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BfK 176 May 2009

May 1, 2009/in /by Richard Hill

This issue’s cover illustration by Nick Price is from Pongwiffy, Back on Track by Kaye Umansky. Kaye Umansky is interviewed on page 10. Thanks to Bloomsbury for their help with this May cover.

New Talent

Small Mouse Big City

Simon Prescott
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Editor's Choice

Ausländer

Paul Dowswell
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Articles

Editorial 176: May 2009
News and comment from the Editor.
Dickens and Nicholas Dane
Melvin Burgess on how Dickens inspired his new novel.
Eric Carle and his Hungry Caterpillar
Joanna Carey discusses his career with Eric Carle.
Digital Developments in Children’s Publishing
Caroline Horn reports on publishers’ response to the digital world.
Wandering Worth Encouraging
Robert Hull argues for a wider range of children’s dictionaries.
Authorgraph No.176: Kaye Umansky
Kaye Umansky is interviewed by Julia Eccleshare.
Hal’s Reading Diary: May 2009
Roger Mills describes Hal’s interest in creative writing.
Laureate Log: May 2009
Michael Rosen senses curriculum change.
BfK News: May 2009
News * Obituary * Awards * Letter to the Editor
I Wish I’d Written: Sophie McKenzie
Sophie McKenzie chooses Betsy Byars’s The Cartoonist.
Good Reads: St Osmund’s C of E Middle School
Reviews from pupils of St Osmund’s C of E Middle School.
Classics in Short No.75: The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Brian Alderson on Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

Book Reviews

Falling

Sharon Dogar
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Rowan the Strange

Julie Hearn
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Chains

Laurie Halse Anderson
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Hot Like Fire and Other Poems

Valerie Bloom
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My Secret War Diary, by Flossie Albright

Marcia Williams
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Operation Storm City

Joshua Mowll
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What Mr Darwin Saw

Mick Manning, Brita Granström
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Monkey Monkey Monkey

Cathy MacLennan
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Ausländer

Paul Dowswell
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Forbidden Island

Malcolm Rose
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Fen Runners

John Gordon
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Little Chick

Amy Hest
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