Bill Boyle

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Focus on Football	BfK No. 13 (March 1982)	Bill Boyle selects books for football-packed months ahead.
If I had some money I would buy this book	BfK No. 7 (March 1981)	Children look at non-fiction.
Be Our Guest...	BfK No. 6 (January 1981)	Poetry - a look at some new anthologies.

Reviews

Dead Birds Singing	Reviewed in BfK No. 54 (January 1989)
Miss Fanshawe and the Great Dragon Adventure	Reviewed in BfK No. 54 (January 1989)
Seal Story	Reviewed in BfK No. 54 (January 1989)
The Ghost Messengers	Reviewed in BfK No. 54 (January 1989)
Running Riot	Reviewed in BfK No. 54 (January 1989)
Kit in Boots	Reviewed in BfK No. 53 (November 1988)
The Last Slice of the Rainbow	Reviewed in BfK No. 53 (November 1988)
The Blossoms Meet the Vulture Lady	Reviewed in BfK No. 53 (November 1988)
Sin Bin 1: Iggy ¦ Sin Bin 2: Melanie	Reviewed in BfK No. 53 (November 1988)
Alf Gorilla	Reviewed in BfK No. 53 (November 1988)
Shadows on the Lake	Reviewed in BfK No. 53 (November 1988)
Frank Boulderbuster: The Last of the Great Swagmen	Reviewed in BfK No. 52 (September 1988)
The Mysterious Mr Ross	Reviewed in BfK No. 52 (September 1988)
The Persuading Stick	Reviewed in BfK No. 52 (September 1988)
A Pistol in Greenyards	Reviewed in BfK No. 52 (September 1988)
Who's Afraid?	Reviewed in BfK No. 52 (September 1988)
The Sound of Propellers	Reviewed in BfK No. 52 (September 1988)
Guardian Angels	Reviewed in BfK No. 51 (July 1988)
The Duck Street Gang Returns	Reviewed in BfK No. 51 (July 1988)
Building Blocks	Reviewed in BfK No. 50 (May 1988)
Salford Road and other Poems	Reviewed in BfK No. 50 (May 1988)
Racso and the Rats of NIMH	Reviewed in BfK No. 50 (May 1988)
Spellbinder	Reviewed in BfK No. 50 (May 1988)
The Sea is Singing	Reviewed in BfK No. 49 (March 1988)
Bigfoot and the Hendersons	Reviewed in BfK No. 49 (March 1988)
Mouth Open, Story Jump Out	Reviewed in BfK No. 49 (March 1988)
The Crystal Gryphon	Reviewed in BfK No. 49 (March 1988)
Strike at Ratcliffe's Rags	Reviewed in BfK No. 48 (January 1988)
The Final Test	Reviewed in BfK No. 48 (January 1988)
Stanley Bagshaw and the Short-Sighted Football Trainer	Reviewed in BfK No. 48 (January 1988)
The Hardest Sum in the World	Reviewed in BfK No. 48 (January 1988)
Cassie Bowen Takes Witch Lessons	Reviewed in BfK No. 48 (January 1988)
On the Spot	Reviewed in BfK No. 48 (January 1988)
Star Wind	Reviewed in BfK No. 47 (November 1987)
Slade	Reviewed in BfK No. 47 (November 1987)
Stringybark Summer	Reviewed in BfK No. 47 (November 1987)
Creeps	Reviewed in BfK No. 47 (November 1987)
The Eye of the Dragon	Reviewed in BfK No. 46 (September 1987)
Tom Tiddler's Ground	Reviewed in BfK No. 46 (September 1987)
A Dashing Young Tiger Named Jack	Reviewed in BfK No. 46 (September 1987)
Creepy-Crawly Stories	Reviewed in BfK No. 46 (September 1987)
The Fourth Plane at the Flypast	Reviewed in BfK No. 46 (September 1987)
The Hippo Book of Funny Verse	Reviewed in BfK No. 46 (September 1987)
Raspberries and Other Trifles	Reviewed in BfK No. 46 (September 1987)
The Ram of Sweetriver	Reviewed in BfK No. 46 (September 1987)
The Great Flood Mystery ¦ Unbelievable!	Reviewed in BfK No. 46 (September 1987)
Get On Out of Here, Philip Hall ¦ Come Sing, Jimmy Jo	Reviewed in BfK No. 46 (September 1987)
Words on Water	Reviewed in BfK No. 46 (September 1987)
Astercote	Reviewed in BfK No. 46 (September 1987)
Winning Rider ¦ The Show-Down at Seabank	Reviewed in BfK No. 46 (September 1987)
Glipton Romeos	Reviewed in BfK No. 45 (July 1987)
Fox Farm	Reviewed in BfK No. 45 (July 1987)
Gridiron Story: First and Ten ¦ Gridiron Story: Second and Five	Reviewed in BfK No. 45 (July 1987)
Time Twister	Reviewed in BfK No. 45 (July 1987)
The Celery Stalks at Midnight	Reviewed in BfK No. 45 (July 1987)
MASK One: The Deathstone	Reviewed in BfK No. 44 (May 1987)
A Box of Nothing	Reviewed in BfK No. 44 (May 1987)
Ghost-breakers	Reviewed in BfK No. 44 (May 1987)
Dead Entry	Reviewed in BfK No. 44 (May 1987)
Why the Whales Came	Reviewed in BfK No. 44 (May 1987)
Come Back Soon	Reviewed in BfK No. 44 (May 1987)
The Ghost in the Noonday Sun	Reviewed in BfK No. 44 (May 1987)
A Pair of Desert Willies	Reviewed in BfK No. 43 (March 1987)
Gargling with Jelly	Reviewed in BfK No. 43 (March 1987)
Dragon Dance	Reviewed in BfK No. 43 (March 1987)
A Packet of Poems	Reviewed in BfK No. 43 (March 1987)
Thomas and the Warlock	Reviewed in BfK No. 43 (March 1987)
Sword and Flame	Reviewed in BfK No. 42 (January 1987)
Henry's Leg	Reviewed in BfK No. 42 (January 1987)
Gymnast Gilly: The Novice ¦ Gymnast Gilly: The Dancer	Reviewed in BfK No. 42 (January 1987)
Curtis the Hip-Hop Cat	Reviewed in BfK No. 42 (January 1987)
The Curse of the Blue Figurine	Reviewed in BfK No. 42 (January 1987)
Butterfly Island	Reviewed in BfK No. 41 (November 1986)
The Banger Boys	Reviewed in BfK No. 41 (November 1986)
The Children of Lir	Reviewed in BfK No. 41 (November 1986)
Uninvited Ghosts	Reviewed in BfK No. 41 (November 1986)
The Walking Stones	Reviewed in BfK No. 41 (November 1986)
The Little Vampire on the Farm	Reviewed in BfK No. 40 (September 1986)
Dear Emily	Reviewed in BfK No. 40 (September 1986)
The Ghost Girl	Reviewed in BfK No. 40 (September 1986)
Paris, Pee Wee and Big Dog	Reviewed in BfK No. 40 (September 1986)
Anastasia Krupnik	Reviewed in BfK No. 40 (September 1986)
Marrying Off Mother	Reviewed in BfK No. 40 (September 1986)
The Computer Nut	Reviewed in BfK No. 39 (July 1986)
The Boy from Sula	Reviewed in BfK No. 39 (July 1986)
The Smartest Man in Ireland	Reviewed in BfK No. 39 (July 1986)
Madame Guillotine ¦ The Last Invasion	Reviewed in BfK No. 39 (July 1986)
Fray	Reviewed in BfK No. 39 (July 1986)
The Ceremony	Reviewed in BfK No. 39 (July 1986)
The Runaway	Reviewed in BfK No. 39 (July 1986)
Dirty Beasts	Reviewed in BfK No. 38 (May 1986)
Mr Browser meets the Borrowers	Reviewed in BfK No. 38 (May 1986)
Grange Hill After Hours ¦ Grange Hill Graffiti	Reviewed in BfK No. 38 (May 1986)
Boy	Reviewed in BfK No. 38 (May 1986)
The Tasks of Tantalon	Reviewed in BfK No. 38 (May 1986)
Tilly Mint Tales	Reviewed in BfK No. 38 (May 1986)
Wilkes the Wizard	Reviewed in BfK No. 38 (May 1986)
Tiger of the track	Reviewed in BfK No. 38 (May 1986)
Flying Backwards	Reviewed in BfK No. 37 (March 1986)
Sick!	Reviewed in BfK No. 37 (March 1986)
The Little Vampire Takes a Trip	Reviewed in BfK No. 37 (March 1986)
Shivers	Reviewed in BfK No. 37 (March 1986)
Catch your Death	Reviewed in BfK No. 37 (March 1986)
The Shrieking Face	Reviewed in BfK No. 37 (March 1986)
The Gift Horse	Reviewed in BfK No. 37 (March 1986)
The Duck Street Gang	Reviewed in BfK No. 37 (March 1986)
Escape from Blood Castle	Reviewed in BfK No. 37 (March 1986)
Exiles of ColSec	Reviewed in BfK No. 36 (January 1986)
Jacky Nobody	Reviewed in BfK No. 36 (January 1986)
Ghostly Companions	Reviewed in BfK No. 36 (January 1986)
Nick & Co in a Fix	Reviewed in BfK No. 36 (January 1986)
Messages	Reviewed in BfK No. 36 (January 1986)
The Year of the Worm	Reviewed in BfK No. 36 (January 1986)
Zesty	Reviewed in BfK No. 36 (January 1986)
Witches ¦ Vampires ¦ Spooks	Reviewed in BfK No. 36 (January 1986)
The Great Big Book of Nursery Rhymes	Reviewed in BfK No. 35 (November 1985)
Lavender's Blue	Reviewed in BfK No. 35 (November 1985)
Oranges and Lemons	Reviewed in BfK No. 35 (November 1985)
Rub a Dub Dub	Reviewed in BfK No. 35 (November 1985)
Over the Moon	Reviewed in BfK No. 35 (November 1985)
The Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book	Reviewed in BfK No. 35 (November 1985)
Hairy Tales and Nursery Crimes	Reviewed in BfK No. 35 (November 1985)
Nicola Bayley's Book of Nursery Rhymes	Reviewed in BfK No. 35 (November 1985)
Popular Nursery Rhymes	Reviewed in BfK No. 35 (November 1985)
Halloweena Hecate	Reviewed in BfK No. 35 (November 1985)
The Faber Book of Nursery Songs	Reviewed in BfK No. 35 (November 1985)
The Mother Goose Treasury	Reviewed in BfK No. 35 (November 1985)
Mother Goose	Reviewed in BfK No. 35 (November 1985)
Hand Rhymes	Reviewed in BfK No. 35 (November 1985)
The Mother Goose Book	Reviewed in BfK No. 35 (November 1985)
Get Lavinia Goodbody	Reviewed in BfK No. 34 (September 1985)
Here Be Dragons	Reviewed in BfK No. 34 (September 1985)
The Far Side of the Lough	Reviewed in BfK No. 34 (September 1985)
Limerick Delight	Reviewed in BfK No. 33 (July 1985)
A Step in the Wrong Direction	Reviewed in BfK No. 33 (July 1985)
The Making of Fingers Finnigan	Reviewed in BfK No. 33 (July 1985)
Poems for Nine Year Olds and Under	Reviewed in BfK No. 33 (July 1985)
Momo	Reviewed in BfK No. 33 (July 1985)
Poems That Go Bump in the Night	Reviewed in BfK No. 33 (July 1985)
Rentaghost Rules	Reviewed in BfK No. 33 (July 1985)
The Pirates Mixed-Up Voyage	Reviewed in BfK No. 33 (July 1985)
Quick, Let's Get Out of Here	Reviewed in BfK No. 32 (May 1985)
Nicholas at Large	Reviewed in BfK No. 32 (May 1985)
Alien Citadel	Reviewed in BfK No. 31 (March 1985)
Wry Rhymes for Troublesome Times	Reviewed in BfK No. 31 (March 1985)
On the Flipside	Reviewed in BfK No. 31 (March 1985)
The Secret of the Disappearing Diamonds ¦ The Case of the Chocolate Snatcher ¦ The Case of the Computer Game Smugglers ¦ The Case of the Imperfect Crime	Reviewed in BfK No. 31 (March 1985)
The Cagey Bee Byte ¦ Computer Mind Games	Reviewed in BfK No. 31 (March 1985)
Jimmy Zest	Reviewed in BfK No. 30 (January 1985)
The Vampire's Revenge	Reviewed in BfK No. 30 (January 1985)
Revenge in the Silent Tomb ¦ Evil in Paradise	Reviewed in BfK No. 30 (January 1985)
Sula	Reviewed in BfK No. 30 (January 1985)
Mary Poppins in the Park	Reviewed in BfK No. 30 (January 1985)
Snatched	Reviewed in BfK No. 30 (January 1985)
Island of the Strangers	Reviewed in BfK No. 29 (November 1984)
My Favourite Book of Witches & Wizards	Reviewed in BfK No. 29 (November 1984)
Witches' Brew	Reviewed in BfK No. 29 (November 1984)
Football Stories	Reviewed in BfK No. 29 (November 1984)
Cosmos and the Five-a-side Cup	Reviewed in BfK No. 29 (November 1984)
Vlad and Drac Returns	Reviewed in BfK No. 29 (November 1984)
Microfish	Reviewed in BfK No. 29 (November 1984)
I Din Do Nuttin And Other Poems	Reviewed in BfK No. 29 (November 1984)
Fantastic	Reviewed in BfK No. 29 (November 1984)
Cadbury's Second Book of Children's Poetry	Reviewed in BfK No. 29 (November 1984)
Super Heroes	Reviewed in BfK No. 28 (September 1984)
Ronnie and the Haunted Rolls Royce	Reviewed in BfK No. 28 (September 1984)
Agaton Sax and the Criminal Doubles	Reviewed in BfK No. 28 (September 1984)
Gumbles in Summer	Reviewed in BfK No. 28 (September 1984)
Superheroes	Reviewed in BfK No. 28 (September 1984)
Hating Alison Ashley	Reviewed in BfK No. 28 (September 1984)
Alex is My Friend	Reviewed in BfK No. 27 (July 1984)
Heracles: Mightiest of Mortals ¦ A Fair Wind for Troy	Reviewed in BfK No. 27 (July 1984)
Susan Sand Mystery Stories ¦ The Clue in Witchwhistle Well ¦ The Riddle of Raggedrock Ridge	Reviewed in BfK No. 27 (July 1984)
Nasty!	Reviewed in BfK No. 27 (July 1984)
A Fresh Wind in the Willows	Reviewed in BfK No. 27 (July 1984)
Supergran: The Picture Book	Reviewed in BfK No. 27 (July 1984)
The Famous 5 and the Treasure of the Templars	Reviewed in BfK No. 26 (May 1984)
The Song of Pentecost	Reviewed in BfK No. 26 (May 1984)
Fearfully Frightening	Reviewed in BfK No. 26 (May 1984)
Kevin and the Iron Poodle	Reviewed in BfK No. 26 (May 1984)
The Animal, The Vegetable and John D. Jones	Reviewed in BfK No. 26 (May 1984)
Danger - Marmalade at Work	Reviewed in BfK No. 26 (May 1984)
The Kelpie's Pearls	Reviewed in BfK No. 26 (May 1984)
The Skiver's Guide	Reviewed in BfK No. 25 (March 1984)
The Sylvia Game	Reviewed in BfK No. 25 (March 1984)
The Voice from Nowhere	Reviewed in BfK No. 25 (March 1984)
Star Stormers 5: Volcano	Reviewed in BfK No. 25 (March 1984)
The Huntsman	Reviewed in BfK No. 25 (March 1984)
Robin of Sherwood	Reviewed in BfK No. 25 (March 1984)
From Schoolboy to Superstar	Reviewed in BfK No. 24 (January 1984)
Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School	Reviewed in BfK No. 24 (January 1984)
Black Diamonds	Reviewed in BfK No. 24 (January 1984)
People Might Hear You	Reviewed in BfK No. 24 (January 1984)
The Boundary Riders	Reviewed in BfK No. 24 (January 1984)
The Isis Pedlar	Reviewed in BfK No. 24 (January 1984)
Seaview	Reviewed in BfK No. 24 (January 1984)
World-eater	Reviewed in BfK No. 23 (November 1983)
The Witch and the Grinnygog	Reviewed in BfK No. 23 (November 1983)
Paddy Joe	Reviewed in BfK No. 23 (November 1983)
Black Harvest	Reviewed in BfK No. 23 (November 1983)
Mr Browser and the Comet Crisis	Reviewed in BfK No. 22 (September 1983)
A Spy at Mill Green	Reviewed in BfK No. 22 (September 1983)
Loser Weepers ¦ The Bee Rustlers	Reviewed in BfK No. 22 (September 1983)
In the Garden of Badthings	Reviewed in BfK No. 19 (March 1983)
Alone at Pine Street	Reviewed in BfK No. 19 (March 1983)
Murphy & Co.	Reviewed in BfK No. 19 (March 1983)
Gangsters Ghosts & Dragonflies	Reviewed in BfK No. 19 (March 1983)
Linda Craig: The Mystery in Mexico ¦ Linda Craig: The Ghost Town Treasure	Reviewed in BfK No. 19 (March 1983)
The Armourer's House	Reviewed in BfK No. 19 (March 1983)
The Case of the Wild River Ride ¦ The Case of the Mile High Race	Reviewed in BfK No. 19 (March 1983)
The Terror Cubes	Reviewed in BfK No. 18 (January 1983)
MacPherson's Highland Fling	Reviewed in BfK No. 18 (January 1983)
The Tomorrow City	Reviewed in BfK No. 18 (January 1983)
Evil Eye	Reviewed in BfK No. 18 (January 1983)
Break Point	Reviewed in BfK No. 18 (January 1983)
Never Wear Your Wellies in the House	Reviewed in BfK No. 12 (January 1982)
Against the Sea	Reviewed in BfK No. 12 (January 1982)
The Puffin Book of Funny Verse	Reviewed in BfK No. 12 (January 1982)
The City in the Stars ¦ Terror on the Moons of Jupiter	Reviewed in BfK No. 12 (January 1982)
Mystery of the Tower	Reviewed in BfK No. 8 (May 1981)
The Lantern Bearers	Reviewed in BfK No. 8 (May 1981)
Starts of Fortune	Reviewed in BfK No. 8 (May 1981)
Napper Goes for Goal	Reviewed in BfK No. 8 (May 1981)
Star Ka'at World ¦ Star Ka'ats and the Plant People	Reviewed in BfK No. 7 (March 1981)
Lassie Come Home	Reviewed in BfK No. 7 (March 1981)
Coyote the Trickster	Reviewed in BfK No. 7 (March 1981)
The Three Musketeers ¦ A Journey to the Centre of the Earth	Reviewed in BfK No. 7 (March 1981)
Spotlight on Ballet	Reviewed in BfK No. 6 (January 1981)
Outlaw Red	Reviewed in BfK No. 6 (January 1981)
How the Countryside was made	Reviewed in BfK No. 6 (January 1981)
Journey Into War	Reviewed in BfK No. 5 (November 1980)
The Midnight Kittens	Reviewed in BfK No. 5 (November 1980)
Shooting Stars	Reviewed in BfK No. 5 (November 1980)
Scrub Fire	Reviewed in BfK No. 5 (November 1980)
Captain Skip	Reviewed in BfK No. 5 (November 1980)
The Case of the Fagin File	Reviewed in BfK No. 5 (November 1980)
Chocolate Fever	Reviewed in BfK No. 5 (November 1980)
Goldenrod and the Kidnappers	Reviewed in BfK No. 5 (November 1980)
Ned Kelly and the City of the Bees	Reviewed in BfK No. 4 (September 1980)
Supergran	Reviewed in BfK No. 4 (September 1980)
Macpherson's Skyscraper ¦ Macpherson's Island ¦ Macpherson's Highland Fling	Reviewed in BfK No. 4 (September 1980)

History

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