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BfK No. 92 - May 1995

Cover Story
This month's front cover features Nick Butterworth's All Together Now! (see Authorgraph for details). The book is published by HarperCollins and we thank them for their help in using this illustration.

BfK No. 92 Articles

Editorial – May 1995

News and comment from the Editor.

Protocols of Reading: The Little Books of Beatrix Potter

Margaret Meek on what children could learn from the 'little books'.

Books into Art

Chris Chivers on the way in which children's reading and children's artwork interact.

Authorgraph No.92: Nick Butterworth

Nick Butterworth interviewed by Stephanie Nettell

Partners in a Dance

Philip Pullman on his enthusiasm for the graphic novel.

Choosing an Atlas

Colin Harris recommends atlases for Key Stage 1 through to Key Stage 4.

Lapping It Up

Ted Percy selects some of 1995's Spring picture books.

BfK Briefing – May 1995

News * Publications * Awards

Books for Babies

Tony Bradman chooses books for babies and the very young.

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 92

  • Under 5s
  • Ages 5-8
  • Ages 8-10
  • Ages 10-14
  • Ages 14+
  • Books About Children's Books

Under 5s

  • Grandad Pot

    Siobhan Dodds
  • Slinky Malinki, Open the Door

    Lynley Dodd
  • Quentin Blake's Nursery Rhyme Book

    Quentin Blake
  • I Can't Get to Sleep

    Frank Rodgers

Ages 5-8

  • Games; Measure; Patterns; Shapes

    Ivan Bulloch
  • Bags of Poems: Family Album

  • Come Back, Grandma

    Sue Limb
  • Martha Speaks

    Susan Meddaugh
  • Beware the Killer Coat

    Susan Gates
    Josip Lizatovic
  • Addy the Baddy

    Margaret Joy
  • The Jessame Stories

    Julia Jarman
  • Gilly the Kid

    Adèle Geras
  • Fox on Stage

    James Marshall
  • The Magic Bicycle

    Brian Patten
  • The Day it Rained in Colours

    Roy Etherton
  • Real Sisters

    Susan Wright
  • In Search of the Hidden Giant

    Jeanne Willis
  • Elizabeth, Larry and Ed

    Marilyn Sadler
  • Island Baby

  • A Squash and a Squeeze

    Julia Donaldson
  • Jess Was the Brave One

    Jean Little

Ages 8-10

  • Counting; Temperature

    Brenda Walpole
  • Ears; Eyes

    Stephen Savage
  • Attila the Bluebottle and more wild stories

    Colin Thompson
  • A Ruby, a Rug and a Prince Called Doug

    Kaye Umansky
  • The Mystery of the House of Pigeons

    Subhadra Sengupta
    Tapas Guha
  • Piglet in a Playpen

    Lucy Daniels
    Shelagh McNicholas
  • Puppy Fat

    Morris Gleitzman
  • Snoggers

  • Winni Allfours

    Babette Cole
  • Flashback: The Amazing Adventures of a Film Horse

    Gillian Rubinstein
  • Granny

    Anthony Horowitz
  • Sticky Beak

    Morris Gleitzman
  • Cliffhanger

    Jacqueline Wilson
  • Stanley Bagshaw and the Ice-cream Ghost

    Bob Wilson
  • The Big Chance

    Rob Childs
  • Lucy Jane and the Russian Ballet

    Susan Hampshire
    Honey De Lacey
  • A Boy and His Bear

    Harriet Graham
  • In the Money

    Helen Dunmore
  • No Friend of Mine

    Ann Turnbull

Ages 10-14

  • George Eastman and Kodak; Bill Gates and Microsoft

    Peter Brooke-Ball
  • Eating Disorders

    Kate Haycock
  • Global Cities; Town Life

    Philip Parker
  • What Makes a Bruegel a Bruegel?; What Makes a Degas a Degas?; What Makes a Monet a Monet?; What Makes a Raphael a Raphael?; What Makes a Rembrandt a Rembrandt?; What Makes a Van Gogh a Van Gogh?

    Richard Muhlberger
  • The World of Music

    Nicola Barber
    Mary Mure
  • Mary Queen of Scots; Queen Victoria

    Sheila Watson
  • Bonnie Fitch

    Lynda Waterhouse
  • The Strollers

    Lesley Beake
  • The Amazing Witherspoon's Amazing Circus Crew

    Andrew Gibson
    Chris Riddell
  • The Forestwife

    Theresa Tomlinson
  • Vampire Stories to Tell in the Dark

    Anthony Masters
  • Bring in the Spring

    Hannah Cole
  • Killing the Demons

    Jay Ashton
  • Ice Magic; Tackle Without a Team

    Matt Christopher
  • Uncle Albert and the Quantum Quest

    Russell Stannard
    John Levers
  • Bullies at School

    Theresa Breslin
    Scoular Anderson
  • Prices

    David McRobbie
  • Zlata's Diary

    Zlata Filipovic
  • Angel Face

    Narinder Dhami
  • The Rope School

    Sam Llewellyn
  • Are You Talking to Me?

    Mairwen Jones
    John Spink
  • Operation Gadgetman!

    Malorie Blackman
    Derek Brazell
  • Our Universe - a guide to what’s out there

    Russell Stannard

Ages 14+

  • Magician

    Allan Baillie
  • Tommy Granite

    Jay Ravendale

Books About Children's Books

  • The Prose and the Passion

  • Behold the Child

    Gillian Avery
  • An Introduction to Children’s Literature

    Peter Hunt
  • Children’s Literature in the 1890s and the 1990s

    Kimberley Reynolds
  • About Children's Literature: A Coming of Age?

  • Not So Simple Picture Books

    Pam Baddeley
    Chris Eddershaw
  • On Being Literate; Learning to Read; The Cool Web

    Margaret Meek
  • The Penguin Book of Childhood

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