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BfK 159 July 2006

July 20, 2006/in /by Richard Hill

This issue’s cover illustration by Carol Lawson is from Cornelia Funke’s Inkspell. Cornelia Funke is interviewed by Nicholas Tucker on page 8. Thanks to The Chicken House for their help with this July cover.

New Talent

The Year the Gypsies Came

Linzi Glass
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Editor's Choice

Star Dancer

Beth Webb
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Articles

Editorial 159: July 2006
News and comment from the Editor.
Visual surprise and innovation? New British picture books
Martin Salisbury assesses new picture books.
Early Years Reading: Leigh Hobbs’ ‘Old Tom’ series
Margaret Mallett explores Leigh Hobbs’ ‘Old Tom’ series
Back to Basics
Robert Hull on approaches that enable children’s writing.
Authorgraph No.159: Cornelia Funke
Cornelia Funke interviewed by Nicholas Tucker.
I Wish I’d Written: Robert Swindells
Robert Swindells chooses Julia Jarman’s Peace Weavers.
Good Reads: Rednock School
Reviews from Rednock School, Dursley, Gloucestershire.
BfK News: July 2006
Letters to the Editor
Phyllis Hunt (1927-2006)
A tribute by Penny Sibson
Useful Organisations No.45
childrensillustrators.com
Hal’s Reading Diary: July 2006
Roger Mills on how Hal doesn’t like help with reading.
Return Ticket to Newcastle
Brian Alderson on the collaborative work of the Ahlbergs.
Classics in Short No.58: Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel and Katy and the Big Snow
Brian Alderson on Virginia Lee Burton’s Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel and Katy and the Big Snow.

Book Reviews

Cheep! Cheep!

Julie Stiegemeyer
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Imagine

Ruth Brown
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It’s So Unfair!

Pat Thomson
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The Wooden Dragon

Joan Aiken
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Hey Crazy Riddle!

Trish Cooke
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Seven Welsh Folk Tales

Richard Eastwood
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Road Closed

Jan Mark
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Tree

Penelope Arlon
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Plague Sorcerer

Christopher Russell
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Boudica

Richard Brassey
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The High King

Lloyd Alexander
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The Giant Under the Snow

John Gordon
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