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BfK 175 March 2009

March 1, 2009/in /by Richard Hill

This issue’s cover illustration by John Kelly is from Terry Deary’s new series Master Crook’s Crime Academy: Burglary for Beginners. Terry Deary is interviewed on page 10. Thanks to Scholastic Children’s Books for their help with this March cover.

New Talent

Knife

R J Anderson
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Editor's Choice

Dogs

Emily Gravett
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Articles

Editorial 175: March 2009
News and comment from the Editor.
Guantanamo: the agony and the courage of Prisoner No.256
James Watson pays tribute to a remarkable new novel.
Ten of the Best: Stories set in Tudor times
Janet Fisher selects novels with a Tudor background.
Taking Tom from Page to Stage
David Wood discusses his adaptation of Tom’s Midnight Garden.
A Question of Words
Sue Unstead investigates the thinking behind children’s dictionaries.
Authorgraph No.175: Terry Deary
Terry Deary is interviewed by Elizabeth Hammill.
I Wish I’d Written: Elizabeth Laird
Elizabeth Laird chooses Geraldine McCaughrean’s Stop the Train.
Good Reads: St Mary’s and St Peter’s CE Primary School
Reviews from pupils of St Mary’s and St Peter’s Church of England Primary School, Teddington.
Hal’s Reading Diary: March 2009
Roger Mills on Hal’s reading progress.
Laureate Log: March 2009
Michael Rosen is concerned about threats to libraries.
BfK News: March 2009
Awards * Useful Organisation * News * Events
Useful Organisations No.51: The Story Museum
The Story Museum
Classics in Short No.74: Johnny the Clockmaker
Brian Alderson on Edward Ardizzone’s Johnny the Clockmaker.

Book Reviews

Super Duck

Jez Alborough
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The Perfect Prince

Paul Harrison
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Hen’s Cake

Malachy Doyle
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The Story Blanket

Ferida Wolff, Harriet May Savitz
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I’m the Biggest Thing in the Ocean

Kevin Sherry
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We Are All Born Free

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Tim the Tiny Horse at Large

Harry Hill
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Swap

Malachy Doyle
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Beryl Goes Wild

Jane Simmons
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The Boy in the Dress

David Walliams
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The Magic Thief

Sarah Prineas
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I Belong to the Muslim Faith

Katie Dicker, Zohal Azizi
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