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BfK 108 January 1998

January 1, 1998/in /by Richard Hill

This issue’s cover shows titles from Anthony Masters’ new ‘Weird World’ series aimed to grab reluctant readers. Anthony Masters is interviewed by George Hunt. Thanks to Bloomsbury Children’s Books for their help in producing this January cover.

Articles

Editorial 108: January 1998
News and comment from the Editor.
Reading for Pleasure – Boys
Alison Smith recommends titles that boys enjoy reading.
Do Boys Read About Girls?
Jacqueline Wilson discusses.
BfK News: January 1998
News * Obituary * Publications * Best Seller Chart * Awards * Events * Letters to the Editor
Good Reads: Hitchin Boys’ School
Reviews from pupils of Hitchin Boys' School, Hertfordshire.
The History of Children’s Books, No.5: The ‘Second Golden Age’
John Rowe Townsend looks at the decades after World War II.
Authorgraph No.108: Anthony Masters
Anthony Masters interviewed by George Hunt.
Classics in Short No.7: Where the Wild Things Are
Helen Levene on Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are.

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