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BfK 178 September 2009

September 1, 2009/in /by Richard Hill

This issue’s cover illustration by Tony Ross is from Big Bad Bun by Jeanne Willis. Tony Ross writes about his illustration on page 4. Thanks to Andersen Press for their help with this September cover.

New Talent

How Kirsty Jenkins Stole the Elephant

Elen Caldecott
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Editor's Choice

One True Bear

Ted Dewan
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Articles

Editorial 178: September 2009
News and comment from the Editor.
Morris Gleitzman: writing about the Holocaust for children
Julia Eccleshare interviews Morris Gleitzman about his new novel, Then.
Windows into Illustration: Tony Ross
Tony Ross explains how he went about illustrating Big Bad Bun.
Why Don’t All Schools Have a Literary Events Co-ordinator? Or Lucy Shepherd’s Lonely Job Club Stand
Lucy Shepherd puts the case.
Ten of the Best: Books for Children about France
Rosemary Stones chooses ten outstanding titles.
Authorgraph No.178: Andy Stanton
Andy Stanton is interviewed by Clive Barnes.
BfK News: September 2009
News * Awards * Letter to the Editor
Hal’s Reading Diary: September 2009
Roger Mills finds an exciting plot helps.
I Wish I’d Written: Cressida Cowell
Cressida Cowell chooses Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight’s Eloise.
Good Reads: High School for Girls
Reviews from pupils of The High School for Girls, Gloucester.
Classics in Short No.77: The Thirteen Clocks and The Wonderful O
Brian Alderson on James Thurber’s The Thirteen Clocks and The Wonderful O.

Book Reviews

Planet Patrol

Mick Manning, Brita Granström
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Slavery: real people and their stories of enslavement

Reg Grant
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Tender Morsels

Margo Lanagan
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City of Ghosts

Bali Rai
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Lifegame

Alison Allen-Gray
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The Witching Hour

Elizabeth Laird
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The Silver Blade

Sally Gardner
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The Eyeball Collector

F E Higgins
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Book Power: Literacy through Literature, Year 1

Jane Bunting
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Big Noisy Book of Dinosaurs

Harriet Blackford
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It’s a Secret!

John Burningham
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Millie’s Marvellous Hat

Satoshi Kitamura
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