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BfK 150 January 2005

January 1, 2005/in /by Richard Hill

This issue’s cover illustration by Tony Ross is from Eoin Colfer’s The Legend of Spud Murphy. Spud Murphy is discussed by Anne Faundez on page 3. Thanks to Puffin for their help with this November cover.

New Talent

The Cry of the Icemark

Stuart Hill
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Michael Rosen’s Sad Book

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Articles

Editorial 150: January 2005
News and comment from the Editor.
Spud Murphy Gets Kids Reading
Anne Faundez on Eoin Colfer’s new book for younger readers.
Early Years Reading: from hornbooks to electronic texts
Margaret Mallett on how children have been taught to read.
The Turning Point Conference – the state of young adult fiction
David Belbin on issues to do with Young Adult Fiction.
Hal’s Reading Diary: January 2005
Roger Mills on Hal’s search for the unfamiliar in his books.
The Place of World Affairs in Fiction
Julia Jarman on books about contemporary conflicts.
Windows into Illustration: Chris Wormell
Chris Wormell on his book George and the Dragon.
I Wish I’d Written: Jeremy Strong
Jeremy Strong on Sharon Creech’s Love That Dog.
Good Reads: Sacred Heart Convent School
Reviews from pupils of Sacred Heart Convent School, Swaffham, Norfolk.
Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award
David Hart on Felicity Alma’s ‘Search for My Voice’.
Take 3: Publicists
Revelations from Justin Somper, Mary Byrne and Adele Minchin.
Authorgraph No.150: Niki Daly
Niki Daly interviewed by Nicholas Tucker.
BfK News: January 2005
News * People * * Competition * Awards * Events * Publications
Useful Organisations No.36
School Library Association
Classics in Short No.49: The Midnight Folk
Brian Alderson on John Masefield’s The Midnight Folk.

Book Reviews

The Cry of the Icemark

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When an Elephant Comes to School

Jan Ormerod
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One Ted Falls Out of Bed

Julia Donaldson
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The Merrybegot

Julie Hearn
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Traitor

Gudrun Pausewang
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The Printer’s Devil

Paul Bajoria
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Is Anybody There?

Jean Ure
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The Whispering Roads

Livi Michael
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Tales of the Dead: Ancient Greece

Stewart Ross
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The Widow and the King

John Dickinson
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Peter Pan and Wendy

J M Barrie
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The Rabbits

John Marsden
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