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BfK 157 March 2006

March 1, 2006/in /by Richard Hill

This issue’s cover illustration is from John Burningham’s Edwardo. Edwardo is Editor’s Choice on page 19. Thanks to Random House Children’s Books for their help with this March cover.

New Talent

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

John Boyne
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Editor's Choice

Edwardo

John Burningham
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Articles

Editorial 157: March 2006
News and comment from the Editor.
Retrospective: The Endless Imagination of Joan Aiken
Peter Hollindale explores her legacy.
Going Solo
Sue Unstead on helpful handbooks.
Ted Hughes: Collected Poems for Children
Helen Taylor on the relevance of his work.
Reading Aloud with Michael Rosen
Michael Rosen on ways to put children and books together.
Authorgraph No.157: Linda Newbery
Linda Newbery interviewed by Kate Agnew.
Take 3: Children’s Librarians
Revelations from Annie Everall, Ian Dodds and Clive Barnes.
Hal’s Reading Diary: March 2006
Roger Mills on reading and memory.
I Wish I’d Written: Melvyn Burgess
Cathy Hopkins chooses Melvyn Burgess’ Junk.
Good Reads: Swanmead Middle School
Reviews from Swanmead Middle School, Somerset.
BfK News: March 2006
Events * Awards * Letters to the Editor
Useful Organisations No.43
Teen Critic
Classics in Short No.56: My Friend Mr Leakey
Brian Alderson on J B S Haldane’s My Friend Mr Leakey.

Book Reviews

Edwardo

John Burningham
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The Art Book for Children

Amanda Renshaw, Gilda Williams Ruggi
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While You Are Sleeping

Alexis Deacon
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Shoe Baby

Joyce Dunbar
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Little Daughter of the Snow

Arthur Ransome
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The Survival Game

Tim Wynne-Jones
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The Web of Fire

Steve Voake
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Blown Away

Patrick Cave
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The Toolbox

Anne Rockwell, Harlow Rockwell
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The Princess and the Pea

Lauren Child
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Something Invisible

Siobhán Parkinson
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Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain

Edward Ardizzone
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