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BfK 135 July 2002

July 1, 2002/in /by Richard Hill

This issue’s cover illustration by Nick Sharratt is from Jeremy Strong’s Krazy Kow Saves the World – Well, Almost. Jeremy Strong is interviewed by Jeff Hynds on page 12. Thanks to Puffin for their help with this July cover.

New Talent

Cold Tom

Sally Prue
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Editor's Choice

The Boy Who Lost His Face

Louis Sachar
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Articles

Editorial 135: July 2002
News and comment from the Editor.
Popping Up All Over
Geoff Fox on movable books.
The Art of Looking at Things
Joanna Carey on new picture books.
Hal’s Reading Diary: July 2002
Roger Mills on his son Hal at 16 months.
The Wicor Ten
Sue Leach on an innovative reading project.
BfK Profile: Helen Flint
Lois Keith on the novels of Helen Flint.
Adult Books Teenagers Read
Julia Eccleshare on the books that attract teens.
Authorgraph No.135: Jeremy Strong
Jeremy Strong interviewed by Jeff Hynds.
BfK News: July 2002
News * Prizes * Events * People * Letters to the Editor
Useful Organisations No.22
Healthy Books
I Wish I’d Written: Mike Rosen
Mike Rosen on Benjamin Zephaniah’s Refugee Boy
Good Reads: Saint Stithian’s Girls’ Preparatory School
Reviews by girls from Saint Stithians’ Girls’ Preparatory School in Randburg, South Africa
Classics in Short No.34: Molesworth
Brian Alderson on Molesworth.

Book Reviews

The Other Wind

Ursula Le Guin
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The Wool Pack

Cynthia Harnett
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The Child that Books Built

Francis Spufford
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Archer’s Goon

Diana Wynne Jones
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Twilight Ghost

Magdalen Nabb
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Green Fingers

Paul May
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Child X

Lee Weatherly
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Pawnee Warrior

Chris d’Lacey
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Cut

Patricia McCormick
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Shopaholic

Judy Waite
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Why Do People Fight Wars?

Ali Brownlie, Chris Mason
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The Great Depression

R G Grant
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