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BfK 104 May 1997

May 1, 1997/in /by Richard Hill

This issue’s cover is a photograph of Anne Frank whose diary is discussed by Michael Rosen fifty years after its first publication. Following the arrest of the Frank family and their companions, the secret annex in Amsterdam where they had been in hiding was locked up and everybody forbidden to enter it, since Jewish possessions became Nazi property and were carted away. Before this happened, the young woman, Miep Gies, who had provided those in hiding with food and who had a second key to the annex, risked herself once more by entering it. Miep retrieved Anne’s diary from the devastation together with the Frank family photograph album.

Thanks to Penguin Children’s Books for help in reproducing this cover.

Articles

Editorial 104: May 1997
News and comment from the Editor.
Breaking Down the Barriers
Julia Eccleshare on recent books about victims of discrimination and prejudice.
Letterbox Library
BfK meets a book club that celebrates equality and cultural difference.
Doe-eyed and Fluffy
Stephanie Nettell investigates a new mass market series, Animal Ark.
Publishing Profiles No.3: The Designer
Liz Attenborough goes behind the scenes in publishing.
The History of Children’s Books, No.1: How Children’s Books Began
The first of a new series of articles by John Rowe Townsend on the history of children's literature.
Authorgraph No.104: Anne Frank
Anne Frank discussed by Michael Rosen
BfK News: May 1997
News * Events * Obituary * Awards * Best Seller Chart * Publications * Letters to the Editor
Good Reads: Westfield Primary School
Chosen by pupils of Westfield Primary School, Barnes, London.
Classics in Short No.3: The Secret Garden
Helen Levene on Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden.

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