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BfK 199 March 2013

March 1, 2013/in /by Richard Hill

This issue’s cover illustration is from Lunchtime by Rebecca Cobb.  Thanks to Macmillan Children’s Books for their help with this March cover and to Little Tiger Press for their support of the Authorgraph interview with David Roberts.

New Talent

Infinite Sky

C J Flood
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Editor's Choice

In the Land of the Giants

George Szirtes
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Articles

Editorial 199: March 2013
And the winner is …
The 2013 Cilip Kate Greenaway Medal: the shortlist
Martin Salisbury assesses this year's shortlist.
Ten of the Best: Books that Should Have Won Prizes, but Didn’t
Geraldine Brennan on the ones that got away.
Windows into Illustration: Carol Thompson
Carol Thompson on how she created the illustrations for Looking for Rex by Jan Ormerod.
World Book Day and Beyond!
Laura Fraine suggests ways to keep pupils reading for pleasure.
The Arrival: Suspended between worlds
Sita Brahmachari discusses adapting Shaun Tan's classic graphic novel for the stage.
BfK’s Brilliant Bookshops: The Barefoot Books Studio, Oxford
Barefoot Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief Tessa Strickland gives us a tour.
Authorgraph No.199: David Roberts
David Roberts interviewed by Damian Kelleher,
Full Steam Ahead
Caroline Sanderson grapples with New Adult fiction.
Gun Control
Alan Gibbons on writing about street violence for teens.
Obituary: Jan Ormerod
Her friend Jana Novotny Hunter remembers her.
Obituary: Barbara Firth
David Lloyd, her publisher at Walker Books, remembers her.
Useful Organisations No.59: Authors Aloud UK
Specialising in arranging school visits by authors, illustrators, poets and storytellers.
BfK News: March 2013
Competition and News.
I Wish I’d Written: Lucy Coats
Lucy Coats chooses Rose Daughter.
Good Reads: Trafalgar Junior School Readers and Writers Club
Reviews chosen by Trafalgar Junior School Readers and Writers Club, Trafalgar Junior School, Twickenham, Middlesex.
Barrington Stoke at Fifteen
Anne Faundez celebrates the company which creates stories for children for whom reading is difficult.
Classics in Short No.98: Robinson Crusoe
Brian Alderson on an adventure story for children before such a thing seemed possible.
Melvin Burgess Interview: Take it. Live it. Do it. Die.
Melvin Burgess talks about his new novel The Hit, a book that goes all out to deal with sex, drugs and death.
Invitation: Story Queens Event
Special invitation to a Books for Keeps event.
Flying Eye: Looking Ahead
Ferelith Hordon reports on a new imprint dedicated to publishing exciting and original picture books.
A Memory of Elephants
Rachel Campbell-Johnston talks about the effect she hopes her debut children’s novel, The Child’s Elephant, will have on young readers.

Book Reviews

Siege

Sarah Mussi
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The Naming of Tishkin Silk

Glenda Millard
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Puss Jekyll Cat Hyde

Joyce Dunbar
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The Smug Pug

Anna Wilson
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In the Land of the Giants

George Szirtes
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Binny for Short

Hilary McKay
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Explore! The Most Dangerous Journeys of All Time

Deborah Kespert
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The Enduring Ark

Gita Wolf
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Dog Loves Counting

Louise Yates
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By Any Other Name

Laura Jarratt
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Infinite Sky

C J Flood
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The Lost Girl

Sangu Mandanna
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