Clive Barnes

Profile

Articles

30 Years of Adrian Mole	BfK No. 193 (March 2012)	Clive Barnes assesses Sue Townsend's classic novel.
Katherine Roberts interviewed by Clive Barnes	BfK No. 193 (March 2012)	Katherine Roberts interviewed by Clive Barnes.
New Poetry Collections	BfK No. 191 (November 2011)	Clive Barnes selects new poetry collections for Christmas giving.
Uncle Tom's Cabin Reassessed	BfK No. 190 (September 2011)	Clive Barnes determines the relevance to today's young readers
Authorgraph No.188: Emily Gravett	BfK No. 188 (May 2011)	Emily Gravett is interviewed by Clive Barnes.
Ten of the Best: Graphic Novels	BfK No. 185 (November 2010)	Clive Barnes chooses his top ten titles.
David Almond: a retrospective	BfK No. 184 (September 2010)	Clive Barnes assesses Almond’s contribution to children’s literature.
The Catcher in the Rye	BfK No. 182 (May 2010)	Clive Barnes assesses the influence of Salinger's classic novel.
Authorgraph No.180: Cressida Cowell	BfK No. 180 (January 2010)	Cressida Cowell interviewed by Clive Barnes
Authorgraph No.178: Andy Stanton	BfK No. 178 (September 2009)	Andy Stanton interviewed by Clive Barnes.
Authorgraph No.168: Sally Grindley	BfK No. 168 (January 2008)	Sally Grindley interviewed by Clive Barnes.
Authorgraph No.166: William Nicholson	BfK No. 166 (September 2007)	William Nicholson interviewed by Clive Barnes.
New Picture Books	BfK No. 165 (July 2007)	Clive Barnes looks at a selection of recent titles.
BfK Profile: Philip Reeve	BfK No. 152 (May 2005)	Clive Barnes on an outstanding writer of science fiction.
Is Across the Nightingale Floor a Crossover Title?	BfK No. 137 (November 2002)	Clive Barnes on an epic novel with broad appeal.
Children’s Author and Illustrator Sites on the Web	BfK No. 134 (May 2002)	Clive Barnes assesses their usefulness and appeal.
Children's Book Reviewing on the Web	BfK No. 130 (September 2001)	Clive Barnes on sites that offer book reviews.
Starting Out with Books	BfK No. 116 (May 1999)	Clive Barnes on the need to support parents.
Shadowing the Carnegie and Greenaway Medals	BfK No. 112 (September 1998)	Clive Barnes looks at the impact of funding on shadowing.

Reviews

Slavery: real people and their stories of enslavement	Reviewed in BfK No. 178 (September 2009)
Sprout	Reviewed in BfK No. 178 (September 2009)
Dido	Reviewed in BfK No. 177 (July 2009)
Mohammed's Journey: A Refugee Diary	Reviewed in BfK No. 177 (July 2009)
Flabby Cat and Slobby Dog	Reviewed in BfK No. 177 (July 2009)
Spartan Warrior: Legacy of Blood	Reviewed in BfK No. 177 (July 2009)
Iraq	Reviewed in BfK No. 177 (July 2009)
Hot Like Fire and Other Poems	Reviewed in BfK No. 176 (May 2009)
That Pesky Rat	Reviewed in BfK No. 175 (March 2009)
Hate That Cat	Reviewed in BfK No. 175 (March 2009)
When the Wall Came Down: The Berlin Wall and the Fall of Soviet Communism	Reviewed in BfK No. 175 (March 2009)
Benjamin Zephaniah; Malorie Blackman	Reviewed in BfK No. 175 (March 2009)
What On Earth Happened?	Reviewed in BfK No. 174 (January 2009)
Super Structures: Inside the World's Most Spectacular Buildings	Reviewed in BfK No. 174 (January 2009)
Sold	Reviewed in BfK No. 173 (November 2008)
The Ancient Egyptians	Reviewed in BfK No. 173 (November 2008)
Last Battle of the Icemark	Reviewed in BfK No. 173 (November 2008)
Traction Man meets Turbo Dog	Reviewed in BfK No. 173 (November 2008)
Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party	Reviewed in BfK No. 173 (November 2008)
How to Heal a Broken Wing	Reviewed in BfK No. 173 (November 2008)
Castlecliff	Reviewed in BfK No. 173 (November 2008)
Angel Boy	Reviewed in BfK No. 172 (September 2008)
Tweedle Dee Dee	Reviewed in BfK No. 172 (September 2008)
Beijing	Reviewed in BfK No. 172 (September 2008)
The Great Famine ¦ War and Change: Ireland 1918-1924	Reviewed in BfK No. 171 (July 2008)
Horse	Reviewed in BfK No. 171 (July 2008)
The Savage	Reviewed in BfK No. 171 (July 2008)
Message in a Bottle	Reviewed in BfK No. 171 (July 2008)
The Prison Runner	Reviewed in BfK No. 170 (May 2008)
The Fire of Ares	Reviewed in BfK No. 170 (May 2008)
Boys Are Best!	Reviewed in BfK No. 170 (May 2008)
Airman	Reviewed in BfK No. 170 (May 2008)
The Anglo-Saxons in Britain; The Celts in Britain	Reviewed in BfK No. 170 (May 2008)
Jigsaw	Reviewed in BfK No. 169 (March 2008)
Sensible Hare and the Case of Carrots	Reviewed in BfK No. 169 (March 2008)
Pandora's Box ¦ Sephy's Story ¦ Wings of Icarus ¦ The Story Thief ¦ The Little Puppet Boy ¦ The Hound of Ulster	Reviewed in BfK No. 169 (March 2008)
Happy Birthday, Winnie!	Reviewed in BfK No. 168 (January 2008)
Beatrix Potter: Sources of her Inspiration	Reviewed in BfK No. 168 (January 2008)
Wendel's Workshop	Reviewed in BfK No. 168 (January 2008)
Irish Children's Writers and Illustrators 1986-2006: A Selection of Essays	Reviewed in BfK No. 168 (January 2008)
The Stuff of Nightmares	Reviewed in BfK No. 167 (November 2007)
Penguin	Reviewed in BfK No. 167 (November 2007)
My Dad's a Birdman	Reviewed in BfK No. 167 (November 2007)
Children's Literature: Some Marxist Perspectives	Reviewed in BfK No. 166 (September 2007)
Crusade	Reviewed in BfK No. 166 (September 2007)
Abela	Reviewed in BfK No. 166 (September 2007)
Over a Thousand Hills I Walk With You	Reviewed in BfK No. 166 (September 2007)
Eliza and the Moonchild	Reviewed in BfK No. 165 (July 2007)
Monster Blood Tattoo: Book 1: Foundling	Reviewed in BfK No. 165 (July 2007)
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol I: The Pox Party	Reviewed in BfK No. 164 (May 2007)
Resistance	Reviewed in BfK No. 164 (May 2007)
Jacky Daydream	Reviewed in BfK No. 164 (May 2007)
Beauty and the Beast	Reviewed in BfK No. 164 (May 2007)
Universal Verse: Poetry for Children	Reviewed in BfK No. 163 (March 2007)
Slawter	Reviewed in BfK No. 162 (January 2007)
Larklight	Reviewed in BfK No. 162 (January 2007)
The Penalty	Reviewed in BfK No. 161 (November 2006)
Inexcusable	Reviewed in BfK No. 161 (November 2006)
Soul Eater	Reviewed in BfK No. 161 (November 2006)
The Awful Tale of Agatha Bilke	Reviewed in BfK No. 160 (September 2006)
Blade of Fire	Reviewed in BfK No. 160 (September 2006)
How the Hangman Lost His Heart	Reviewed in BfK No. 160 (September 2006)
Babymouse Our Hero; Babymouse Queen of the World	Reviewed in BfK No. 159 (July 2006)
Small Steps	Reviewed in BfK No. 159 (July 2006)
Jugglin'	Reviewed in BfK No. 159 (July 2006)
A Darkling Plain	Reviewed in BfK No. 158 (May 2006)
Once	Reviewed in BfK No. 158 (May 2006)
Egyptian Diary: the Journal of Nakht	Reviewed in BfK No. 157 (March 2006)
The Princess and the Pea	Reviewed in BfK No. 157 (March 2006)
Robot Dog	Reviewed in BfK No. 156 (January 2006)
Framed	Reviewed in BfK No. 156 (January 2006)
Three Cheers for Inventors!	Reviewed in BfK No. 156 (January 2006)
Seeker	Reviewed in BfK No. 155 (November 2005)
Night-time Tale	Reviewed in BfK No. 155 (November 2005)
Marie Antoinette	Reviewed in BfK No. 155 (November 2005)
Magyk	Reviewed in BfK No. 154 (September 2005)
The Heaven Shop	Reviewed in BfK No. 154 (September 2005)
Bloodsong	Reviewed in BfK No. 154 (September 2005)
Inkspell	Reviewed in BfK No. 154 (September 2005)
Brilliance of the Moon	Reviewed in BfK No. 153 (July 2005)
Permanent Rose	Reviewed in BfK No. 152 (May 2005)
The Kazillion Wish	Reviewed in BfK No. 152 (May 2005)
The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish	Reviewed in BfK No. 151 (March 2005)
A City Through Time	Reviewed in BfK No. 151 (March 2005)
Horse Tales	Reviewed in BfK No. 151 (March 2005)
Under Fire: Children of the Second World War tell their Stories	Reviewed in BfK No. 151 (March 2005)
Into the Forest	Reviewed in BfK No. 150 (January 2005)
Baby Brains	Reviewed in BfK No. 150 (January 2005)
Dear Mr Morpingo: Inside the World of Michael Morpurgo	Reviewed in BfK No. 150 (January 2005)
Web of Lies	Reviewed in BfK No. 149 (November 2004)
Darkness Visible: Inside the World of Philip Pullman	Reviewed in BfK No. 149 (November 2004)
Coming of Age in Children's Literature	Reviewed in BfK No. 149 (November 2004)
Cities of Blood; Kingdom of the Dead	Reviewed in BfK No. 149 (November 2004)
Gangsta Rap	Reviewed in BfK No. 149 (November 2004)
Israel and Palestine	Reviewed in BfK No. 148 (September 2004)
Vote for Duck	Reviewed in BfK No. 148 (September 2004)
The Supernaturalist	Reviewed in BfK No. 148 (September 2004)
Only One of Me	Reviewed in BfK No. 147 (July 2004)
Captain Fact's Space Adventure; Captain Fact's Dinosaur Adventure	Reviewed in BfK No. 147 (July 2004)
Mud City	Reviewed in BfK No. 147 (July 2004)
Throwaway Daughter	Reviewed in BfK No. 147 (July 2004)
Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt; Everyday Life in Ancient Rome	Reviewed in BfK No. 146 (May 2004)
The Princess Knight	Reviewed in BfK No. 146 (May 2004)
The Most Magnificent Mosque	Reviewed in BfK No. 146 (May 2004)
Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Ancient Rome	Reviewed in BfK No. 145 (March 2004)
Hope was Here	Reviewed in BfK No. 145 (March 2004)
Tales of the Dead: Ancient Egypt	Reviewed in BfK No. 145 (March 2004)
Story of the Nile: A Journey through Time along the World's Longest River	Reviewed in BfK No. 144 (January 2004)
Hot Hot Hot	Reviewed in BfK No. 144 (January 2004)
10 November 1989: The Fall of the Berlin Wall; 21 July 1969: First Man on the Moon; 11 November 1918: The World War I Armistice; 12 October 1492: Columbus reaches the Americas; 11 September 2001: Attack on America	Reviewed in BfK No. 144 (January 2004)
A Jetblack Sunrise. Poems about War and Conflict	Reviewed in BfK No. 144 (January 2004)
The Shape Game	Reviewed in BfK No. 143 (November 2003)
Pictures from the Fire	Reviewed in BfK No. 143 (November 2003)
Lines in the Sand: New Writing on War and Peace	Reviewed in BfK No. 142 (September 2003)
Blood Willow	Reviewed in BfK No. 142 (September 2003)
Death and the Arrow	Reviewed in BfK No. 141 (July 2003)
Marvin Wanted MORE!	Reviewed in BfK No. 141 (July 2003)
Haven't you grown! Poems about families	Reviewed in BfK No. 141 (July 2003)
The Four Ugly Cats in Apartment 3D	Reviewed in BfK No. 140 (May 2003)
Dog	Reviewed in BfK No. 140 (May 2003)
Lullaby Lion	Reviewed in BfK No. 140 (May 2003)
Palestine	Reviewed in BfK No. 140 (May 2003)
Utterly Me, Clarice Bean	Reviewed in BfK No. 140 (May 2003)
The Wolf's Footprint	Reviewed in BfK No. 139 (March 2003)
Doctor Quack	Reviewed in BfK No. 139 (March 2003)
Joan of Arc and her Marching Orders	Reviewed in BfK No. 139 (March 2003)
Bongani's Day: From Dawn to Dusk in a South African City; Boushra's Day: From Dawn to Dusk in an Egyptian City; Enrique's Day: From Dawn to Dusk in a Peruvian City; Huy and Vinh's Day: From Dawn to Dusk in a Vietnamese City; Iina-Marja's Day: From Dawn to	Reviewed in BfK No. 139 (March 2003)
Do Your Ears Hang Low?	Reviewed in BfK No. 139 (March 2003)
XY: A Toolkit for Life	Reviewed in BfK No. 138 (January 2003)
The War	Reviewed in BfK No. 138 (January 2003)
The Best-Ever Book of Exploration	Reviewed in BfK No. 138 (January 2003)
Warehouse	Reviewed in BfK No. 138 (January 2003)
A Guide to the Harry Potter Novels	Reviewed in BfK No. 137 (November 2002)
The Shell House	Reviewed in BfK No. 137 (November 2002)
The African-American Slave Trade; South Africa Since Apartheid	Reviewed in BfK No. 137 (November 2002)
Man on the Moon: a day in the life of Bob	Reviewed in BfK No. 136 (September 2002)
The Diary of a Teenage Health Freak; The Diary of the Other Health Freak	Reviewed in BfK No. 136 (September 2002)
The Rough Guide to Children's Books 0-5 years; The Rough Guide to Children's Book 5-11 years	Reviewed in BfK No. 136 (September 2002)
Underwater Farmyard	Reviewed in BfK No. 136 (September 2002)
Transported: The Diary of Elizabeth Harvey, Australia 1790	Reviewed in BfK No. 135 (July 2002)
Catherine the Great; Mao Zedong	Reviewed in BfK No. 135 (July 2002)
Child X	Reviewed in BfK No. 135 (July 2002)
The Great Depression; The Civil Rights Movement	Reviewed in BfK No. 135 (July 2002)
The Kingfisher Book of Toy Stories	Reviewed in BfK No. 134 (May 2002)
Long Walk to Lavender Street: A Story from South Africa ¦ False Papers: A Story from World War One ¦ Broken Lives: A Victorian Mine Disaster ¦ The Enemy: A Story from World War II	Reviewed in BfK No. 134 (May 2002)
We are Britain!	Reviewed in BfK No. 134 (May 2002)
The Story of the Search for the Story	Reviewed in BfK No. 134 (May 2002)
An Ancient Land: Prehistory - Vikings ¦ Medieval Kingdoms: Alfred the Great - Henry VII ¦ Crown and People: 1500-1700 ¦ Empire and Industry: 1700-1900 ¦ A Century of Change: 1900-2000	Reviewed in BfK No. 134 (May 2002)
Come Back to Me My Boomerang; The Box Room; Zoo of Dreams; Fluff and Other Stuff	Reviewed in BfK No. 133 (March 2002)
Rob the Roman Gets Eaten by a Lion, Nearly; Trev the Tudor Gets the Chop	Reviewed in BfK No. 133 (March 2002)
Deadly!	Reviewed in BfK No. 133 (March 2002)
The Ropemaker	Reviewed in BfK No. 133 (March 2002)
Noisy Dog	Reviewed in BfK No. 133 (March 2002)
Midnight Blue	Reviewed in BfK No. 132 (January 2002)
Bark, George	Reviewed in BfK No. 132 (January 2002)
Racing Bears ¦ Pudding Face ¦ Ness the Nurse	Reviewed in BfK No. 132 (January 2002)
United Nations; UNICEF; NATO	Reviewed in BfK No. 131 (November 2001)
The Sorcerer's Apprentice	Reviewed in BfK No. 131 (November 2001)
Friendly Matches	Reviewed in BfK No. 131 (November 2001)
Cleopatra: The Queen of Kings; Crusades: The Struggle for the Holy Lands	Reviewed in BfK No. 131 (November 2001)
Katje the Windmill Cat	Reviewed in BfK No. 131 (November 2001)
Children’s Literature and National Identity	Reviewed in BfK No. 130 (September 2001)
Mary Queen of Scots and her Hopeless Husbands	Reviewed in BfK No. 130 (September 2001)
Tribes	Reviewed in BfK No. 130 (September 2001)
Why do People Join Gangs?	Reviewed in BfK No. 130 (September 2001)
The New Faber Book of Children's Verse	Reviewed in BfK No. 130 (September 2001)
The Brimstone Journals	Reviewed in BfK No. 130 (September 2001)
The Flip Side	Reviewed in BfK No. 128 (May 2001)
Britannia on Stage: 25 Plays from British History	Reviewed in BfK No. 128 (May 2001)
Secret Heart	Reviewed in BfK No. 128 (May 2001)
The Unidentified Frying Omelette	Reviewed in BfK No. 127 (March 2001)
World War II	Reviewed in BfK No. 127 (March 2001)
Causes; The Death Camps	Reviewed in BfK No. 127 (March 2001)
The Lady and the Squire	Reviewed in BfK No. 126 (January 2001)
Great Wonders of the World	Reviewed in BfK No. 126 (January 2001)
Oxford Children's History of the World	Reviewed in BfK No. 126 (January 2001)
Princess Elizabeth, Are You a Traitor?; God Bless Queen Victoria!	Reviewed in BfK No. 125 (November 2000)
The Dummy's Dilemma and Other Poems	Reviewed in BfK No. 125 (November 2000)
A Look at Life in the Sixties; A Look at Life in the Seventies	Reviewed in BfK No. 125 (November 2000)
Shylock's Daughter	Reviewed in BfK No. 125 (November 2000)
The Famous Adventures of Jack	Reviewed in BfK No. 124 (September 2000)
I will not ever Never eat a tomato	Reviewed in BfK No. 124 (September 2000)
Swine Lake	Reviewed in BfK No. 124 (September 2000)
The King Who Was and Will Be: The World of King Arthur and His Knights	Reviewed in BfK No. 123 (July 2000)
How the Whale Became and Other Stories	Reviewed in BfK No. 123 (July 2000)
Space Race	Reviewed in BfK No. 123 (July 2000)
Collected Poems for Children	Reviewed in BfK No. 123 (July 2000)
Dear Diary	Reviewed in BfK No. 123 (July 2000)
Captain Ming and the Mermaid; Imogen and the Ark	Reviewed in BfK No. 122 (May 2000)
Potty Politics	Reviewed in BfK No. 122 (May 2000)
Why Are You Calling Me a Barbarian?	Reviewed in BfK No. 122 (May 2000)
Britannia, 100 Great Stories from British History	Reviewed in BfK No. 121 (March 2000)
Exploring World Art	Reviewed in BfK No. 121 (March 2000)
What Do We Know About Hinduism?; What Do We Know About Judaism?	Reviewed in BfK No. 120 (January 2000)
Castle Diary: the Journal of Tobias Burgess, Page	Reviewed in BfK No. 120 (January 2000)
Kingfisher History Encyclopedia, The	Reviewed in BfK No. 120 (January 2000)
Story of the Holocaust, The	Reviewed in BfK No. 120 (January 2000)
What I Believe	Reviewed in BfK No. 119 (November 1999)
Home and School; Sport and Leisure; Travel and Transport; Work and Industry	Reviewed in BfK No. 119 (November 1999)
Censorship: Changing Attitudes 1900-2000; Poverty: Changing Attitudes 1900-2000	Reviewed in BfK No. 119 (November 1999)
Leonardo	Reviewed in BfK No. 119 (November 1999)
The Aztecs	Reviewed in BfK No. 119 (November 1999)
A Right to Life - and Death?	Reviewed in BfK No. 118 (September 1999)
William Shakespeare	Reviewed in BfK No. 117 (July 1999)
Racism: Changing Attitudes 1900-2000; Slavery Today; Women's Rights: Changing Attitudes 1900-2000	Reviewed in BfK No. 117 (July 1999)
Charities - do they work?	Reviewed in BfK No. 117 (July 1999)
Mummies and Tombs	Reviewed in BfK No. 117 (July 1999)
Something Rich and Strange: a Treasury of Shakespeare's Verse	Reviewed in BfK No. 117 (July 1999)
The Gruffalo	Reviewed in BfK No. 116 (May 1999)
I Want A Sister	Reviewed in BfK No. 116 (May 1999)
Fantastic Mr Fox	Reviewed in BfK No. 116 (May 1999)
Iggy Pig at the Seaside; Iggy Pig's Dark Night	Reviewed in BfK No. 116 (May 1999)
Henry VIII; Victoria	Reviewed in BfK No. 116 (May 1999)
Who was Alexander the Great?; Who was Tutankhamun?	Reviewed in BfK No. 116 (May 1999)
Beauty and the Beast and other stories	Reviewed in BfK No. 116 (May 1999)
Stephen Biesty's Incredible Body	Reviewed in BfK No. 116 (May 1999)
A Kiss Like This	Reviewed in BfK No. 116 (May 1999)
Lost Property	Reviewed in BfK No. 115 (March 1999)
Squids will be Squids	Reviewed in BfK No. 115 (March 1999)
Vulca, the Etruscan; Nefertari, Princess of Egypt	Reviewed in BfK No. 114 (January 1999)
The Hutchinson Treasury of Children's Poetry; Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry; Classic Poetry: An Illustrated Collection	Reviewed in BfK No. 114 (January 1999)
Cities of Splendour; Beneath the Earth	Reviewed in BfK No. 113 (November 1998)
Jake's Treasure	Reviewed in BfK No. 113 (November 1998)
The Story of Money	Reviewed in BfK No. 113 (November 1998)
Saints; Kings and Queens	Reviewed in BfK No. 113 (November 1998)
Erosion and Weathering	Reviewed in BfK No. 113 (November 1998)
How Do Your Senses Work?	Reviewed in BfK No. 112 (September 1998)
The War Years: The Home Front	Reviewed in BfK No. 112 (September 1998)
The Boggart and the Monster	Reviewed in BfK No. 112 (September 1998)
Beware of the Bears!	Reviewed in BfK No. 112 (September 1998)
Justice of the Dagger	Reviewed in BfK No. 112 (September 1998)
The Drop in my Drink: The Story of Water on our Planet	Reviewed in BfK No. 112 (September 1998)
How Green Are You?	Reviewed in BfK No. 112 (September 1998)
How Castles Were Built	Reviewed in BfK No. 111 (July 1998)
Clues from Names	Reviewed in BfK No. 111 (July 1998)
Stellaluna	Reviewed in BfK No. 111 (July 1998)
Willa and Old Miss Annie	Reviewed in BfK No. 111 (July 1998)
A Tudor Warship; A Victorian Mill	Reviewed in BfK No. 111 (July 1998)
Joseph	Reviewed in BfK No. 110 (May 1998)
Marco Polo: A Journey Through China; Magellan: A Voyage Around the World	Reviewed in BfK No. 110 (May 1998)
History: The Really Interesting Bits	Reviewed in BfK No. 110 (May 1998)
The Puffin Book of Classic Verse	Reviewed in BfK No. 110 (May 1998)
Don't Look at Me in that Tone of Voice!; Aliens Stole My Underpants	Reviewed in BfK No. 110 (May 1998)
Since Dad Left	Reviewed in BfK No. 110 (May 1998)
Bad Cats Bad	Reviewed in BfK No. 110 (May 1998)
The World in the Time of Leonardo da Vinci; The World in the Time of Marie Antoinette	Reviewed in BfK No. 109 (March 1998)
Dear Daniel: Letters from Antarctica; Amazon Diary: The Jungle Adventures of Alex Winters	Reviewed in BfK No. 109 (March 1998)
Balloon Lagoon and the Magic Islands of Poetry	Reviewed in BfK No. 109 (March 1998)
Roman Town; Egyptian Town	Reviewed in BfK No. 109 (March 1998)
Teaching the Parrot	Reviewed in BfK No. 108 (January 1998)
Cowboys; Pirates	Reviewed in BfK No. 108 (January 1998)
Junior Chronicle of the Twentieth Century	Reviewed in BfK No. 108 (January 1998)
The Taj Mahal; The Houses of Parliament	Reviewed in BfK No. 108 (January 1998)
Playing a Dazzler	Reviewed in BfK No. 108 (January 1998)
Mrs Armitage and THE BIG WAVE; Mr Nodd's Ark	Reviewed in BfK No. 107 (November 1997)
Loos Through the Ages; Kitchens Through the Ages	Reviewed in BfK No. 107 (November 1997)
Giant Jim and the Hurricane; The Indoor Pirates	Reviewed in BfK No. 107 (November 1997)
Slavery from Africa to the Americas	Reviewed in BfK No. 106 (September 1997)
The Lottie Project	Reviewed in BfK No. 106 (September 1997)
Sam's Duck	Reviewed in BfK No. 106 (September 1997)
The Bad Good Manners Book; A Pig's Book of Manners	Reviewed in BfK No. 106 (September 1997)
It Takes Two; How Did I Begin?	Reviewed in BfK No. 106 (September 1997)
Little Mouse Grandma; Tricky Tricky Twins	Reviewed in BfK No. 106 (September 1997)
The Noctuary of Narcissus Batt ¦ Dibby Dubby Dhu ¦ The Red-All-Over Riddle Book	Reviewed in BfK No. 105 (July 1997)
The History Detective Investigates Local History	Reviewed in BfK No. 105 (July 1997)
Tomcat Takes a Walk	Reviewed in BfK No. 105 (July 1997)
The Cat That Scratched	Reviewed in BfK No. 105 (July 1997)
The Usborne Illustrated Atlas of the 20th Century	Reviewed in BfK No. 104 (May 1997)
Magic Betsey	Reviewed in BfK No. 104 (May 1997)
Tongue Twisters and Tonsil Twizzlers ¦ Parent-Free Zone	Reviewed in BfK No. 104 (May 1997)
Lost for Words	Reviewed in BfK No. 104 (May 1997)
What Do We Know about Plains Indians? ¦ What Do We Know about Prehistoric People?	Reviewed in BfK No. 103 (March 1997)
Chuck and Danielle	Reviewed in BfK No. 103 (March 1997)