BOOKS FOR KEEPS

is the UK’s leading, independent children’s book magazine. It was launched in 1980 and ever since has been reviewing hundreds of new children’s books each year and publishing articles on every aspect of writing for children. There are over 12,500 reviews on our new website and more than 2,000 articles including interviews with the top children’s authors and illustrators.

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A response to the 2024 CLPE Reflecting Realities Survey from Darren Chetty and Karen Sands-O’Connor. In 2015, when Karen first came to the UK to work as a Leverhulme fellow with Seven Stories, it was possible to be aware of nearly all the books publish …

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Bfk 269 November 2024

This issue’s cover illustration is from The Carousel Horse by Tony Mitton illustrations by Penny Neville-Lee. Thanks to Bloomsbury Children’s Books for their help with this cover.

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