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BfK 146 May 2004

May 1, 2004/in /by Richard Hill

This issue’s cover illustration is from Jenny Nimmo’s The Blue Boa. Jenny Nimmo’s work is discussed by Julia Eccleshare on page 14. Thanks to Egmont for their help with this May cover.

New Talent

Once Upon a Time, Upon a Nest

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Girl, 15 Charming But Insane

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Articles

Editorial 146: May 2004
News and comment from the Editor.
Words About Pictures: Beginning the Conversation
Ghislaine Kenyon on the Words About Pictures seminar
Words About Pictures: The Primacy of Text
Brian Alderson on the principles of critical assessment.
Words About Pictures: Judging Illustration
Joanna Carey on what a reviewer needs to know.
Words About Pictures: Continuing the Conversation
Martin Salisbury on challenging illustration.
Novels in Verse, for Better or Worse
Peter Hollindale on the verse novel.
Authorgraph No.146: Jenny Nimmo
Jenny Nimmo interviewed by Julia Eccleshare.
BfK Profile: Gene Kemp
Gene Kemp in conversation with Philippa Milnes-Smith.
BfK News: May 2004
News * Prizes * Letter to the Editor
I Wish I’d Written: Theresa Breslin
Theresa Breslin on Sonya Hartnett's Thursday’s Child.
Good Reads: The William Allitt School
Reviews from pupils of The William Allitt School, Swadlincote, Derbyshire.
Useful Organisations No.33
Children's Literature in Education
Hal’s Reading Diary: May 2004
Roger Mills on Hal’s desire for the starring role.
Classics in Short No.45: The Winter Sleepwalker
Brian Alderson on Joan Aiken’s The Winter Sleepwalker.

Book Reviews

Once Upon a Time, Upon a Nest

Jonathan Emmett
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Now We Have a Baby

Lois Rock
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Oww!

Michael Rosen
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Caribbean Animals

Dawne Allette
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The Most Magnificent Mosque

Ann Jungman
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Pocket Guide to Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs

Richard Parkinson
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Rocks and Minerals

Caroline Bingham
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The City of Ember

Jeanne DuPrau
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Dating Hamlet

Lisa Fiedler
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Ruby Tanya

Robert Swindells
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The Lost Boys’ Appreciation Society

Alan Gibbons
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Kamo’s Escape

Daniel Pennac
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