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BfK 160 September 2006

September 1, 2006/in /by Richard Hill

This issue’s cover illustration by Getty Images is from Tim Bowler’s Frozen Fire. Tim Bowler is interviewed by Geoff Fox on page 12. Thanks to Oxford University Press for their help with this September cover.

New Talent

Beast

Ally Kennen
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Editor's Choice

The Cat Who Wanted to Go Home

Jill Tomlinson
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Articles

Editorial 160: September 2006
News and comment from the Editor.
Diversity Matters: growing markets in children’s publishing – How Committed Are Publishers to Publishing Black Writers?
Malorie Blackman describes her experiences of being published.
Diversity Matters: growing markets in children’s publishing – Conference Report
Shereen Pandit reports on her impressions.
Early Years Reading: Anna Wilson’s ‘Nina Fairy Ballerina’ series
Alison Kelly explores Anna Wilson’s ‘Nina Fairy Ballerina’ series
Waiting for a Jamie Oliver: Beyond bog-standard literacy
Henrietta Dombey assesses the arguments.
Authorgraph No.160: Tim Bowler
Tim Bowler interviewed by Geoff Fox.
BfK News: September 2006
People * Letters to the Editor
Useful Organisations No.46:
Bayard magazines for children
Hal’s Reading Diary: September 2006
Roger Mills on Hal’s science library.
I Wish I’d Written: Meg Rosoff
Meg Rosoff chooses Frances Hardinge’s Fly By Night.
Good Reads: King Edward VI Aston School
Reviews from King Edward VI Aston School, Aston, Birmingham.
Classics in Short No.59: The Jungle Books
Brian Alderson on Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Books.

Book Reviews

Running Shoes

Frederick Lipp
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My First Book of Garden Birds

Mike Unwin, Sarah Whittley
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Half Moon Investigations

Eoin Colfer
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The Tide Knot

Helen Dunmore
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Marco’s Pendulum

Thom Madley
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The Boy With the Lightning Feet

Sally Gardner
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Blade of Fire

Stuart Hill
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Obesity

Michaela Miller
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The Great Tug of War

Beverley Naidoo
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Malcolm X

Michael Benson
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A Horse Called El Dorado

Kevin Kiely
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Angel Blood

John Singleton
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