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BfK 126 January 2001

January 1, 2001/in /by Richard Hill

This issue’s cover, illustrated by David Wyatt, is from Geraldine McCaughrean’s The Kite Rider (0 19 271860 6, £6.99 pbk) due to be published in March. Geraldine McCaughrean is interviewed by Stephanie Nettell. Thanks to Oxford University Press for their help in producing this January cover.

Articles

Editorial 126: January 2001
News and comment from the Editor.
The Proliferation of Modern ‘Classics’
Julia Eccleshare on a new publishing trend.
‘Not Dissimilar to a Folk Tale’
Head chef, Henry Harris, on cookery books for children.
Authorgraph No.126: Geraldine McCaughrean
Geraldine McCaughrean interviewed by Stephanie Nettell.
What Hope for Children’s Poetry?
Robert Hull finds limited choices.
BfK News: January 2001
Awards * Events * Publication * Letters to the Editor
Obituary: Robert Cormier
Chris Kloet writes...
Useful Organisations No.13
The Children’s Book Circle
I Wish I’d Written: Kaye Umansky
Kaye Umansky chooses Louis Sachar's Holes.
Good Reads: Stanchester Community School
Reviews by pupils from Stanchester Community School, Stoke sub Hamdon, Somerset.
Classics in Short No.25: Pinocchio
Brian Alderson on Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio.

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