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BfK 134 May 2002

May 1, 2002/in /by Richard Hill

This issue’s cover is from Smog the City Dog by Adria Meserve as discussed by Martin Salisbury on page 7. Thanks to Random House Children’s Books for their help with this May cover.

New Talent

The Firing

Richard MacSween
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Editor's Choice

The Red Tree

Shaun Tan
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Articles

Editorial 134: May 2002
News and comment from the Editor.
The Arabian Nights
Neil Philip on the genesis of the tales.
My Forbidden Face
Shereen Pandit on an Afghani memoir of childhood.
New Picture Book Talents
Martin Salisbury on debut picture books.
The Snicket Letters
Geoff Fox and John McLay disagree on Lemony.
Hal’s Reading Diary: May 2002
Roger Mills on his son Hal at 14 months.
Children’s Author and Illustrator Sites on the Web
Clive Barnes assesses their usefulness and appeal.
Authorgraph No.134: Eva Ibbotson
Eva Ibbotson interviewed by Elizabeth Hammill.
BfK News: May 2002
News * Events * Obituary * Awards
Useful Organisations No.21
The Thimble Press
I Wish I’d Written: Malachy Doyle
Malachy Doyle chooses David Almond's Counting Stars.
Good Reads: Great Cornard Upper School
Reviews by pupils from Great Cornard Upper School, Suffolk.
Classics in Short No.33: Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor
Brian Alderson on Mervyn Peake's Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor.

Book Reviews

The Complete Verse and Other Nonsense

Edward Lear
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Disconnected

Sherry Ashworth
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The Rag and Bone Shop

Robert Cormier
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At the Crossing-Places

Kevin Crossley-Holland
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Carrie’s War

Nina Bawden
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The Eighteenth Emergency

Betsy Byars
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The Red Tree

Shaun Tan
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Snail

Barrie Watts
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We are Britain!

Benjamin Zephaniah
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Little Wolf, Forest Detective

Ian Whybrow
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Mrs McCool and the Giant Cúchulainn: An Irish Tale

Jessica Souhami
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Can We Play?

Mara van der Meer
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