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BfK 162 January 2007

January 1, 2007/in /by Richard Hill

This issue’s cover illustration by Peter Bailey is from Alexander McCall Smith’s Akimbo and the Snakes . Alexander McCall Smith is interviewed by Julia Eccleshare on page 10. Thanks to Bloomsbury Children’s Books for their help with this January cover.

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The Black Books of Secrets

F E Higgins
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The Incredible Book Eating Boy

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Articles

Editorial 162: January 2007
News and comment from the Editor.
Toxic Childhood: Is the world damaging our children?
Nicholas Tucker discusses Sue Palmer’s book on modern childhood.
On Being the Children’s Laureate
Jacqueline Wilson looks back on her Laureateship.
Early Years Reading: Francesca Simon’s ‘Horrid Henry’ series
Janet Evans explores Francesca Simon’s ‘Horrid Henry’ series.
Hal’s Reading Diary: January 2007
Roger Mills on Hal’s discovery of Roald Dahl.
Diversity Matters: Growing markets in children’s publishing
Kate Evans on the lack of suitable titles for Traveller children.
Take 3: Poets
Valerie Bloom, Tony Mitton and Michael Rosen take poetic form.
Authorgraph No.162: Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander McCall Smith interviewed by Julia Eccleshare.
In the Picture: The Story So Far Conference
Julia Eccleshare reports on disability issues in children’s literature.
I Wish I’d Written: Mick Manning
Mick Manning chooses Jeanne Willis’s Tadpole’s Promise.
Good Reads: St Christina’s School
Reviews from St Christina’s School, North London.
BfK News: January 2007
Useful Organisation * Letters to the Editor * News * Obituaries
Useful Organisations No.48
100 Great Black Brotons
Classics in Short No.61: Old Peter’s Russian Tales
Brian Alderson on Arthur Ransome’s Old Peter’s Russian Tales.

Book Reviews

A Port Through Time

Dr Anne Millard
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The Rights of the Reader

Daniel Pennac
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Pretty Salma

Niki Daly
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Jango

William Nicholson
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Daft Bat

Jeanne Willis
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The Incredible Book Eating Boy

Oliver Jeffers
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George Saves the World by Lunchtime

Jo Readman
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Alone on a Wide Wide Sea

Michael Morpurgo
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Water Witcher

Jan Ormerod
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Dark Tales from the Woods

Daniel Morden
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Starring Tracy Beaker

Jacqueline Wilson
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Blowout

Susan Vaught
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