BfK 220 September 2016

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This issue’s cover illustration is from Thank You, Mr Panda by Steve Antony. Thanks to Hodder Children’s Books for their help with this cover.

New Talent

Cogheart

Peter Bunzl
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Hiding Heidi

Fiona Woodcock
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Articles

Editorial 220: September 2016
News and comment from the Editor.
Am I Normal? Exploring mental health issues in YA fiction
Holly Bourne on the way YA fiction addresses mental health.
Reading Gladiators
Nikki Gamble on Just Imagine’s new scheme to encourage high attaining readers.
Windows into Illustration: Helen Hancocks
Helen Hancocks explains her approach to illustrating a book about and narrated by a dog.
Authorgraph No.220: Steve Antony
Steve Antony interviewed by Michelle Pauli.
Visual Literacy: reading the signs
Piet Grobler discusses visual codes and reading symbols in picture book illustration.
Ten of the Best: Heirs to Roald Dahl
Nicholas Tucker chooses.
Dig into the Story on Scoop
Founder Joanne Owen talks about the new children's magazine.
Independence Day
Imogen Russsell Williams on the best new books for independent readers.
Two Children Tell: Rebecca and Literary Language
Virginia Lowe describes how being read to enriched her daughter Rebecca’s language.
I Wish I’d Written: Katherine Rundell
Katherine Rundell chooses Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Introducing the new Words & Pictures list from Quarto
Margaret Mallett suggests these beautifully designed and illustrated books will make learning enjoyable and have huge appeal to children’s imaginations.
Classics in Short No.119: Old Possum and his Cats
Brian Alderson on T S Eliot's Old Possum and his Cats.
The Wonder of Wilson
Rebecca Butler discusses R J Palacio's novel Wonder with Jacqueline Wilson.
An Interview with Jane Hissey
Jane Hissey talks Old Bear with Ferelith Hordon.
An Interview with Klaus Flugge Prize winner, Nicholas John Frith
The winner of the inaugural Klaus Flugge Prize talks to Michelle Pauli.
An Interview with Santa Montefiore
Santa Montefiore introduces The Royal Rabbits of London to Andrea Reece.
An Interview with Leigh Hobbs, Australian Children’s Laureate
Ferelith Hordon chats to the creator of Old Tom, Mr Chicken and Mr Badger.

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