Margaret Mallett

Profile

Children's Books (Author)

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  Choosing and Using Fiction and Non-Fiction 3-11
  Reviewed in BfK No. 185 (November 2010)
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  Early Years Non-Fiction
  Reviewed in BfK No. 148 (September 2004)
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Articles

Introducing Dickens to Young Readers	BfK No. 193 (March 2012)	Margaret Mallett suggests approaches
Ten of the Best: 'Lyrical' Non-Fiction Books	BfK No. 190 (September 2011)	Margaret Mallett chooses her top ten ‘lyrical’ non-fiction books.
BfK Basics: Helping your child enjoy books and reading	BfK No. 185 (November 2010)	Margaret Mallett suggests ways to start a home library.
Early Years Reading: Leigh Hobbs’ ‘Old Tom’ series	BfK No. 159 (July 2006)	Margaret Mallett explores Leigh Hobbs' 'Old Tom' series.
Early Years Reading: First encounters with non-fiction	BfK No. 153 (July 2005)	Margaret Mallett explores informational literacy.
Early Years Reading: from hornbooks to electronic texts	BfK No. 150 (January 2005)	Margaret Mallett on how children have been taught to read.
Life Cycles, Journeys and Historical Stories	BfK No. 117 (July 1999)	Margaret Mallett on new narrative non-fiction.
Non-Fiction in the Literacy Hour	BfK No. 112 (September 1998)	Margaret Mallett on using the best non-fiction enjoyably.

Reviews

Big Noisy Book of Dinosaurs	Reviewed in BfK No. 178 (September 2009)
Brother William's Year: A Monk at Westminster Abbey	Reviewed in BfK No. 178 (September 2009)
How High is the Sky?	Reviewed in BfK No. 178 (September 2009)
First the Egg	Reviewed in BfK No. 177 (July 2009)
Curious Clownfish	Reviewed in BfK No. 176 (May 2009)
What Mr Darwin Saw	Reviewed in BfK No. 176 (May 2009)
I'm Dirty! ¦ I Stink!	Reviewed in BfK No. 176 (May 2009)
Toxic! Killer Cures and Other Poisonings	Reviewed in BfK No. 175 (March 2009)
10 Things I Can Do to Help My World	Reviewed in BfK No. 175 (March 2009)
I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean	Reviewed in BfK No. 175 (March 2009)
Ships: A pop-up book	Reviewed in BfK No. 175 (March 2009)
Tail-End Charlie	Reviewed in BfK No. 174 (January 2009)
Charles Darwin	Reviewed in BfK No. 174 (January 2009)
Take a Flight	Reviewed in BfK No. 173 (November 2008)
Boy, Were We Wrong About Dinosaurs!	Reviewed in BfK No. 173 (November 2008)
Inside Your Outside!; If I Ran the Rainforest	Reviewed in BfK No. 173 (November 2008)
Are the Clothes Clean?; What's in the Fridge?	Reviewed in BfK No. 173 (November 2008)
The Faraway Island	Reviewed in BfK No. 172 (September 2008)
Just One Peaceful Pond ¦ Just One Quiet Pine Tree	Reviewed in BfK No. 172 (September 2008)
The Very Funny Fish	Reviewed in BfK No. 172 (September 2008)
Ten Frogs: A book about counting in English and French	Reviewed in BfK No. 172 (September 2008)
Snap!	Reviewed in BfK No. 171 (July 2008)
A Mummy for Owen	Reviewed in BfK No. 170 (May 2008)
A Hole in the Road	Reviewed in BfK No. 170 (May 2008)
How Big Is the World?	Reviewed in BfK No. 170 (May 2008)
Voices of the Rainforest	Reviewed in BfK No. 169 (March 2008)
Elephants: a book for children	Reviewed in BfK No. 169 (March 2008)
Tracks of a Panda	Reviewed in BfK No. 169 (March 2008)
Stone Age Boy	Reviewed in BfK No. 169 (March 2008)
The Life of a Car	Reviewed in BfK No. 168 (January 2008)
Seaside Scientist	Reviewed in BfK No. 167 (November 2007)
Cat	Reviewed in BfK No. 167 (November 2007)
The Gooey, Chewy, Rumble, Plop Book	Reviewed in BfK No. 167 (November 2007)
I Spy: Colours in Art	Reviewed in BfK No. 167 (November 2007)
The Cats in Krasinski Square	Reviewed in BfK No. 166 (September 2007)
Ask Dr K Fisher about Animals	Reviewed in BfK No. 166 (September 2007)
Growl, Growl, On The Prowl!; Squeak,Squeak, Take A Peek!	Reviewed in BfK No. 166 (September 2007)
White Owl, Barn Owl	Reviewed in BfK No. 166 (September 2007)
99 Mostly Fun Things I'll Do Today	Reviewed in BfK No. 165 (July 2007)
Human Body	Reviewed in BfK No. 165 (July 2007)
Elmer's First Counting Book ¦ Elmer's Opposites	Reviewed in BfK No. 164 (May 2007)
Weather	Reviewed in BfK No. 164 (May 2007)
Follow the Swallow	Reviewed in BfK No. 163 (March 2007)
Port Through Time, A	Reviewed in BfK No. 162 (January 2007)
Brains	Reviewed in BfK No. 162 (January 2007)
Water Witcher	Reviewed in BfK No. 162 (January 2007)
The Deep Blue Sea	Reviewed in BfK No. 161 (November 2006)
My Body Book	Reviewed in BfK No. 161 (November 2006)
Mia's Story: A Sketchbook of Hopes and Dreams	Reviewed in BfK No. 161 (November 2006)
Running Shoes	Reviewed in BfK No. 160 (September 2006)
Bird	Reviewed in BfK No. 159 (July 2006)
History of the Steel Band, The	Reviewed in BfK No. 159 (July 2006)
Plant; Tree; Water	Reviewed in BfK No. 159 (July 2006)
Oscar and the Frog: A Book about Growing; Oscar and the Moth: A Book about Light and Dark	Reviewed in BfK No. 158 (May 2006)
Dinosaur Chase!	Reviewed in BfK No. 158 (May 2006)
Dotty Inventions and Some Real Ones Too	Reviewed in BfK No. 157 (March 2006)
The Toolbox	Reviewed in BfK No. 157 (March 2006)
Opposites	Reviewed in BfK No. 156 (January 2006)
I Dreamt I Was a Dinosaur	Reviewed in BfK No. 156 (January 2006)
Tractor Trouble	Reviewed in BfK No. 156 (January 2006)
Otter's First Swim, An	Reviewed in BfK No. 155 (November 2005)
Big Blue Engine ¦ Big Red Fire Engine ¦ Big Yellow Taxi ¦ Little Red Plane	Reviewed in BfK No. 155 (November 2005)
Birds; Reptiles	Reviewed in BfK No. 155 (November 2005)
We're Riding on a Caravan: An Adventure on the Silk Road	Reviewed in BfK No. 155 (November 2005)
Yuck!	Reviewed in BfK No. 153 (July 2005)
Lucy Cat at the Farm	Reviewed in BfK No. 153 (July 2005)
Farm; Zoo	Reviewed in BfK No. 153 (July 2005)
Gilbert the Great	Reviewed in BfK No. 152 (May 2005)
The Biggest Hole in the World	Reviewed in BfK No. 152 (May 2005)
A Fish Wish	Reviewed in BfK No. 152 (May 2005)
Get Dressed!; Washing!; Tidy Up!; Eating; Bedtime!	Reviewed in BfK No. 152 (May 2005)
The Very Dizzy Dinosaur	Reviewed in BfK No. 152 (May 2005)
Alphabet book	Reviewed in BfK No. 151 (March 2005)
Boy	Reviewed in BfK No. 150 (January 2005)
Tales of the Dead: Ancient Greece	Reviewed in BfK No. 150 (January 2005)
Albert	Reviewed in BfK No. 150 (January 2005)
Boys on the Margin: Promoting Boys' Literacy Learning at Key Stage 2	Reviewed in BfK No. 150 (January 2005)
Roman Fort	Reviewed in BfK No. 149 (November 2004)
Goldie at the Orphanage	Reviewed in BfK No. 148 (September 2004)
What We Do; Where We Live	Reviewed in BfK No. 148 (September 2004)
Tigress	Reviewed in BfK No. 148 (September 2004)
Choo Choo Clickety-Clack!	Reviewed in BfK No. 148 (September 2004)
The Great Fire of London	Reviewed in BfK No. 147 (July 2004)
What's Under the Bed?; Splish, Splash, Splosh!	Reviewed in BfK No. 147 (July 2004)
Bear	Reviewed in BfK No. 147 (July 2004)
Baby on Board	Reviewed in BfK No. 147 (July 2004)
Can You Cuddle Like a Koala?	Reviewed in BfK No. 146 (May 2004)
Rocks and Minerals	Reviewed in BfK No. 146 (May 2004)
Where Willy Went...	Reviewed in BfK No. 146 (May 2004)
Woolly Jumper: The Story of Wool	Reviewed in BfK No. 145 (March 2004)
Precious Water: A Book of Thanks; Little Apple: A Book of Thanks; Good Bread: A Book of Thanks	Reviewed in BfK No. 145 (March 2004)
I am an Ankylosaurus; I am a Tyrannosaurus	Reviewed in BfK No. 144 (January 2004)
Franklin's Bear	Reviewed in BfK No. 144 (January 2004)
The Moon; Minibeasts; The Sea; Chocolate; Teeth; Homes	Reviewed in BfK No. 143 (November 2003)
Katie in London	Reviewed in BfK No. 143 (November 2003)
Edison's Fantastic Phonograph	Reviewed in BfK No. 142 (September 2003)
Imagine you are a Dolphin ¦ Imagine you are a Crocodile ¦ Imagine you are a Tiger	Reviewed in BfK No. 141 (July 2003)
Nico's Octopus	Reviewed in BfK No. 141 (July 2003)
Cow	Reviewed in BfK No. 141 (July 2003)
The River	Reviewed in BfK No. 140 (May 2003)
Everybody Poos; The Holes in Your Nose	Reviewed in BfK No. 140 (May 2003)
The Hidden Forest	Reviewed in BfK No. 139 (March 2003)
Sweet as a Strawberry!; Cool as a Cucumber!	Reviewed in BfK No. 139 (March 2003)
The Great Fire of London; Homes; Seaside Holidays; Florence Nightingale; Toys	Reviewed in BfK No. 139 (March 2003)
The World Came to My Place	Reviewed in BfK No. 138 (January 2003)
The Super Science Book	Reviewed in BfK No. 138 (January 2003)
How Will I Grow?	Reviewed in BfK No. 138 (January 2003)
Hush Little Ones	Reviewed in BfK No. 137 (November 2002)
Look! Zoom in on Art!	Reviewed in BfK No. 137 (November 2002)
Caribou Journey	Reviewed in BfK No. 136 (September 2002)
My Beak, Your Beak; My Nose, Your Nose	Reviewed in BfK No. 136 (September 2002)
Degas and the Dance: The Painter and the Petits Rats, Perfecting Their Art	Reviewed in BfK No. 136 (September 2002)
Seasons Turning ¦ High Tide, Low Tide ¦ Story of a Storm ¦ When the Sun Goes Down ¦ Watch Out! Builders About!	Reviewed in BfK No. 135 (July 2002)
Snail ¦ Duck	Reviewed in BfK No. 134 (May 2002)
The Little Penguin	Reviewed in BfK No. 133 (March 2002)
Crocodile: Disappearing Dragon	Reviewed in BfK No. 133 (March 2002)
Bat Loves the Night	Reviewed in BfK No. 132 (January 2002)
One Tiny Turtle	Reviewed in BfK No. 132 (January 2002)
Nii Kwei's Day; Cassio's Day; Yikang's Day; Polina's Day	Reviewed in BfK No. 131 (November 2001)
The Yellow House	Reviewed in BfK No. 131 (November 2001)
Dinomania Things to do with Dinosaurs	Reviewed in BfK No. 130 (September 2001)
Making gender work	Reviewed in BfK No. 129 (July 2001)
Pi-shu the little panda	Reviewed in BfK No. 129 (July 2001)
Little Turtle and the Song of the Sea	Reviewed in BfK No. 129 (July 2001)
Start Writing Adventure Stories; Start Writing About Things I Do; Start Writing Amazing Stories; Start Writing About People and Places; Teachers' Resource Book for Start Writing	Reviewed in BfK No. 127 (March 2001)
Nanu, Penguin Chick	Reviewed in BfK No. 127 (March 2001)
Ballet School: What it takes to make a dancer	Reviewed in BfK No. 127 (March 2001)
Ice Trap! Shackleton's Incredible Expedition	Reviewed in BfK No. 127 (March 2001)
Ebele's Favourite: A Book of African Games	Reviewed in BfK No. 126 (January 2001)
Swallow Journey	Reviewed in BfK No. 125 (November 2000)
Leonardo and the Flying Boy: A Story about Leonardo da Vinci	Reviewed in BfK No. 125 (November 2000)
Are you a Snail?	Reviewed in BfK No. 124 (September 2000)
Flashing Fire Engines; Terrific Trains	Reviewed in BfK No. 124 (September 2000)
River Story	Reviewed in BfK No. 124 (September 2000)
Dog's Night	Reviewed in BfK No. 123 (July 2000)
Billy Bean's Dream	Reviewed in BfK No. 123 (July 2000)
Mozart: Scenes from the Childhood of the Great Composer	Reviewed in BfK No. 123 (July 2000)
Shopping in Grandma's Day; Grandma's War	Reviewed in BfK No. 122 (May 2000)
Reference Book of Water and Weather; Tudor Homes	Reviewed in BfK No. 121 (March 2000)
Growing up in South Africa; Toads and Their Young	Reviewed in BfK No. 121 (March 2000)
Marguerite Makes a Book	Reviewed in BfK No. 121 (March 2000)
Your World: A First Encyclopedia	Reviewed in BfK No. 120 (January 2000)
My Dear Noel: The Story of a Letter from Beatrice Potter; Quentin Blake	Reviewed in BfK No. 120 (January 2000)
Day in the Life of a World War II Evacuee, A	Reviewed in BfK No. 120 (January 2000)
The Flight of the Snow Goose	Reviewed in BfK No. 119 (November 1999)
Clockwise: A first look at time; The Case of the Missing Caterpillar: A first look at the life cycle of a butterfly; The Earth is Like a Roundabout: A first look at night and day	Reviewed in BfK No. 119 (November 1999)
Tell Me How Much It Weighs; Tell Me How Far It Is	Reviewed in BfK No. 118 (September 1999)
Britain at War - Air Raids; Britain at War - Evacuation	Reviewed in BfK No. 117 (July 1999)
The Barn Owl; The Otter	Reviewed in BfK No. 117 (July 1999)
The Usborne Book of Everyday Words	Reviewed in BfK No. 117 (July 1999)
Rome and Romans	Reviewed in BfK No. 116 (May 1999)
The Usborne First Book of Numbers	Reviewed in BfK No. 116 (May 1999)
Stars and Planets	Reviewed in BfK No. 116 (May 1999)
Gentle Giant Octopus	Reviewed in BfK No. 116 (May 1999)
At Home; Going on a Trip; Having Fun; In the High Street	Reviewed in BfK No. 116 (May 1999)
Fabulous Feasts	Reviewed in BfK No. 116 (May 1999)
What Happens to Your Food?	Reviewed in BfK No. 115 (March 1999)
Emeka's Gift	Reviewed in BfK No. 115 (March 1999)
Big Blue Whale	Reviewed in BfK No. 114 (January 1999)
W is for World	Reviewed in BfK No. 114 (January 1999)
Robot	Reviewed in BfK No. 114 (January 1999)
Zoo in the Sky	Reviewed in BfK No. 114 (January 1999)
Think of an Eel	Reviewed in BfK No. 114 (January 1999)
Tell Me Why Planes Have Wings; Tell Me Why Rain is Wet	Reviewed in BfK No. 114 (January 1999)
Wild and Free; Out There Somewhere, it's time to ...	Reviewed in BfK No. 113 (November 1998)
A Seed in Need: A first look at the plant cycle; The Drop Goes Plop: A first look at the water cycle	Reviewed in BfK No. 113 (November 1998)
The Giant Book of Snakes and Slithery Creatures; The Giant Book of Bugs and Creepy Crawlies	Reviewed in BfK No. 113 (November 1998)
From the Garden to the Street: Three Hundred Years of Poetry for Children	Reviewed in BfK No. 111 (July 1998)
The Subtle Knife	Reviewed in BfK No. 108 (January 1998)