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BfK 137 November 2002

November 1, 2002/in /by Richard Hill

This issue’s cover illustration is from Lian Hearn’s Across the Nightingale Floor which is discussed by Clive Barnes on page 4. Thanks to Pan Macmillan for their help with this November cover.

New Talent

Molly Moon’s Incredible Book of Hypnotism

Georgia Byng
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Editor's Choice

The Smartest GIANT in Town

Julia Donaldson
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Articles

Editorial 137: November 2002
News and comment from the Editor.
Is Across the Nightingale Floor a Crossover Title?
Clive Barnes on an epic novel with broad appeal.
Christmas Delights
Stephanie Nettell on books with a Christmas theme.
Recent Poetry for Children
Peter Hollindale on new titles.
Authorgraph No.137: Eoin Colfer
Eoin Colfer interviewed by Robert Dunbar.
Drawn from Life: Shirley Hughes and Quentin Blake
Joanna Carey on accounts of drawing lives.
Hal’s Reading Diary: November 2002
Roger Mills on his son Hal at 20 months.
BfK News: November 2002
News * Prizes * Events * People
Useful Organisations No.24
The Children's Books History Society
I Wish I’d Written: James Riordan
James Riordan on Garth Nix's Sabriel
Good Reads: Homefield School
Reviews by pupils from Homefield School, Sutton, Surrey.
Classics in Short No.36: Hobberdy Dick
Brian Alderson on Katharine Briggs’s Hobberdy Dick.

Book Reviews

Notso Hotso

Anne Fine
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British Folk-Tales and Legends: a sampler

Katharine Briggs
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S.W.A.L.K.

Colin McNaughton
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The Thief Lord

Cornelia Funke
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Dovey Coe

Frances O’Roark Dowell
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The Alchemist’s Apprentice

Kate Thompson
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Handa’s Hen

Eileen Browne
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I Want a Cuddle!

Malorie Blackman
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Look! Zoom in on Art!

Gillian Wolfe
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The Smartest GIANT in Town

Julia Donaldson
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The Worm in the Well

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The Earth from the Air for Children

Yann Arthus-Bertrand
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