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BfK 169 March 2008

March 1, 2008/in /by Richard Hill

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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Emily Brown and the Thing

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Articles

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.

Book Reviews

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Blue Sky Freedom

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The Day the Baby Blew Away

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The Far Planets

Ian Graham
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Energy Crisis

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