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BfK 147 July 2004

July 1, 2004/in /by Richard Hill

This issue’s cover illustration by Adrian Reynolds is from Julia Jarman’s Big Red Bath, published by Orchard Books (1 84362 406 0, £10.99 hbk). Julia Jarman is interviewed by Stephanie Nettell on page 8. Thanks to Orchard Books for their help with this July cover.

New Talent

How to Catch a Star

Oliver Jeffers
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Editor's Choice

Charlie Chick

Nick Denchfield, Ant Parker
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Articles

Editorial 147: July 2004
News and comment from the Editor.
Chart Toppers
Alex Hamilton on what drives children’s book sales.
Looking for Bestsellers
Caroline Horn on changes in children’s publishing.
Authorgraph No.147: Julia Jarman
Julia Jarman interviewed by Stephanie Nettell
50 Years of Book Aid
Nicola Cadbury on a charity that gets books to children.
The Carnegie and Greenaway Medals
Rosemary Stones assesses the shortlists.
Hal’s Reading Diary: July 2004
Roger Mills on Hal’s latest craze.
Shadowing the Greenaway
Sue Bastone on how shadowing worked in an exclusion unit.
BfK News: July 2004
Prizes * Events
Useful Organisations No.34
UKLA
I Wish I’d Written: Tony Mitton
Tony Mitton on Julia Donaldson’s The Gruffalo.
Good Reads: Moulsecoomb Primary School
Reviews from pupils of Moulsecoomb Primary School, Brighton.
Classics in Short No.46: Tintin
Brian Alderson on Hergé’s Tintin.

Book Reviews

Midwinter Nightingale

Joan Aiken
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Something Wicked

Sherry Ashworth
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The House on Falling Star Hill

Michael Molloy
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The Role of the United Nations

Simon Adams
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Sir Gadabout Goes Overboard

Martyn Beardsley
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Dear Zoo

Rod Campbell
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Who’s Been Eating My Porridge?

M Christina Butler
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Fergus the Sea Dog

Tony Maddox
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No More Teasing!

Emma Chichester Clark
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Handa’s Hen

Eileen Browne
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Princess Katrina and the Hair Charmer

Christina Shingler
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Beowulf

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