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BfK No. 98 - May 1996

Cover Story
Our illustration this month is from Going to Playschool by Sarah Garland. Sarah Garland is interviewed by Julia Eccleshare. We are grateful to Bodley Head and Puffin Books for their help in producing this cover.

BfK No. 98 Articles

Editorial – May 1996

News and comment from the Editor.
Drawing Picture Books

Korky Paul - 'The New Drawer?'
Ezra Jack Keats: Making Picture Books

Brian Alderson talks about a distinguished American illustrator.
Authorgraph No.98: Sarah Garland

Sarah Garland interviewed by Julia Eccleshare.
Russell’s Law

Ted Percy on information books which... well, do things.
Picture Book Round-Up

Stephanie Nettell assesses the Spring lists.
BFK Briefing – May 1996

News * Publications * Events

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 98

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

Under 5s

  • A Present for Big Pig
    Debi Gliori

  • Dog Dottington
    Diana Hendry

  • Poor Monty
    Anne Fine

  • Hilda Hen's Scary Night
    Mary Wormell

  • Monkey Tricks
    Camilla Ashforth

  • It's My Birthday
    Helen Oxenbury

  • Dilly's Muddy Day
    Tony Bradman

  • Not Like That, Like This!
    Tony Bradman

  • Babies; Friends; Families; Homes
    Nicola Baxter

Ages 5-8

  • The Dinosaur's Packed Lunch; Happy Mouseday
    Jacqueline Wilson

  • My Grandad
    Sheila Isherwood
    Kate Isherwood

  • The Do-It-Yourself House that Jack Built
    John Yeoman
    Quentin Blake

  • A Treasury of Stories for Six Year Olds; A Treasury of Stories for Five Year Olds

  • The Mice and the Travel Machine
    Rodney Peppé

  • The Snow Leopard
    Theresa Radcliffe

  • Trouble with Trolls
    Jan Brett

  • Harriet's Hare
    Dick King-Smith

  • Mookie Goes Fishing
    Robin Tzannes
    Korky Paul

  • Zot Goes Camping
    Ivan Jones
    Judy Brown

  • The Witch's Tears
    Jenny Nimmo
    Paul Howard

  • Copycat
    Ruth Brown

  • Jafta - The Homecoming
    Hugh Lewin

  • Amazing Mark in Creepstone Castle
    Scoular Anderson

  • A Treasury of Funny Stories

  • Squeaky Cleaners in a tip!; Squeaky Cleaners in a stew!
    Vivian French

  • Captain Daylight's Birthday Bash
    David Mostyn

  • Looking for Atlantis
    Colin Thompson

Ages 8-10

  • The Dreamfighter and Other Creation Tales
    Ted Hughes

  • Upside-Down Harry
    Jean Wills

  • My Dad's Got an Alligator!
    Jeremy Strong

  • Dog Friday
    Hilary McKay

  • When the Snow Falls or Fifty Fifty
    Michael Lawrence

  • The Herring Girls
    Theresa Tomlinson

  • Beware! This House is Haunted
    Lance Salway

  • Jumanji
    Todd Strasser

  • The Outlaw Robin Hood
    Julian Atterton
    John Dillow

  • Oliver Sundew Tooth Fairy
    Sam McBratney
    Dom Mansell

  • The Giant's Boot
    Charles Ashton

  • The Diary of a Killer Cat
    Anne Fine

  • Birdspell
    Helen Cresswell

  • The Brainwasher
    John Escott
    Rowan Clifford

  • The Green Hand
    Tessa Krailing

  • The Voyager's Return
    Peter Weigall

  • A Treasury of Funny Stories

  • Aborigines; Native Americans
    Helen Edmonds

  • Starting Chess
    Harriet Castor

Ages 10-14

  • The Young Oxford Book of Archaeology
    Norah Moloney

  • Exploitation of Children; Gender Issues
    Judith Ennew

  • The Environment
    John Baines

  • What Do We Know About Judaism?
    Doreen Fine

  • Looking at Scottish Art
    Brian McGeoch
    Steven Porch

  • Birds
    Mark Evans

  • Loch
    Paul Zindel

  • A Lane to the Land of the Dead and other stories
    Adèle Geras

  • The Voices of Silence
    Bel Mooney

  • Snatched
    Nicholas Fisk

  • Nightmare Express
    Linda Hoy

  • Jan's Journey
    Bette Paul

  • Driver's Dead
    Peter Lerangis

  • Has Anyone Seen This Girl?
    Jean Ure

  • Robin's Country
    Monica Furlong

  • Goodbye Buffalo Sky
    John Loveday

  • A Treasury of Stories from Hans Christian Andersen; A Treasury of Stories from The Brothers Grimm

  • Run, Zan, Run
    Catherine MacPhail

  • Feral Kid
    Libby Hathorn

  • Ransom
    Lois Duncan

  • Curse on the Sea
    Geoffrey Trease

  • The Dark Stairs
    Betsy Byars

Ages 14+

  • A Killing Frost
    John Marsden

  • Tunnel Vision
    Malcolm Rose

  • Lizard
    Dennis Covington

  • The Gathering
    Isobelle Carmody

  • Shadow Man
    Cynthia D Grant

  • The Shadow of August
    Sue Welford

  • The Secrets of Sarah Byrnes
    Chris Crutcher
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