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BfK 167 November 2007

November 1, 2007/in /by Richard Hill

This issue’s cover illustration by Polly Dunbar is from David Almond’s My Dad’s a Birdman. David Almond writes about his new book. Thanks to Walker Books for their help with this November cover.

New Talent

Dirty Angels

Andrew Clover
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Editor's Choice

Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend

Melanie Watt
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Articles

Editorial 167: November 2007
News and comment from the Editor.
My Dad’s a Birdman
David Almond on his new novel.
A Hundred Years of Oxford University Press Children’s Books
Ron Heapy traces the history of Oxford University Press.
Reading in the Middle Years (9-11): Novels in the Middle Years
Fiona Collins explores the importance of novels.
The 2007 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award: Banco del Libro
Julia Eccleshare discusses this year’s winner, Banco del Libro
Authorgraph No.167: Mini Grey
Mini Grey is interviewed by Joanna Carey.
Laureate Log: November 2007
Michael Rosen reports on his laureateship.
Letter to the Editor: November 2007
Dear Editor...
Hal’s Reading Diary: November 2007
Roger Mills on Hal’s frustration with his literacy homework.
Good Reads: Trafalgar Junior School
Reviews from Trafalgar Junior School, Twickenham.
Classics in Short No.66: The Tailor of Gloucester
Brian Alderson on Beatrix Potter’s The Tailor of Gloucester.

Book Reviews

Tickly Octopus

Ruth Galloway
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I Spy: Colours in Art

Lucy Micklethwait
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Class Two at the Zoo

Julia Jarman
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Not Like Me

Marguerite Hann-Syme
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Wasim the Wanderer

Chris Ashley
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The Story of Bear

Hilary McKay
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Too Ghoul for School: 1. Terror in Cubicle Four

B Strange
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Hello! Is that Grandma?

Ian Whybrow
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Miaow!

Mick Inkpen
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The Sticky Rock Cafe

Susie Cornfield
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A Special Assembly

Debjani Chatterjee
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Escape from Colditz

Deborah Chancellor
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