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BfK 145 March 2004

March 1, 2004/in /by Richard Hill

This issue’s cover illustration is from Satoshi Kitamura’s Once Upon an Ordinary School Day. Satoshi Kitamura’s work is discussed by Martin Salisbury on page 6. Thanks to Andersen Press for their help with this March cover.

New Talent

Millions

Frank Cottrell Boyce
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Editor's Choice

All Kinds of Beliefs

Emma Damon
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Articles

Editorial 145: March 2004
News and comment from the Editor.
The Dog That Kept Barking and the other top titles of 2003
The top titles of 2003.
Authorgraph No.145: Satoshi Kitamura
Satoshi Kitamura interviewed by Martin Salisbury
BfK Profile: Marcus Sedgwick
Nicholas Tucker on the novels of Marcus Sedgwick.
Responding to Young Adult Fiction
Julie Bertagna on controversial subjects for teens.
Pullman’s Daemons
Margaret Rustin on daemons in Philip Pullman’s ‘His Dark Materials’.
Maple Ridge School Book Trail
Liz Taylor on setting up a book trail in a day special school.
BfK News: March 2004
News * Prizes * Letter to the Editor
Useful Organisations No.32
Talk to Your Baby
Hal’s Reading Diary: March 2004
Roger Mills on his son Hal at three years old.
I Wish I’d Written: Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz on Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines
Good Reads: Lanesborough School
Reviews by pupils from Lanesborough School, Guildford, Surrey.
Classics in Short No.44: Father Christmas
Brian Alderson on Raymond Briggs’s Father Christmas.

Book Reviews

The Orchard Book of Swords, Sorcerers and Superheroes

Tony Bradman
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The Legend of the Fish

Gita Wolf, Sirish Rao, Emanuele Scanziani
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Erika’s Story

Ruth Vander Zee
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Dog Days

Geraldine McCaughrean
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Free Lance and the Lake of Skulls

Paul Stewart
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Running Wilde

Jenny Oldfield
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When Mum Threw out the Telly

E F Smith
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The Good Child’s Guide to Rock’n’Roll

Carol Ann Duffy
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The Bee-man of Orn

Frank R Stockton
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Lemmy was a Diver

Colin McNaughton
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Blue Rabbit

Angela McAllister
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Dead Teachers Don’t Talk

David Belbin
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