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BfK 151 March 2005

March 1, 2005/in /by Richard Hill

This issue’s cover illustration is from Grace Nichols’ Everybody Got a Gift. Grace Nichols is interviewed by Morag Styles on page 14. Thanks to A & C Black for their help with this March cover.

New Talent

The Dreamwalker’s Child

Steve Voake
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Editor's Choice

Polo Finds a Friend

Mathew Price
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Articles

Editorial 151: March 2005
News and comment from the Editor.
Early Years Reading: getting young readers passionate about books
Alison Kelly explains ways to ‘cultivate’ young readers.
The Best Stories of 2004
Librarians and booksellers recommend their top titles.
BfK Profile: Philippa Pearce
Julia Eccleshare looks at her distinguished career.
Hal’s Reading Diary: March 2005
Roger Mills explores Hal’s obsession with books on knights.
The Art of the Translator: translating children’s books into English
Nicholas Tucker on translating children’s books into English.
Take 3: Laureates
Revelations from Quentin Blake, Anne Fine and Michael Morpurgo.
BfK News: March 2005
News * Awards * Letters to the Editor * Events
Useful Organisations No.37
Itchy Coo
Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award
Jean Sprackland discusses Nimrah Zeb’s ‘My Two Week Cat’.
Authorgraph 151: Grace Nichols
Grace Nichols interviewed by Morag Styles.
I Wish I’d Written: Anne Cassidy
Anne Cassidy chooses Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.
Good Reads: King Edward VI School
Reviews from pupils of King Edward VI School, Bury St Edmunds.
Classics in Short No.50: The Box of Delights
Brian Alderson on John Masefield’s The Box of Delights.

Book Reviews

Lucy and the Big Bad Wolf

Ann Jungman
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Horse Tales

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Back to The Divide

Elizabeth Kay
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Amadans

Malachy Doyle
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The Bad Mood!

Moritz Petz
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One Chance

Steve May
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Swedish Folk Tales

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At the Firefly Gate

Linda Newbery
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The Ice Road

Jaap ter Haar
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Oscar and Hoo Forever

Theo
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Blood on Snow

Tim Bowler
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Football Fantasy Thames United 4 4 2

Jonathan Sutherland
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