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BfK 136 September 2002

September 1, 2002/in /by Richard Hill

This issue’s cover illustration is from Jill Murphy’s All for One. Jill Murphy is interviewed by Joanna Carey on page 8. Thanks to Walker Books for their help with this September cover.

New Talent

Girl in the Attic

Valerie Mendes
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Editor's Choice

The Colour of Home

Mary Hoffman
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Articles

Editorial 136: September 2002
News and comment from the Editor.
Citizenship in the Curriculum
Sue Unstead on useful books.
Windows into Illustration: Korky Paul
Korky Paul on his new picture book.
Authorgraph No.136: Jill Murphy
Jill Murphy interviewed by Joanna Carey.
Teen Fiction – where to from here?
James Watson on citizenship beyond the curriculum.
Hal’s Reading Diary: September 2002
Roger Mills on his son Hal at 18 months.
Traveller Education Publications
Thomas Acton on a developing publishing area.
Not a Vintage Year
Rosemary Stones on the Carnegie/Greenaway Medal winners.
Shadowing the Carnegie
Bristol Grammar School on the Carnegie winner and shortlist.
The Depiction of Islam in Children’s Non-Fiction
Shereen Pandit on the need for diversity.
BfK News: September 2002
News * Prizes * Events * People
Useful Organisations No.23
MA Children's Book Illustration at APU, Cambridge
I Wish I’d Written: Rachel Anderson
Rachel Anderson on Donna Jo Napoli's Stones in Water
Good Reads: Glenmoor School
Reviews by pupils from Glenmoor School, Bournemouth.
Classics in Short No.35: The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Brian Alderson on The World of Peter Rabbit

Book Reviews

Degas and the Dance: The Painter and the Petits Rats, Perfecting Their Art

Susan Goldman Rubin
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Coraline

Neil Gaiman
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Rainforest Insects and Spiders

Edward Parker
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Caribou Journey

Vivian French
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Dimanche Diller

Henrietta Branford
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Scritch Scratch

Miriam Moss
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Man on the Moon: a day in the life of Bob

Simon Bartram
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Underwater Farmyard

Carol Ann Duffy
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One Hundred Shoes

Tony Ross
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Wolf on the Fold

Judith Clarke
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The Colour of Home

Mary Hoffman
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Strange Exchange

Pat Thomson
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