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BfK No. 95 - November 1995

Cover Story
The November cover of BfK features Stephen Biesty's Incredible Pop-up Cross-sections. The book is published by Dorling Kindersley and we're grateful for their help in using it as our front cover.

BfK No. 95 Articles

Editorial – November 1995

News and comment from the Editor.
The Perennial Pop-up

Judith Elliott on her encounters with an enduring book-ish phenomenon.
Puzzling Over Puzzles

Steve Rosson on an ever-popular pastime.
Authorgraph No.95: Stephen Biesty

Stephen Biesty interviewed by Julia Eccleshare.
Creating The Creation

Brian Wildsmith interrogates himself about his latest pop-up.
A Pop-up Round-up

George Hunt reviews the latest batch of books that do things...
Martin in Wallywood

Chris Powling discusses  the latest Wally book with Martin Handford.
BfK Briefing – November 1995

News * Awards * Publications * Letters to the Editor
The Postman Always Rings Twice... or is it Thrice?

Julia Eccleshare talks to Allan Ahlberg about The Jolly Pocket Postman.

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 95

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

Under 5s

  • Hilda Hen's Search
    Mary Wormell

  • Number Parade A Wildlife Counting Book
    Jakki Wood

  • Horatio's Bed
    Camilla Ashforth

  • Midnight Pillow Fight
    Jan Ormerod

  • The New Puppy
    Laurence Anholt

  • Me First
    Helen Lester

  • Into the Jungle
    Judy Hindley

  • Over in the Meadow
    Louise Voce

  • The Big Storm
    Dave Saunders
    Julie Saunders

  • What's the Weather?
    Maureen Roffey

  • Flipflop's First Swim
    Hiawyn Oram

  • No Problem
    Eileen Browne

Ages 5-8

  • The Sea Horse
    Anthony Masters

  • Tom and the Island of Dinosaurs
    Ian Beck

  • Oliver's Vegetables; Princess Primrose
    Vivian French

  • A Jumble of Clothes

  • The Second Princess
    Hiawyn Oram

  • The Family Album
    John Yeoman
    Quentin Blake

  • Come for a Ride on the Ghost Train
    Colin Hawkins
    Jacqui Hawkins

  • Great Snakes
    Kit Wright

  • Say Hello to the Buffalo and other animals
    Miles Gibson

  • The Snow Child
    Debi Gliori

  • Puffling in a Pickle
    Margaret Ryan

  • Bootsie Barker Bites
    Barbara Bottner

  • A Bus Full of Stories for Four Year Olds

  • Laura's Granny
    Sarah Bowen

  • Miss Bilberry's New House
    Emma Chichester Clark

  • Nani's Holiday
    Lisa Bruce

  • In the Late Dark Deep of the Night
    Gwenda Harslett-Jeffrey

  • Something New for a Bear to Do
    Shirley Isherwood
    Reg Cartwright

  • Sorry for the Slug A Collection of Garden Poetry

  • Stories from the Bible
    Geoffrey Patterson

  • Handa's Surprise
    Eileen Browne

  • The Body; The Owl and Other Night-Flying Animals
    Sylvaine Perols

  • All Pigs Are Beautiful; Caterpillar, Caterpillar; Think of an Eel
    Dick King-Smith

Ages 8-10

  • The Sea Horse
    Anthony Masters

  • Adventures of Goldhawk: Darkmoon's Curse; The Demon Spider
    Ian Livingstone

  • The Secret of Platform 13
    Eva Ibbotson
    Sue Porter

  • Croco'Nile
    Roy Gerrard

  • South and North, East and West The Oxfam Book of Children's Stories

  • Angels, Angels all around
    Bob Hartman

  • Two By Two By Two
    Jonathan Allen

  • Hares and Tails of Shadow Wood
    F Smith

  • The Garden
    Dyan Sheldon
    Gary Blythe

  • The Time Sailors
    Ian Whybrow
    Anthony Lewis

  • does W trouble you?

  • Bodies From the Past; The Search for Dinosaurs
    Robin Place

  • Chandra
    Frances Mary Hendry

  • The Werepuppy on Holiday
    Jacqueline Wilson

  • Catfoot and the Case of the Missing Bits of London
    Alan Davidson

Ages 10-14

  • Giotto and Medieval Art; The Story of Sculpture
    Lucia Corrain

  • The History of the African and Caribbean Communities in Britain; The History of the Asian Community in Britain
    Hakim Adi

  • Genetics; Optics
    Robert Snedden

  • Tales of Real Survival
    Paul Dowswell

  • The Best Ever Book of Horses
    Jackie Budd

  • Daily Life in a Wartime House
    Laura Wilson

  • Charlie on the Spot
    Sue Welford

  • Bring Out the Banners
    Geoffrey Trease

  • Dragon's Rock
    Tim Bowler

  • The Woven Path
    Robin Jarvis

  • The Shakespeare Connection
    Avril Rowlands

  • Shadows on the Lake
    Catherine Sefton

  • Whispers in a Graveyard
    Theresa Breslin

  • Bubble and Shriek
    Paul Stewart

  • Hideaway
    Ruth Thomas

  • The Book of Three The Chronicles of Prydain, Part One; The Black Cauldron The Chronicles of Prydain, Part Two
    Lloyd Alexander

  • The Bellmaker
    Brian Jaques

  • Princess Jazz and the Angels
    Rachel Anderson

  • The Shadows of Owlsnap
    Angela Bull

  • Gold Dust
    Geraldine McCaughrean

  • The Phantom Hitchhiker and other ghost mysteries; The Riddle of the Stones and other unsolved mysteries
    Daniel Cohen

  • The Gizmo
    Paul Jennings

  • Head and Tales
    Susan Price

  • The Witness
    Robert Westall

Ages 14+

  • Seeing Things
    Robin Klein

  • Cherie
    Anne Bailey

  • Seeing in Moonlight
    Andrew Matthews

  • Talking Turkeys
    Benjamin Zephaniah

  • The Golden Gate Murders
    Marilyn Sachs

  • Captains Courageous
    Rudyard Kipling
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