Brian Alderson

Profile

Children's Books (Author)

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  Edward Ardizzone
  Reviewed in BfK No. 148 (September 2004)
  5
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  Tale of the Turnip, The
  Reviewed in BfK No. 120 (January 2000)
  4

Children's Books (Contributor)

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  Ezra Jack Keats, A Bibliography and Catalogue
  Reviewed in BfK No. 143 (November 2003)
  5
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  The Brothers Grimm: Popular Folk Tales
  Reviewed in BfK No. 104 (May 1997)
  5

Articles

Classics in Short 193	BfK No. 193 (March 2012)	Brian Alderson on Russell Hoban's A Mouse and His Child
Classics in Short No. 91	BfK No. 192 (January 2012)	Brian Alderson on Erich Kästner’s Emil and the Detectives.
Classics in Short: Peepo!	BfK No. 191 (November 2011)	Brian Alderson on everyone's favourite holey book.
RUSSELL HOBAN	BfK No. 191 (November 2011)	Russell Hoban, known both for his picture books and his novels, has died aged 86. Brian Alderson assesses the career of this prolific and original writer.
Tomi Ungerer: A Life of Contrasts	BfK No. 190 (September 2011)	Brian Alderson assesses Ungerer’s career as a picture book creator.
Classics in Short No. 89: Black Beauty	BfK No. 190 (September 2011)	Brian Alderson on Anna Sewell's Black Beauty
Classic A Little Princess	BfK No. 189 (July 2011)	Brian Alderson on Frances Hodgson Burnett’s A Little Princess.
Classics in Short No.87: James and the Giant Peach	BfK No. 188 (May 2011)	Brian Alderson on Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach.
Roald Dahl and his illustrator Quentin Blake	BfK No. 188 (May 2011)	Brian Alderson discusses the partnership of Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake.
Classics in Short No.86: Swallows and Amazons	BfK No. 187 (March 2011)	Brian Alderson on Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons.
Classics in Short No.85: HEIDI	BfK No. 186 (January 2011)	Brian Alderson on Johanna Spyri’s Heidi.
Classics in Short No.84: Don Quixote	BfK No. 185 (November 2010)	Brian Alderson on Miguel de Cervantes’s Don Quixote.
Classics in Short No.83: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn	BfK No. 184 (September 2010)	Brian Alderson on Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Classics in Short No.82: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer	BfK No. 183 (July 2010)	Brian Alderson on Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
Obituary: William Mayne	BfK No. 182 (May 2010)	William Mayne: 1928 – 2010
Classics in Short: The Sword in the Stone	BfK No. 182 (May 2010)	Brian Alderson on T H White’s The Sword in the Stone.
Classics in Short No.80: The Eagle of the Ninth	BfK No. 181 (March 2010)	Brian Alderson on Rosemary Sutcliff’s The Eagle of the Ninth.
Classics in Short No.79: When We Were Very Young	BfK No. 180 (January 2010)	Brian Alderson on A A Milne’s When We Were Very Young
A Conversation about Poetry: Twenty-two Signal Years	BfK No. 179 (November 2009)	Brian Alderson on the Signal Poetry Award.
Classics in Short No.78: Nonsense Songs and Stories and Nonsense Botany and Nonsense Alphabets	BfK No. 179 (November 2009)	Brian Alderson on Edward Lear’s Nonsense Songs and Stories and Nonsense Botany and Nonsense Alphabets.
Classics in Short No.77: The Thirteen Clocks and The Wonderful O	BfK No. 178 (September 2009)	Brian Alderson on James Thurber’s The Thirteen Clocks and The Wonderful O.
Authorgraph No.177: Kevin Brooks	BfK No. 177 (July 2009)	Kevin Brooks interviewed by Brian Alderson
Classics in Short No.76: Mind Your Own Business	BfK No. 177 (July 2009)	Brian Alderson on Michael Rosen’s Mind Your Own Business.
Classics in Short No.75: The Very Hungry Caterpillar	BfK No. 176 (May 2009)	Brian Alderson on Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
Classics in Short No.74: Johnny the Clockmaker	BfK No. 175 (March 2009)	Brian Alderson on Edward Ardizzone's Johnny the Clockmaker.
Print on Demand	BfK No. 174 (January 2009)	Brian Alderson on new technology and children's books.
Classics in Short No.73: The Little White Horse	BfK No. 174 (January 2009)	Brian Alderson on Elizabeth Goudge's The Little White Horse.
Classics in Short No.72: Mog the Forgetful Cat	BfK No. 173 (November 2008)	Brian Alderson on Judith Kerr’s Mog the Forgetful Cat.
Peter Dickinson and the Hazards of Storytelling	BfK No. 172 (September 2008)	Brian Alderson assesses Dickinson's oeuvre.
Classics in Short No.71: Anne of Green Gables	BfK No. 172 (September 2008)	Brian Alderson on L M Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables.
Peter Dickinson: some information on his books for children	BfK No. 172 (September 2008)	Brian Alderson provides further information on Dickinson's oeuvre.
Obituary: John Bell	BfK No. 171 (July 2008)	Brian Alderson remembers John Bell.
Classics in Short No.70: Just William	BfK No. 171 (July 2008)	Brian Alderson on Richmal Crompton's Just William.
Classics in Short No.69: A Picture History of Britain	BfK No. 170 (May 2008)	Brian Alderson on Clarke Hutton's A Picture History of Britain.
Classics in Short No.68: Pippi Longstocking	BfK No. 169 (March 2008)	Brian Alderson on Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking.
Classics in Short No.67: A Traveller in Time	BfK No. 168 (January 2008)	Brian Alderson on Alison Uttley's A Traveller in Time
Classics in Short No.66: The Tailor of Gloucester	BfK No. 167 (November 2007)	Brian Alderson on Beatrix Potter's The Tailor of Gloucester.
Classics in Short No.65: Kidnapped and Catriona	BfK No. 166 (September 2007)	Brian Alderson on Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped and Catriona.
Classics in Short No.64: Aesop’s Fables	BfK No. 165 (July 2007)	Brian Alderson on Aesop's Fables.
The History of Aesop’s Fables	BfK No. 165 (July 2007)
Classics in Short No.63: English Fairy Tales	BfK No. 164 (May 2007)	Brian Alderson on Joseph Jacobs's English Fairy Tales and More English Fairy Tales.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature	BfK No. 163 (March 2007)	Brian Alderson assesses this new work of reference.
Classics in Short No.62: The Battle of Bubble and Squeak	BfK No. 163 (March 2007)	Brian Alderson on Philippa Pearce's The Battle of Bubble and Squeak.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature - additional information	BfK No. 163 (March 2007)	Brian Alderson discusses further.
Classics in Short No.61: Old Peter’s Russian Tales	BfK No. 162 (January 2007)	Brian Alderson on Arthur Ransome's Old Peter's Russian Tales.
Classics in Short No.60: The Stone Book Quartet	BfK No. 161 (November 2006)	Brian Alderson on Alan Garner's The Stone Book Quartet.
Classics in Short No.59: The Jungle Books	BfK No. 160 (September 2006)	Brian Alderson on Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Books.
Return Ticket to Newcastle	BfK No. 159 (July 2006)	Brian Alderson on the collaborative work of Janet and Allan Ahlberg.
Classics in Short No.58: Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel and Katy and the Big Snow	BfK No. 159 (July 2006)	Brian Alderson on Virginia Lee Burton's Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel and Katy and the Big Snow.
Classics in Short No.57: Nurse Matilda	BfK No. 158 (May 2006)	Brian Alderson on Christianna Brand's Nurse Matilda.
Classics in Short No.56: My Friend Mr Leakey	BfK No. 157 (March 2006)	Brian Alderson on J B S Haldane's My Friend Mr Leakey.
Story of the Storeys or Seven at one go	BfK No. 156 (January 2006)	Brian Alderson discusses the new centre for the study of children's literature.
Classics in Short No.55: Mary Poppins	BfK No. 156 (January 2006)	Brian Alderson on P L Travers' Mary Poppins.
Classics in Short No.54: Selected Tales by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm	BfK No. 155 (November 2005)	Brian Alderson on the Brothers Grimm's Selected Tales.
Classics in Short No.53: The Magic Pudding	BfK No. 154 (September 2005)	Brian Alderson on Norman Lindsay's The Magic Pudding.
The Multifarious Editions of Hans Christian Andersen	BfK No. 153 (July 2005)	Brian Alderson on how Andersen has been published.
Classics in Short No.52: Inside Outside Upside Down	BfK No. 153 (July 2005)	Brian Alderson on Stan and Jan Berenstain's Inside Outside Upside Down.
Classics in Short No.51: The Wind in the Willows	BfK No. 152 (May 2005)	Brian Alderson on Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows.
Classics in Short No.50: The Box of Delights	BfK No. 151 (March 2005)	Brian Alderson on John Masefield's The Box of Delights.
Classics in Short No.49: The Midnight Folk	BfK No. 150 (January 2005)	Brian Alderson on John Masefield's The Midnight Folk.
Classics in Short No.48: Lavender's Blue	BfK No. 149 (November 2004)	Brian Alderson on Kathleen Lines and Harold Jones's Lavender's Blue.
Classics in Short No.47: The Cuckoo Clock	BfK No. 148 (September 2004)	Brian Alderson on Mrs Molesworth's The Cuckoo Clock.
Classics in Short No.46: Tintin	BfK No. 147 (July 2004)	Brian Alderson on Hergé's Tintin.
Words About Pictures: The Primacy of Text	BfK No. 146 (May 2004)	Brian Alderson on the principles of critical assessment.
Classics in Short No.45: The Winter Sleepwalker	BfK No. 146 (May 2004)	Brian Alderson on Joan Aiken's The Winter Sleepwalker.
Classics in Short No.44: Father Christmas	BfK No. 145 (March 2004)	Brian Alderson on Raymond Briggs' s Father Christmas.
Classics in Short No.43: Tales from Shakespear	BfK No. 144 (January 2004)	Brian Alderson on Charles and Mary Lamb's Tales from Shakespear (sic).
On the Tightrope in Burningham-land	BfK No. 143 (November 2003)	Brian Alderson on the career of John Burningham.
Classics in Short No.42: The Night Before Christmas	BfK No. 143 (November 2003)	Brian Alderson on Clement Clarke Moore's The Night Before Christmas.
Classics in Short No.41: Moonfleet	BfK No. 142 (September 2003)	Brian Alderson on John Meade Falkner's Moonfleet.
Classics in Short No.40: A Swarm in May	BfK No. 141 (July 2003)	Brian Alderson on William Mayne's A Swarm in May.
Classics in Short No.39: Mr Gumpy's Outing	BfK No. 140 (May 2003)	Brian Alderson on John Burningham's Mr Gumpy's Outing.
Classics in Short No.38: Eric: or Little by Little	BfK No. 139 (March 2003)	Brian Alderson on F W Farrar's Eric: or Little by Little.
Classics in Short No.37: Peacock Pie	BfK No. 138 (January 2003)	Brian Alderson on Walter de la Mare's Peacock Pie.
Classics in Short No.36: Hobberdy Dick	BfK No. 137 (November 2002)	Brian Alderson on Katharine Briggs's Hobberdy Dick.
Classics in Short No.35: The Tale of Peter Rabbit	BfK No. 136 (September 2002)	Brian Alderson on Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
Classics in Short No.34: Molesworth	BfK No. 135 (July 2002)	Brian Alderson on Geoffrey Willans and Ronald Searle's Molesworth.
Classics in Short No.33: Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor	BfK No. 134 (May 2002)	Brian Alderson on Mervyn Peake's Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor.
Classics in Short No.32: Milly-Molly-Mandy	BfK No. 133 (March 2002)	Brian Alderson on Joyce Lankester Brisley's Milly-Molly-Mandy.
Classics in Short No.31: Moomintroll series	BfK No. 132 (January 2002)	Brian Alderson on the Moomintroll series.
Fairy Tales in the New Millennium	BfK No. 131 (November 2001)	Brian Alderson on authenticity and the storyteller's art.
Classics in Short No.30: Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales	BfK No. 131 (November 2001)	Brian Alderson on the tales of Hans Christian Andersen.
Classics in Short No.29: Winnie-the-Pooh	BfK No. 130 (September 2001)	Brian Alderson on A A Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh.
Classics in Short No.28: Madeline	BfK No. 129 (July 2001)	Brian Alderson on Ludwig Bemelmans' Madeline.
Classics in Short No.27: Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse	BfK No. 128 (May 2001)	Brian Alderson on Ursula Moray Williams' Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse.
Classics in Short No.26: Songs of Innocence	BfK No. 127 (March 2001)	Brian Alderson on William Blake's Songs of Innocence.
Classics in Short No.25: Pinocchio	BfK No. 126 (January 2001)	Brian Alderson on Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio.
Classics in Short No.24: The Wizard of Oz	BfK No. 125 (November 2000)	Brian Alderson on L Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz.
Classic in Short No.23: Elidor	BfK No. 124 (September 2000)	Brian Alderson on Alan Garner's Elidor.
Classics in Short No.22: The Story of the Little Red Engine	BfK No. 123 (July 2000)	Brian Alderson on Diana Ross's The Story of the Little Red Engine.
Classics in Short No.21: Clever Bill	BfK No. 122 (May 2000)	Brian Alderson on William Nicholson's Clever Bill.
Classics in Short No.20: The Squirrel, the Hare and the Little Grey Rabbit	BfK No. 121 (March 2000)	Brian Alderson on Alison Uttley's The Squirrel, the Hare and the Little Grey Rabbit.
Classics in Short No.19: Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain	BfK No. 120 (January 2000)	Brian Alderson on Edward Ardizzone's Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain.
Fin de Sièclism	BfK No. 119 (November 1999)	Brian Alderson on children's books at the turns of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Classics in Short No.18: Struwwelpeter	BfK No. 119 (November 1999)	Brian Alderson on Heinrich Hoffman's Struwwelpeter.
Classics in Short No.17: Just So Stories	BfK No. 118 (September 1999)	Brian Alderson on Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories.
Classics in Short No.16: Mistress Masham’s Repose	BfK No. 117 (July 1999)	Brian Alderson on T H White's Mistress Masham's Repose.
Classics in Short No.15: The Story of Babar	BfK No. 116 (May 1999)	Brian Alderson on Jean de Brunhoff's The Story of Babar.
Classics in Short No.14: Peter Pan	BfK No. 115 (March 1999)	Brian Alderson on J M Barrie's Peter Pan.
Classics in Short No.13: The Little Prince	BfK No. 114 (January 1999)	Brian Alderson on Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince.
But Are They ‘Real’ Books?	BfK No. 113 (November 1998)	Brian Alderson looks at novelty publishing.
Going for Gold	BfK No. 106 (September 1997)	Brian Alderson looks at the Carnegie Medal's track record in its Diamond Jubilee year.
The Treasury Wars	BfK No. 102 (January 1997)	Brian Alderson looks at the current crop of gift collections.
Ezra Jack Keats: Making Picture Books	BfK No. 98 (May 1996)	Brian Alderson talks about a distinguished American illustrator.
Rapscallion Laureate	BfK No. 80 (May 1993)	Brian Alderson offers a preliminary assessment of James Marshall.
The Flow of the Images	BfK No. 44 (May 1987)	Brian Alderson outlines the thinking behind `Sing a Song for Sixpence' - an exhibition he arranged at the British Library from October 1986 to January 1987. The purpose of the exhibition was not just to commemorate a great illustrator but, more ambitiously, to demonstrate `the integrity of picture-book art' and the essence of illustration...
Andersen and the English	BfK No. 25 (March 1984)	Brian Alderson on English translations and illustrations of Andersen.

Reviews

The Slant Book	Reviewed in BfK No. 178 (September 2009)
It's a Secret	Reviewed in BfK No. 178 (September 2009)
Peter Pan	Reviewed in BfK No. 176 (May 2009)
Rotten Island	Reviewed in BfK No. 176 (May 2009)
The Church Mouse	Reviewed in BfK No. 175 (March 2009)
Fair Game: the Steps of Odessa	Reviewed in BfK No. 174 (January 2009)
Johnny's Bad Day	Reviewed in BfK No. 174 (January 2009)
Mary Carries On: Reflections on Some Favourite Girls' Stories	Reviewed in BfK No. 174 (January 2009)
The Wind in the Willows	Reviewed in BfK No. 174 (January 2009)
Pugwash in the Pacific; Pugwash and the Buried Treasure	Reviewed in BfK No. 174 (January 2009)
The Baby in the Hat: an early romance	Reviewed in BfK No. 174 (January 2009)
British Children's Fiction in the Second World War	Reviewed in BfK No. 173 (November 2008)
Emily Goes to Market	Reviewed in BfK No. 172 (September 2008)
A Child's History of England	Reviewed in BfK No. 170 (May 2008)
Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, The	Reviewed in BfK No. 159 (July 2006)
A Bit of Nonsense	Reviewed in BfK No. 158 (May 2006)
Winning Books	Reviewed in BfK No. 157 (March 2006)
Nicholas	Reviewed in BfK No. 156 (January 2006)
Come Christmas	Reviewed in BfK No. 155 (November 2005)
Donald and the...; Donald Has a Difficulty	Reviewed in BfK No. 149 (November 2004)
Mother Goose's Melody: or, sonnets for the cradle	Reviewed in BfK No. 149 (November 2004)
Pinocchio	Reviewed in BfK No. 147 (July 2004)
Where Next, Peter Rabbit? Beatrix Potter Studies X	Reviewed in BfK No. 146 (May 2004)
The Bee-man of Orn	Reviewed in BfK No. 145 (March 2004)
A Double Life; a biography of Charles and Mary Lamb	Reviewed in BfK No. 144 (January 2004)
The Night Before Christmas	Reviewed in BfK No. 143 (November 2003)
The Adventures of Pinocchio: the story of a puppet	Reviewed in BfK No. 141 (July 2003)
Pinocchio Goes Postmodern: Perils of a Puppet in the United States	Reviewed in BfK No. 140 (May 2003)
Beatrix Potter to Harry Potter: portraits of children's writers; Magic Pencil: children's book illustration today	Reviewed in BfK No. 137 (November 2002)
British Folk-Tales and Legends: a sampler; Stories and Tales	Reviewed in BfK No. 137 (November 2002)
The Cambridge Guide to Children's Books in English	Reviewed in BfK No. 136 (September 2002)
The Complete Verse and Other Nonsense	Reviewed in BfK No. 134 (May 2002)
Medieval Children	Reviewed in BfK No. 134 (May 2002)
Schicklgruber	Reviewed in BfK No. 128 (May 2001)
Hans Christian Andersen: the life of a storyteller	Reviewed in BfK No. 128 (May 2001)
Edward Ardizzone: Sketches for Friends	Reviewed in BfK No. 127 (March 2001)
The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales	Reviewed in BfK No. 126 (January 2001)
Jonathan Swift	Reviewed in BfK No. 116 (May 1999)
Children's Book Publishing in Britain Since 1945	Reviewed in BfK No. 110 (May 1998)
Where was Wonderland? - A traveller's guide to the settings of classic children's books	Reviewed in BfK No. 109 (March 1998)
International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature	Reviewed in BfK No. 104 (May 1997)