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BfK No. 96 - January 1996

Cover Story
The January cover of BfK features an illustration from No More Television!, the latest title from Philippe Dupasquier who is the subject of this month's Authorgraph. The book is published by Andersen Press and we're grateful to them for their help in using this on our front cover.

BfK No. 96 Articles

Editorial – January 1996

News and comment from the Editor.

Flashbacks

Susan Price on a new historical fiction series.

Margaret Mahy’s Fairy Tale Universe

Nicholas Tucker looks at the novels of Margaret Mahy.

Series Titles - January 1996

Some of the latest chosen by Steve Rosson.

Authorgraph No.96: Philippe Dupasquier

Philippe Dupasquier interviewed by Chris Powling.

Balancing the Books

Julia Eccleshare on the fast-altering world of children's publishing.

I’m Committed to Peace, Are You?

Beverley Naidoo talks about her novel No Turning Back.

After the Net Book Agreement…

Louis Baum assesses the market.

Book People: Gina Pollinger

David Morton describes the work of Gina Pollinger.

BfK Briefing – January 1996

News * Awards * Events

Writing from the Heart

Margaret Clark chooses some of the latest hardbacks.

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 96

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

Under 5s

  • Say Please

    Virginia Austin
  • Goldilocks and the Three Bears

    Prue Theobalds
  • The Tangleweed Troll

    Cliff Wright
  • Harry's Stormy Night

    Una Leavy
  • First Snow

    Kim Lewis
  • It's a Perfect Night

    Abigail Pizer
  • The Snow Angel

    Angela McAllister
  • Off to School

    Jean Chapman
  • Benny the Breakdown Truck

    Keren Ludlow
    Willie Smax
  • First Steps

    John Burningham
  • The Wild Woods

    Simon James
  • The Butterfly Kiss

    Marcial Bóo
  • Farmer Duck

    Martin Waddell

Ages 5-8

  • Measuring; Number Play; Numbers; Patterns; Shapes; Sorting; Maths Curse

    David Kirkby
  • Animals; The Body; Keeping in Touch; Plants

    Nicola Edwards
    Zul Mukhida
  • You'll Never Walk Alone

  • Swapper

    Robert Leeson
  • Best Friends Forever

    Kathryn Cave
  • The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig

    Eugene Trivizas
  • The Little Vampire Meets Count Dracula

    Angela Sommer-Bodenburg
  • Mouse Time

    Rumer Godden
  • Starlight, Starbright!

  • Rhode Island Roy; Welcome Home, Barney; Pipe Down, Prudle!; We Want William

    Rose Impey
  • The Disastrous Dog

    Penelope Lively
  • Get Set, Georgette!

    Alice Dumas
  • The Green Banana Hunt

    Jenny Bent
  • The Queen's Knickers

    Nicholas Allan
  • Peter and the Wolf

  • Pass It, Polly

    Sarah Garland
  • Frog and the Stranger

    Max Velthuijs
  • Noah's Ark

    Jane Ray
  • Monster Poems

  • Smoke Cat

    Linda Newbery

Ages 8-10

  • Explorers of the Ancient World; Viking Explorers

    Anthony Brierley
  • Night Creatures

    Malcolm Penny
  • Power and Glory

    Emily Rodda
  • Taller Than Before

    Bernard Ashley
    Judith Lawton
  • The Foxbury Force

    Graham Oakley
  • Griffin's Castle

    Jenny Nimmo
  • The Boy and the Cloth of Dreams

    Jenny Koralek
  • Rumpus on the Roof

    Hazel Townson
  • The Minstrel and the Dragon Pup

    Rosemary Sutcliff
  • Sophie is Seven

    Dick King-Smith
  • Fizzy Steals the Show

    Michael Coleman
  • Jumble

    Kathryn Cave
  • The New Puffin Book of Funny Verse

  • School

    Colin Hawkins
    Jacqui Hawkins
  • Blitz

    Robert Westall
  • Cautionary Verses

    Hilaire Belloc
  • Flow

    Pippa Goodhart
  • The Daydreamer

    Ian McEwan

Ages 10-14

  • The Young Oxford Book of Cinema

    David Parkinson
  • The Russian Revolution; Revolution in Europe 1989

    Adrian Gilbert
  • The Usborne Computer Dictionary for Beginners

    Anna Claybourne
  • The Wonderful Story of Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp

    Philip Pullman
  • The Kidnapping of Suzie Q

    Catherine Sefton
  • Maniac Magee

    Jerry Spinelli
  • Ghost Dance

    Susan Price
  • A Cageful of Butterflies

    Lesley Beake
  • Wyvern Summer

    Toby Forward
  • Deadly Dare

    Malorie Blackman
  • Night Fires

    Joan Lingard
  • Snowbird Winter

    Sue Welford
  • Claire's Conquests

    Bette Paul
  • Walk Two Moons

    Sharon Creech
  • The Eye of the Horse

    Jamila Gavin
  • Green Willow's Secret

    Eileen Dunlop
  • Friends and Enemies

  • The Candle Man

    Catherine Fisher
  • Living Famously

    Melissa Bell
    Jason Herbison
  • Point Crime: The Beat

    David Belbin
  • The Brontë Girls

    Garry Kilworth
  • Weather Eye

    Lesley Howarth
  • True Ghost Stories

    Terry Deary
  • The Coming of the Surfman

    Peter Collington
  • Amazing Adventure Stories; Fantastic Space Stories

  • The Oxford Book of Scary Tales

Ages 14+

  • Cuckoo in the Nest

    Michelle Magorian
  • Falling into Glory

    Robert Westall
  • Elfgift

    Susan Price
  • When She Hollers

    Cynthia Voigt
  • The Slayer of Shadows

    Elana Bregin
  • Skindeep

    Toeckey Jones
  • Watchers at the Shrine

    Jean Ure
  • To Trust a Soldier

    Nick Warburton
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