Sheila Lavelle

  • The Lion King

  • Dixie's Demon
    Andrew Matthews

  • Badger in the Basement; Hedgehogs in the Hall
    Lucy Daniels

  • Selected Fairy Tales
    Barbara Leonie Picard

  • The Thing in Bablock Dip
    Rachel Dixon

  • The Snow Vulture
    Matthew Sweeney

  • Penelope's Peril
    Douglas Hill

  • The Bed and Breakfast Star
    Jacqueline Wilson

  • Save Our Playground
    Leon Rosselson

  • Snotty Bumstead and the Rent-a-Mum
    Hunter Davies

  • Puppy Love
    Betsy Duffey

  • East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon

  • Vlad the Drac Goes Travelling
    Ann Jungman

  • Listen to the Nightingale
    Rumer Godden

  • Dragon Boy
    Dick King-Smith

  • Shoot, Dad!
    Michael Coleman

  • Dudley Shadow
    Cara Lockhart Smith

  • Pigeons and other City Poems

  • The Starlight Cloak
    Jenny Nimmo

  • A Razzle-Dazzle Rainbow
    Chris Powling

  • Boo! Stories to Make You Jump

  • The Optimist
    Bob Kerr

Ages 10-14

  • Western Art 1600-1800; Art in the Nineteenth Century
    Christopher McHugh

  • The Egg and Sperm Race: discover the Human Body
    Fran Balkwill
    Mic Rolph

  • The Oxford Children's Book of Famous People

  • Changing State; Salt, Sand and Silver; Magnets and Circuits; Forces
    Wendy Cowton

  • Science and Power; Wheels to Rockets; Scrolls to Computers

  • African Migrations; Chinese Migrations; Indian Migrations; Jewish Migrations
    Hakim Adi

  • Storm's Eye
    Judith Nicholls

  • Poem for the Day

  • The Island and the Ring
    Laura C Stevenson

  • The Whitby Child
    Rob Larvis

  • Nightmare Hall - The Roommate
    Diane Hoh

  • Silent Witness
    Carol Ellis

  • Do-Over
    Rachel Vail

Ages 14+

  • The Last Vampire
    Christopher Pike

  • Remember Me 2: The Return
    Christopher Pike

  • You Just Don't Listen!
    Sam McBratney

  • The Domino Effect
    Ann Coburn

  • Colour her Dead
    Celia Rees

  • The Mummy King's Realm
    Roy Pond
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