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BfK 164 May 2007

May 1, 2007/in /by Richard Hill

This issue’s cover is from Philip Reeve’s Here Lies Arthur . Philip Reeve is interviewed by Geoff Fox. Thanks to Scholastic Children’s Books for their help with this May cover.

New Talent

The Inventors

Alexander Gordon Smith, Jamie Webb
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Editor's Choice

Ottoline and the Yellow Cat

Chris Riddell
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Articles

Editorial 164: May 2007
News and comment from the Editor.
BfK Profile: Julia Golding
Stephanie Nettell on the ‘Cat Royal’ trilogy.
The Depiction of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in Contemporary Children’s Fiction: Part 1
Professor Fouad Moughrabi discusses Broken Bridge.
‘Teaching’ Poems for Children: A Chinese Poem
Robert Hull explores how to use a Chinese poem.
Authorgraph No.164: Philip Reeve
Philip Reeve is interviewed by Geoff Fox.
Turning Young Readers on to the Classics
Peter Hollindale looks at editions aimed at young readers.
An Innovative Publisher: Tara Books
Nicky Potter meets the people behind the imprint.
I Wish I’d Written: Justin Somper
Justin Somper chooses S E Hinton’s The Outsiders.
Hal’s Reading Diary: May 2007
Roger Mills is read to by Hal.
Useful Organisations No.49
Children’s Book Sequels: what comes next?
BfK News: May 2007
News * Letter to the Editor * Event
Good Reads: Hitchin Boys’ School
Reviews from Hitchin Boys’ School, Hertfordshire.
Classics in Short No.63: English Fairy Tales
Brian Alderson on Joseph Jacobs’s English Fairy Tales and More English Fairy Tales.

Book Reviews

Set in Stone

Linda Newbery
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Monkey and Me

Emily Gravett
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The Wild Girl

Chris Wormell
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Jacky Daydream

Jacqueline Wilson
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Home Now

Lesley Beake
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Silverhorse

Lene Kaaberbol
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The Tale of Tales

Tony Mitton
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Blart II: The Boy Who Was Wanted Dead or Alive – or Both

Dominic Barker
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I was a Schoolboy Bridegroom

Alex Shearer
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Tug of War

Catherine Forde
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Here Lies Arthur

Philip Reeve
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Ottoline and the Yellow Cat

Chris Riddell
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