Books For Keeps
  • Home
  • Reviews
  • Articles
  • Past Issues
  • Latest Issue
  • Authors and Artists
  • Latest News
  • Search
  • Menu Menu

BfK 198 January 2013

January 1, 2013/in /by Richard Hill

This issue’s cover illustration is by David Melling and is from We Love You, Hugless Douglas! Thanks to Hodder Children’s Books for their help with this cover.

New Talent

The Weight of Water

Sarah Crossan
BfK Rating:
Price: £6.99
View Review

Editor's Choice

I Have the Right to be a Child

Alain Serres
BfK Rating:
Price: £41.22
View Review

Articles

2013: All Change
What will 2013 hold for the children's book world?
An Awfully Interactive Adventure
Fleur Hitchcock describes The Story Adventure, and what she hopes for it.
Windows into Illustration: Jackie Morris
Jackie Morris explains the technique and thinking behind the illustrations in her new book, East of the Sun, West of Moon.
Ten of the Best: Books in Translation
Deborah Hallford, co-founder of Outside In World, chooses.
Literary Ventriloquism
Daniel Hahn on the translator's art.
There’s Something about Jane
Caroline Sanderson asks how old do you have to be to read Jane Austen.
Authorgraph No.198: Sally Gardner
Sally Gardner interviewed by Clive Barnes.
There Won’t Be Time for English in English
Robert Hull on the draft National Curriculum for English.
BfK News: January 2013
Awards update.
Hal’s Reading Diary: January 2013
Roger Mills looks back over eleven years of Hal's reading.
BfK’s Brilliant Bookshops: Storytellers Inc. Lancashire
Katie Clapham describes what goes on.
I Wish I’d Written: Alex Shearer
Alex Shearer chooses Flowers for Algernon.
Good Reads: Monk’s Walk School
Reviews chosen by pupils from Monk’s Walk School, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire.
Classics in Short No.97: Nils Holgersson’s Wonderful Journey
Brian Alderson on a giant work: Nils Holgersson’s Wonderful Journey.
A Q&A Interview with Hilary McKay
Hilary McKay answers questions about her new novel Binny for Short.
A Q&A Interview with C J Flood
Andrea Reece asks C J FLood about her debut novel, Infinite Sky.

Book Reviews

Big Book of Nursery Rhymes

Kali Stileman
BfK Rating:
Price: £9.99
View Review

Newspaper Boy and Origami Girl

Michael Foreman
BfK Rating:
Price: £10.99
View Review

Scramasax

Kevin Crossley-Holland
BfK Rating:
Price: £12.99
View Review

The Winds of Heaven

Judith Clarke
BfK Rating:
Price: £6.99
View Review

I Have the Right to be a Child

Alain Serres
BfK Rating:
Price: £41.22
View Review

Fantastic Mr Dahl

Michael Rosen
BfK Rating:
Price: £6.99
View Review

Buzzing! Discover the poetry in garden minibeasts

Anneliese Emmans Dean
BfK Rating:
Price: £14.99
View Review

OMG! Is This Actually My Life?

Rae Earl
BfK Rating:
Price: £7.99
View Review

Geek Girl

Holly Smale
BfK Rating:
Price: £7.99
View Review

The Gruffalo in Scots

Julia Donaldson
BfK Rating:
Price: £6.99
View Review

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel

Jeff Kinney
BfK Rating:
Price: £12.99
View Review

Being Here

Barry Jonsberg
BfK Rating:
Price: £7.87
View Review
Go to page:
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • >
  • >>
https://booksforkeeps.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/BfK-198-Jan-2013-1034.jpg 1034 731 Richard Hill http://booksforkeeps.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/bfklogo.png Richard Hill2013-01-01 13:54:552021-06-25 10:11:40BfK 198 January 2013
BfK 198 Jan 2013 Download BfK 198 January 2013

Browse Recent Issues

BfK 254 May 2022
BfK 254 May 2022
May 2022
BfK 253 March 2022
March 2022
BfK 252 January 2022
BfK 252 January 2022
January 2022
BfK 251 November 2021
BfK 251 November 2021
November 2021
BfK 250 September 2021
BfK 250 September 2021
September 2021
BfK 249 July 2021
BfK 249 July 2021
July 2021
Skip to an Issue:

About Us

Launched in 1980, we’ve reviewed hundreds of new children’s books each year and published articles on every aspect of writing for children.

Read More

Follow Us

Latest News

Peter Bently and Steven Lenton named winners of The Children’s Book Award 2022

June 27, 2022

Shortlist for the 2022 SLA Information Book Award

June 23, 2022

2022 Yoto Carnegie Greenaway Winners Announced

June 16, 2022

Contact Us

Books for Keeps,
30 Winton Avenue,
London,
N11 2AT

Telephone: 0780 789 3369

ISSN: 0143-909X (this is our International Standard Serial Number).

© Copyright 2022 - Books For Keeps | Proudly Built by Lemongrass Media - Web Design Buckinghamshire
BfK 197 November 2012 BfK 197 November 2012 BfK 199 March 2013 BfK 199 March 2013
Scroll to top