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BfK 163 March 2007

March 1, 2007/in /by Richard Hill

This issue’s cover illustration is from Meg Rosoff’s Just In Case . Meg Rosoff is interviewed by Nicholas Tucker. Thanks to Penguin Books for their help with this March cover.

New Talent

Waves

Sharon Dogar
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Editor's Choice

Beware of the Storybook Wolves

Lauren Child
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Articles

Editorial 163: March 2007
News and comment from the Editor.
Teenagers Promoting Books – A Novel Idea
Nicola Morgan on how her new novel was promoted.
The Best Books of 2006
Rosemary Stones discusses the books that came to the top.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature
Brian Alderson assesses this new work of reference.
Windows into Illustration: Mairi Hedderwick
Mairi Hedderwick explains the thinking behind her illustration.
Authorgraph No.163: Meg Rosoff
Meg Rosoff interviewed by Nicholas Tucker.
‘Teaching’ Poems for Children: A Praise Poem
Robert Hull explores how to use a praise poem.
Take 3: Eponymous Imprints
David Fickling Books, Jane Nissen Books and Marion Lloyd Books.
Hal’s Reading Diary: March 2007
Roger Mills on Hal and thank you letters.
BfK News: March 2007
News * Letter to the Editor * Obituaries
Cool to be Clever: Getting Boys to Read
Phillip Wilkinson discusses boys and reading.
I Wish I’d Written: Stuart Hill
Stuart Hill chooses Rosemary Sutcliff’s Warrior Scarlet.
Good Reads: Broadwater School
Reviews from Broadwater School, Godalming, Surrey.
Classics in Short No.62: The Battle of Bubble and Squeak
Brian Alderson on Philippa Pearce’s The Battle of Bubble and Squeak.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature – additional information

Book Reviews

This Is All: The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn

Aidan Chambers
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The Adventures of Odysseus

Hugh Lupton, Daniel Morden
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The Thing with Finn

Tom Kelly
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Weedflower

Cynthia Kadohata
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Mustard, Custard, Grumble Belly and Gravy

Michael Rosen
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I Am the Great Horse

Katherine Roberts
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The Lost Happy Endings

Carol Ann Duffy
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The Invention of Childhood

Hugh Cunningham, Michael Morpurgo
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The Barefoot Book of Classic Poems

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Dirty Work

Julia Bell
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Finding Violet Park

Jenny Valentine
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Beware of the Storybook Wolves

Lauren Child
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