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BfK No. 132 - January 2002

Cover Story
This issue's cover is from Theresa Breslin's Remembrance. Theresa Breslin is interviewed by George Hunt. Thanks to Transworld Children's Books for their help with this January cover.

BfK No. 132 Articles

Editorial - January 2002

News and comment from the Editor.
New Teenage Lists

Julia Eccleshare on publishing for teens.
Windows into Illustration: Jez Alborough

Jez Alborough on his recent picture book, Fix-It Duck.
Why Babies Need Books

Susan Straub on using Owl Babies with teenage mums.
Inspiring 'Reluctant' Readers

Jane Gardiner on how Tim became a reader and Alison Forrest on a book that's anything but flat...
Authorgraph No.132: Theresa Breslin

Theresa Breslin interviewed by George Hunt.
Studying Children's Literature

Margaret Meek on the 'Contemporary Classics of Children's Literature' series.
The Craft of Writing?

Jan Mark on the role of the editor.
BfK Briefing - January 2002

News * Awards * Publications * Letter to the Editor
Useful Organisations No:19: Booktrust

Independent charity promoting books and reading via projects, including Bookstart and Children's Book Week, and several literary prizes.
I Wish I'd Written... Shadow the Sheepdog

Gaye Hiçyilmaz chooses Enid Blyton's Shadow the Sheepdog.
Good Reads: Beachborough

Reviews from pupils of Beachborough, Northamptonshire.
Classics in Short No.31: Moomintroll series

Brian Alderson on the Moomintroll series.

Editor's Choice

What Planet Are You From Clarice Bean?
Lauren Child
(Orchard Books)
5

Lauren Child does not put a foot wrong in this latest Clarice Bean picture book in which Clarice becomes an eco-warrior by helping to save a tree. A classroom project on the environment introduces us to Clarice's teacher and class mates - all...

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New Talent

Feather Boy
Nicky Singer
(HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks)
5

Bullied on the way to school and then tormented at school, 12-year-old Robert does not want to burden his hardworking single parent mum with his troubles. A school project working with people in an old people's home initially seems destined to...

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All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 132

  • Under 5s
  • Ages 5-8
  • Ages 8-10
  • Ages 10-14
  • Ages 14+
  • Books About Children's Books

Under 5s

  • Crossing
    Philip Booth
    5

  • Little Farmer Joe
    Ian Whybrow
    5

  • Five Little Fiends
    Sarah Dyer
    4

  • The Water Hole
    Graeme Base
    4

  • The Pear in the Pear Tree
    Pamela Allen
    4

  • Flop-Ear and Annie
    Guido Van Genechten
    4

  • Three Cheers for Ostrich!
    Francesca Simon
    4

  • Racing Bears ¦ Pudding Face ¦ Ness the Nurse
    Steve Lavis
    4

  • Old Bob's Brown Bear
    Niki Daly
    4

  • Bark, George
    Jules Feiffer
    4

  • Flora's Blanket
    Debi Gliori
    4

  • Babies like ME!
    Malachy Doyle
    4

  • Carlo Likes Reading
    Jessica Spanyol
    3

  • Bringing Down the Moon
    Jonathan Emmett
    3

  • Hen goes to Market
    Mark Birchall
    3

  • Toffee's New Friend
    Sally Chambers
    3

  • Silly Goose and Daft Duck Try to Catch a Rainbow ¦ Ten in a Bed ¦ Goodbye, Hello!
    Sally Grindley
    2

Ages 5-8

  • Bat Loves the Night
    Nicola Davies
    5

  • A Poem a Day
    5

  • What Planet Are You From Clarice Bean?
    Lauren Child
    5

  • One Tiny Turtle
    Nicola Davies
    4

  • Snow Dog
    Malorie Blackman
    3

  • The Glass Heart: a tale of three princesses
    Sally Gardner
    3

  • Rufferella
    Vanessa Gill-Brown
    3

  • Creepy Castle
    Colin Hawkins
    Jacqui Hawkins
    2

Ages 8-10

  • Ocean World
    David Orme
    Helen Bird
    5

  • A Christmas Carol
    Charles Dickens
    5

  • Snollygoster and Other Poems
    Helen Dunmore
    5

  • Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life
    David Lambert
    Darren Naish
    Elizabeth Wyse
    5

  • Jim Hawkins and the Curse of Treasure Island
    Francis Bryan
    4

  • Midnight Blue
    Pauline Fisk
    4

  • Mr Majeika on the Internet
    Humphrey Carpenter
    4

  • Why Beethoven Threw the Stew
    Steven Isserlis
    3

  • Gold Rush ¦ Moon Landing ¦ The True Mystery of the Mary Celeste ¦ Titanic
    Valerie Wilding
    3

  • The House of Arden
    E Nesbit
    3

  • More Stories to Make You Think
    Heather Butler
    3

  • Funny Frank
    Dick King-Smith
    3

  • The Little Duke
    Charlotte M Yonge
    3

  • The Puffin Book of Stories for Ten-Year-Olds
    3

  • 100 Best Poems for Children
    3

  • The Children Who Lived in a Barn
    Eleanor Graham
    2

  • The Witch Trade
    Michael Molloy
    2

  • Out of the Ashes
    Michael Morpurgo
    2

  • The Driftway
    Penelope Lively
    2

  • The Nation's Favourite Children's Poems
    1

Ages 10-14

  • Gathering Blue
    Lois Lowry
    5

  • Feather Boy
    Nicky Singer
    5

  • The Pearl ¦ The Red Pony
    John Steinbeck
    5

  • Adults Only
    Morris Gleitzman
    5

  • The 14th Dalai Lama
    Whitney Stewart
    4

  • Song Quest ¦ Crystal Mask
    Katherine Roberts
    4

  • Sabrina Fludde
    Pauline Fisk
    3

  • The Usborne Book of Peoples of the World
    Gillian Doherty
    Anna Claybourne
    2

  • Shakespeare Stories: A Midsummer Night's Dream
    Leon Garfield
    2

  • Dr Franklin's Island
    Ann Halam
    2

  • Holly Starcross
    Berlie Doherty
    2

Ages 14+

  • And what about Anna?
    Jan Simoen
    5

  • Daughter
    Ishbel Moore
    4

  • Stargirl
    Jerry Spinelli
    4

  • Haiti: Land of Inequality ¦ Kurdistan: Region under Siege ¦ Tibet: Disputed Land ¦ Sudan: North against South ¦ Rwanda: Country Torn Apart
    Mary C Turck
    3

Books About Children's Books

  • The Reader in the Writer: The links between the study of literature and writing development at Key Stage 2
    Myra Barrs
    Valerie Cork
    5

  • Tintin: The Complete Companion
    Michael Farr
    3

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THE 2020 LITTLE REBELS AWARD SHORTLIST

The shortlist for the 2020 Little Rebels Award has been announced. The Little Rebels Award celebrates children’s fiction which challenges stereotypes, promotes social justice and advocates for a more peaceful and fairer world.

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The winners of the 2020 UKLA Book Awards have been announced.

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The UKLA Book Awards are the only awards to be judged entirely by teachers and highlight texts that can ‘enhance all aspects of literacy learning’.

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The shortlist for the Klaus Flugge Prize has been announced. 2020 is the fifth year of the prize, which was set up to honour Klaus Flugge, founder of Andersen Press and an extremely influential figure in children’s picture books. It is awarded to the most promising and exciting newcomer to children’s picture book illustration.

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