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BfK 242 May 2020

May 9, 2020/in /by bookskeeps

This issue’s cover illustration is from Pests written and illustrated by Emer Stamp. Thanks to Hodder Children’s Books for their help with this May cover.

New Talent

One Fox: A Counting Book Thriller

Kate Read
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Editor's Choice

The Girl from the Sea and other stories

Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen
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Articles

Editorial 242: May 2020
News and comment from the Editor.
Is Lockdown the Perfect Time to Write?
It’s not even close, says author Matt Brown.
Ten Essential Children’s Books: Frank Cottrell Boyce
Frank Cottrell Boyce makes his selection.
Windows into Illustration: Mini Grey
Mini Grey describes her approach to creating The Bad Bunnines’ Magic Show.
Authorgraph No.242: Elizabeth Acevedo
Elizabeth Acevedo interviewed by Nicolette Jones.
Marvellous Medicine: how to get through the Coronavirus epidemic with children’s books
Andrea Reece takes a look at what's going on in the children's book world.
More Marvellous Medicine
Andrea Reece takes a look at what's going on in the children's book world.
Celebrating Bob Hartman and the 25th Anniversary of The Lion Storyteller Bible
Ferelith Hordon talks to Bob Hartman about his inspiration for presenting bible stories in an accessible and exciting way.
Illustrating Pippi
Holly Fulbrook and Mini Grey on reimagining Pippi Longstocking.
Beyond the Secret Garden? Hooray for Health Workers!
Darren Chetty and Karen Sands-O'Connor raise a cheer for some fictional doctors and nurses.
Beyond the Secret Garden? A Round Up
Articles from January 2018 to May 2020.
Obituary: Margaret Meek Spencer
Clive Barnes remembers.
I Wish I’d Written: Beverley Birch
Beverley Birch chooses I Am the Blade.
Classics in Short No.141: Seven Little Australians
Brian Alderson on Ethel Turner's Seven Little Australians and how they brought Australia into the world of children’s fiction.
A Q&A Interview with Ali Sparkes
Ali Sparkes answers our questions on The Night Speakers series.
A Q&A Interview with Holly Race
The author of Midnight's Twins answers our questions.
An Interview with Shaun Tan, winner of 2020 CiLIP Kate Greenway Medal
Shaun Tan discusses his book, Tales from the Inner City, with Jake Hope.

Book Reviews

One Fox: A Counting Book Thriller

Kate Read
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TrooFriend

Kirsty Applebaum
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Super Happy Magic Forest and the Humongous Fungus

Matty Long
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The Story of Inventions

Catherine Barr, Steve Williams
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Agents of the Wild: Operation Honeyhunt

Jennifer Bell
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The House of Hidden Wonders

Sharon Gosling
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Frockodile

Jeanne Willis
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Hello, Crow!

Candace Savage
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On Wings of Words

Jennifer Berne
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Bear Shaped

Dawn Coulter-Cruttenden
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The Tale of a Toothbrush

M G Leonard
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Bunnies on the Bus

Philip Ardagh
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