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BfK 149 November 2004

November 1, 2004/in /by Richard Hill

This issue’s cover illustration is from Julia Donaldson’s The Gruffalo’s Child illustrated by Axel Scheffler. Axel Scheffler is interviewed by Martin Salisbury on page 6. Thanks to Macmillan Children’s Books for their help with this November cover.

New Talent

Poolboy

Michael Simmons
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Editor's Choice

Jasper’s Bath

Anna Currey
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Articles

Editorial 149: November 2004
News and comment from the Editor.
Stringing Words Together
Jennifer Donnelly on the influence of family storytelling.
Books for Giving
Wonderful books to give for Christmas.
Authorgraph No.149: Axel Scheffler
Axel Scheffler interviewed by Martin Salisbury.
Larks and Liberation
Mary Cadogan and Patricia Craig on the evolution of the school story.
Bfk Profile: Louis Sachar
Julia Eccleshare meets the author of Holes.
Hal’s Reading Diary: November 2004
Roger Mills on Hal’s memory for sounds.
BfK News: November 2004
News * Awards * Events * Letter to the Editor
I Wish I’d Written: Cornelia Funke
Cornelia Funke on Clive Barker's Abarat.
Good Reads: Wells Cathedral Schoo
Reviews by pupils from Wells Cathedral School, Somerset.
Classics in Short No.48: Lavender’s Blue
Brian Alderson on Kathleen Lines and Harold Jones’s Lavender’s Blue.

Book Reviews

Cities of Blood

Peter Ackroyd
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Lizzie’s Wish

Adèle Geras
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The Future of the Earth: An Introduction to Sustainable Development for Children

Yann Arthus-Bertrand
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Poo: A Natural History of the Unmentionable

Nicola Davies
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Roman Fort

Mick Manning, Brita Granström
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Web of Lies

Beverley Naidoo
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Once Upon a Poem: Favourite Poems that Tell Stories

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Night Sky Atlas

Robin Scagell
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Yakov and the Seven Thieves

Madonna
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I am a Diplodocus

Karen Wallace
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How I Live Now

Meg Rosoff
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Jasper’s Bath

Anna Currey
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