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BfK 158 May 2006

May 1, 2006/in /by Richard Hill

This issue’s cover illustration is from Simon Bartram’s Up for the Cup! due to be published in September. Thanks to Templar Publishing for their help with this May cover.

New Talent

The Wind Tamer

P R Morrison
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Editor's Choice

The Book of Everything

Guus Kuijer
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Articles

Editorial 158: May 2006
News and comment from the Editor.
Marginalising Essentials
Robert Hull on interventionism in the teaching of English.
Fiction Publishing in the 21st Century
Cally Poplak assesses the potential of iCUE.
A Sailor’s Life for Me
Janet Fisher discusses historical novels about Trafalgar.
Authorgraph No.158: Simon Bartram
Simon Bartram interviewed by Martin Salisbury.
What Happens During Shared Reading?
Vincent Reid explores new research findings.
Hal’s Reading Diary: May 2006
Roger Mills on competitive parents.
Good Reads: Stanchester Community School
Reviews from Stanchester Community School, Somerset.
BfK News: May 2006
Events * Awards * Letters to the Editor
Useful Organisations No.44
BRAW
I Wish I’d Written: Kate Thompson
Kate Thompson chooses Jan Mark’s The Eclipse of the Century.
Classics in Short No.57: Nurse Matilda
Brian Alderson on Christianna Brand’s Nurse Matilda.

Book Reviews

Waiting for the Future: Poems by children on poverty and bad housing

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Tersias

G P Taylor
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Let’s Get Lost

Sarra Manning
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Forged in the Fire

Ann Turnbull
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Ten Steps to Bedtime

Britta Teckentrup
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Silent to the Bone

E L Konigsburg
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The Book of Everything

Guus Kuijer
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Ouch! I Need a Plaster!

Nick Sharratt
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Counting Cockatoos

Stella Blackstone
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A Darkling Plain

Philip Reeve
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The Ultimate Teen Book Guide

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Peace Weavers

Julia Jarman
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