BfK 169 March 2008

This issue’s cover (photograph by Kamil Vojnar) is from Siobhan Dowd’s Bog Child. Siobhan Dowd is remembered by Julia Eccleshare on page 12. Thanks to Random House Children’s Books for their help with this January cover.

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Editorial 169: March 2008

News and comment from the Editor.

Don’t Take It as Read: a disturbing bedtime story

Joanna Oldham explains the research into bedtime reading.

Laureate Log: March 2008

Michael Rosen reports on his laureateship.

Hal’s Reading Diary: March 2008

Roger Mills on how a story on tape gave Hal reading confidence.

Using Children’s Literature to Challenge Homophobia in Primary Schools

Elizabeth Atkinson and Renée DePalma report on research conducted by the No Outsiders project.

Reading in the Middle Years (9-11): Assessing the uses and quality of laughter and subversion in children’s poetry

Andrew Lambirth explores the role of subversive poetry.

What happened to England’s National Literacy Strategy?

Henrietta Dombey assesses the evidence.

Authorgraph No.169: Siobhan Dowd

Siobhan Dowd is remembered by Julia Eccleshare.

I Wish I’d Written: Sarah Garland

Sarah Garland chooses William Steig’s Sylvester and the Magic Pebble.

Good Reads: Bookworms Club for home-educated children

Reviews from Bookworms Book Club.

Classics in Short No.68: Pippi Longstocking

Brian Alderson on Astrid Lindgren’s Pippi Longstocking.

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