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Valediction No.12: More Raverat

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…book thus turns out to be something of an anthology of Victorian writing. Morag Styles’s ‘Garden’ predominates mightily over ‘Street’ and offers the reader ‘a wicket-gate’, as Grahame puts it…

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Marcus Sedgwick

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…Russia written in the form of a fairy tale with an account of Arthur Ransome’s high-wire adventures during and after the revolution. He quotes from authentic Secret Service reports written…

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Authorgraph No.257: MG Leonard

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…area. These books may be her ‘homage to the Secret Seven’ but they were not to be some idealised middle-class way of life. Realising that birdwatching is a very seasonal…

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David Almond: A Retrospective

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…and secret rituals, act out fantasies, paint, draw and sculpt, write stories, and, most recently, in Jackdaw Summer, even create video installations. They engage intensely with the natural and social…

In Issues

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Bfk Issue BfK 15 July 1982

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On our cover this issue we feature The Secret of NIMH, the film based on Robert C O’Brien’s Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (0 14 03.0725 7, £1.10)….

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Bfk Issue BfK 104 May 1997

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…their companions, the secret annex in Amsterdam where they had been in hiding was locked up and everybody forbidden to enter it, since Jewish possessions became Nazi property and were…

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Bfk Issue BfK 67 March 1991

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The illustration on the front of BfK this month is the cover of The Secret of the Indian by Lynne Reid Banks (see Authorgraph for details). The book is published…

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Bfk Issue BfK 118 September 1999

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This issue’s cover is from a stunning new picture book, Mary’s Secret by David McKee (Andersen Press, 86264 909 9, £9.99). An ecological fable about doing without cars, McKee’s story…

In News

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The longlists for the 2024 Yoto Carnegies

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…Aaron Becker (Walker Books) Wolves in Helicopters by Paddy Donnelly, written by Sarah Tagholm (Andersen Press) April’s Garden by Catalina Echeverri, written by Isla McGuckin (Graffeg) The Concrete Garden by…

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2021 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize Winner

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…Wranglestone “Epic, eerie and seriously scary! Utterly brilliant!” and Cassia, Waterstones Covent Garden, praises how “fresh and original” the book feels, whilst Jess, Waterstones Worcester describes it as “beautifully written…

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Longlist Announced For 2021 Klaus Flugge Prize

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…by Isabel Otter, art director Thomas Truong, designer Emma Jennings (Caterpillar Books) The Last Garden, Anneli Bray, written by Rachel Ip, editor Frances Elks, art director Paula Burgess (Hodder Children’s…

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Longlists announced for 2021 UKLA Book Awards

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…illustrated by Chris Nielsen. (Big Picture Press) Africa, Amazing Africa written by Atinuke, illustrated by Mouni Feddag. (Walker Books) Gut Garden written and illustrated by by Katie Brosnan. (Cicada Books)…

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2024 Yoto Carnegies Shortlist

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…Garden by Catalina Echeverri, written by Isla McGuckin (Graffeg) Lost by Mariajo Ilustrajo (Quarto) The Wilderness by Steve McCarthy (Walker Books) To the Other Side by Erika Meza (Hachette Children’s…

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2022 Yoto Carnegie Greenaway Winners Announced

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…is a heart-warming, immersive wordless picture book that uncovers the secret life of animals who prowl a fairground at night, featuring sumptuous use of colour and contrast. Jennifer Horan, Chair…

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UKLA Book Award winners 2020

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…14+ category No Fixed Address, Susin Nielsen, Andersen Press, The judges praised Nielsen’s book for the way it humanises the hard-hitting subject of homelessness. Nielsen previously won with The Secret…

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