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BfK 143 November 2003

November 1, 2003/in /by Richard Hill

This issue’s cover illustration is from John Burningham’s Borka. John Burningham’s work is discussed by Brian Alderson on page 4. Thanks to Random House Children’s Books for their help with this November cover.

New Talent

Eager

Helen Fox
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A Sterkarm Kiss

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Articles

Editorial 143: November 2003
News and comment from the Editor.
On the Tightrope in Burningham-land
Brian Alderson on the career of John Burningham.
Christmas Treats
Books to give chosen by Rosemary Stones.
A Little Piece of Ground
Michael Rosen on Elizabeth Laird’s latest novel.
Poetry Slam! Respect Slam!
Ceri Worman on competitive performance poetry.
Hal’s Reading Diary: November 2003
Roger Mills on his son Hal at 2 years and 9 months.
Authorgraph No.143: Bob Graham
Bob Graham is interviewed by Joanna Carey.
BfK News: November 2003
News * Prizes
Useful Organisations No.30
Read Together!
I Wish I’d Written: Marcia Williams
Marcia Williams on Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are.
Good Reads: King Solomon High School
Reviews by pupils from King Solomon High School, Ilford, Essex
Classics in Short No.42: The Night Before Christmas
Brian Alderson on Clement Clarke Moore’s The Night Before Christmas.

Book Reviews

Ezra Jack Keats, A Bibliography and Catalogue

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Overheard on a Saltmarsh: Poets’ Favourite Poems

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Pictures from the Fire

Gaye Hiçyilmaz
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

J K Rowling
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Evie and the Man Who Helped God

Michael Foreman
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DK Guide to Mammals

Ben Morgan
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The Shape Game

Anthony Browne
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A Sterkarm Kiss

Susan Price
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Grass

C Z Nightingale
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Captain Duck

Jez Alborough
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Little One Step

Simon James
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Line and Circle

Radhika Menon
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