BfK 206 May 2014

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This issue’s cover illustration is from Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan. Thanks to Piccadilly Press for their help with this May cover.

New Talent

Bone Jack

Sara Crowe
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Articles

Editorial 206: May 2014
News and comment from the Editor.
Stories of WW1 – an introduction
Tony Bradman on a new collection by top authors.
Brave Boys and Girls in Wartime
Geoff Fox on texts for children published during the Great War.
Tove Jansson: An Appreciation
Philip Pullman on the creator of the Moomins.
The Art of Adaptation
Laura Fraine takes in the new Moving Pictures exhibition at Seven Stories.
Authorgraph No.206: Holly Goldberg Sloan
Holly Goldberg Sloan interviewed by Andrea Reece.
Windows into Illustration: Lydia Monks
Lydia Monks describes the challenges of illustrating a night time scene.
BfK’s Brilliant Bookshops: Chorleywood Bookshop
Co-owner Sheryl Shurville gives us a virtual tour of the shop and their work with children.
Ten of the Best: Books for Young Feminists
Geraldine Brennan chooses.
Damian Dibben interview
Nicholas Tucker interviews the author of The History Keepers books.
I Wish I’d Written: Kathy Henderson
Kathy Henderson chooses Cautionary Verses.
Good Reads: Bolingbroke Academy
Reviews chosen by Year 8 pupils at Bolingbroke Academy, Battersea, London.
Two Children Tell: James James Morrison Morrison and Nicholas
Virginia Lowe observes how her young son Nicholas reacted to tales of missing mothers.
BfK News: May 2014
Awards update.
Obituary: John Rowe Townsend
Clive Barnes remembers.
Classics in Short No.105: Little Goody Two-Shoes and Other Stories
Brian Alderson asks whether this rags to riches story was the first English classic story for children.
Alyssa Brugman interviewed about Alex as Well
Interview with the author of the new YA novel with an intersex central character.
Margaret Bateson-Hill’s Top Ten Tips for Helping Children Write
Story-teller and author Margaret Bateson-Hill with advice on how to encourage children's creative writing.
Gillian Cross: Rebel
Gillian Cross, winner of the 2014 Little Rebels Award, talks about After Tomorrow.

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