Bfk 278 May 2026

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This issue’s cover illustration is from I Am Ray’s Imaginary Friend, written by Brian Moses, illustration by Bethan Welby. Thanks to Scallywag Press for their help with this cover.

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Secret of the Selkies

Laura Keohane
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Crow: Thief of Magic

Fiona Dixon
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The Othernauts

Clare Pollard
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Articles

Like a Brother: an interview with Nathanael Lessore
Nathanael Lessore interviewed by Michelle Pauli
Editorial 278
News from the children’s book world
Continuing the Story: Beginning Year Two of the GLL Literary Foundation
Beginning Year Two of the GLL Literary Foundation
A Reading Paradox Long in the Making
Our reading paradox is long in the making says Charlotte Hacking
Authorgraph number 278: Brian Moses
Brian Moses interviewed by Ferelith Hordon
Windows into Illustration Natalia Shaloshvili
Natalia Shaloshvili describes the creation of Bear
Michael Rosen at 80
The great man on five decades-plus of talking and listening to children.
What Baby Books do Babies Really Look at?
What do babies want in books
Picture This Seeing the Wood and the Trees
Nicolette Jones explores woods in picturebooks
Everything With Words, Nothing by Numbers
An interview with founder and publisher Mikka Haugaard
Beyond the Secret Garden: Multilingual Children’s Literature
Multilingual Children’s Literature by Darren Chetty and Karen Sands-O’Connor
We’re going to make a friend
Karen Sands-O’Connor interviews Darren Chetty about his debut picturebook
Letterbox Library Recommends: Tower Blocks Rise Up
Letterbox Library on the rise of tower blocks in picturebooks
Alexis Deacon: saving the world with picturebooks
Alexis Deacon interviewed by Nicolette Jones
Kristyna Litten: I Wish I’d Written
Kristyna Litten chooses a book with love at its core.
Valediction Number 27: Perkin the Pedlar
Brian Alderson wraps up another precious book
Dragon Diaspora: An interview with Natasha Bowen
Natasha Bowen talks to Tanja Jennings
A Q&A interview with Will Hamilton-Davies
A Q&A interview with Will Hamilton-Davies, author of The Mole and the Mound (and the House Underground)

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