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BfK 41 November 1986

November 1, 1986/in /by Richard Hill

This issue’s cover is from Rodney Peppe’s The Mice and the Clockwork Bus. Rodney Peppe is interviewed by Stephanie Nettell.

Articles

Editorial 41: November 1986
News and comment from the Editor.
A Season to be Giving
Pat Triggs selects books about Christmas.
On the Permanence of Pooh
To mark the sixtieth anniversary of the first appearance of A. A. Milne's famous bear, Chris Powling offers an essay
Sharing a Story
Pat Thomson explains the thinking behind her new series
Noel Streatfeild
Noel Streatfeild, a writer of modern classics, is recalled by one of her editors, Susan Dickinson.
Rabbits, mice … and children
Aspects of Beatrix Potter.
Classics on the Screen – The Children of Green Knowe and The Little Princess
Lucy Boston and Frances Hodgson Burnett adapted for television.
Authorgraph No.41: Rodney Peppé
Rodney Peppé interviewed by Stephanie Nettell
Talk Back: Response to a Jaded Jury
Tudor Humphries, an artist whose first children's book was published last year, talks back to the Mother Goose judges.
Make a Note of These
Hardbacks to look for, selected by Pat Triggs.
BfK News: November 1986
News about what's happening in the children's book world.
Sound & Vision: November 1986
News of books on films and television.

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