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BfK 153 July 2005

July 1, 2005/in /by Richard Hill

This issue’s cover illustration is from Mick Manning and Brita Granström’s Yuck! Mick Manning and Brita Granström are interviewed by Ted Percy on page 14. Thanks to Frances Lincoln for their help with this July cover.

New Talent

Century

Sarah Singleton
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Editor's Choice

Yankee Girl

Mary Ann Rodman
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Articles

Editorial 153: July 2005
News and comment from the Editor.
Early Years Reading: First encounters with non-fiction
Margaret Mallett explores informational literacy.
Take 3: Non-fictionistas
Revelations about Penny Arlon, Ruth Hooper and Rebecca Gilpin.
Hal’s Reading Diary: July 2005
Roger Mills and Hal try reading in instalments.
The Multifarious Editions of Hans Christian Andersen
Brian Alderson on how Andersen has been published.
You’d Think They Could Get Their Facts Right
Felix Pirani’s typology of mistakes in non-fiction/reference titles.
I Wish I’d Written: Gwyneth Rees
Gwynneth Rees chooses Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden.
Foyle Young Poets of the Year
Fiona Sampson discusses Emma Lindley’s ‘The Weather Forecast for My Family’.
The Macmillan Prize
Martin Salisbury discusses its history and influence.
Authorgraph No.153: Mick Manning and Brita Granström
Mick Manning and Brita Granström interviewed by Ted Percy.
BfK News: July 2005
News * People * Event * Letters to the Editor
Useful Organisations No.39
The Roald Dahl Museum & Story Centre
Classics in Short No.52: Inside Outside Upside Down
Brian Alderson on Stan and Jan Berenstain’s Inside Outside Upside Down.

Book Reviews

Yuck!

Mick Manning, Brita Granström
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The Sea of Trolls

Nancy Farmer
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Peter Raven Under Fire

Michael Molloy
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The New Policeman

Kate Thompson
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The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips

Michael Morpurgo
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Century

Sarah Singleton
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Barkbelly

Cat Weatherill
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Yankee Girl

Mary Ann Rodman
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Paint Me a Poem: new poems inspired by art in the Tate

Grace Nichols
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Lucy Cat at the Farm

Catherine Bruzzone
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The Whisper

Bali Rai
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Tilly and the Wild Goats

Joan Lingard
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