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BfK 120 January 2000

January 30, 2000/in /by Richard Hill

This issue’s cover is from Edward Ardizzone’s Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain. Brian Alderson discusses this classic picture book, now reissued in a beautiful new edition by Scholastic in ‘Classics in Short’. Thanks to Scholastic Children’s Books for their help in producing this January cover.

Articles

Editorial 120: January 2000
News and comment from the Editor.
Young Children Growing Up in a Drug Using World
Noreen Wetton on the role of children’s books in early drugs education.
Series Fiction for Young Readers
Annabel Gibb assesses recent books for ‘beginner’ and ‘confident’ readers.
Good Reads: Immanuel College and Humphry Davy School
Reviews by pupils from Immanuel College, Bushey and Humphry Davy School, Penzance
Authorgraph No.120: Magdalen Nabb
Magdalen Nabb interviewed by Rosemary Stones.
BfK News: January 2000
Best Seller Chart * News * Prizes * People * Events * Publications
Useful Organisations No.9
Listening Books
I Wish I’d Written: Linda Newbery
Linda Newbery chooses Geraldine McCaughrean's The Stones are Hatching.
Classics in Short No.19: Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain
Brian Alderson on Edward Ardizzone's Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain.

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