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BfK 139 March 2003

March 1, 2003/in /by Richard Hill

This issue’s cover illustration, by David Roberts, is from Philip Ardagh’s Heir of Mystery published by Faber in April. Philip Ardagh is interviewed by Jeff Hynds on page 8. Thanks to Faber for their help with this March cover.

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Viaduct Child

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Articles

Editorial 139: March 2003
News and comment from the Editor.
Non-Fiction Publishing: The Facts of the Matter
Sue Unstead on the different kinds of non-fiction publishing.
Authorgraph No.139: Philip Ardagh
Philip Ardagh interviewed by Jeff Hynds.
St Martin’s Top Ten Fiction Titles
Jan Butler on a school library survey.
Expanding the Critical Commentary on Children’s Literature
Margaret Meek on the Rustins’ Narratives of Love and Loss.
Devastatingly True Stories
Julia Eccleshare and Beverley Naidoo on the young adult novels of Henning Mankell.
Hal’s Reading Diary: March 2003
Roger Mills on his son Hal at 24 months.
BfK News: March 2003
News * Prizes * Letters to the Editor
Obituary: Jean MacGibbon
Rosemary Stones writes…
Obituary: Vanessa Hamilton
Useful Organisations No.25
Write Away!
I Wish I’d Written: David Almond
David Almond on Kevin Henkes's Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse.
Good Reads: The Dragon School
Reviews by pupils from The Dragon School, Oxford.
Classics in Short No.38: Eric or Little by Little
Brian Alderson on F W Farrar’s Eric; or Little by Little.

Book Reviews

Alchemy

Margaret Mahy
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The Wolf’s Footprint

Susan Price
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Protecting the Environment

Diane Church
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Charles Dickens and Friends

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Explorers Wanted! In the Jungle

Simon Chapman
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Joan of Arc and her Marching Orders

Phil Robins
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The Hidden Forest

Jeannie Baker
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The Classic Tales of Hans Christian Andersen

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The Devil’s Toenail

Sally Prue
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Big Mama Makes the World

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America is Me

E R Frank
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The Facts Speak for Themselves

Brock Cole
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