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BfK No. 69 - July 1991

Cover Story
The illustration on the front of BfK this month is the cover of The Book of the Banshee by Anne Fine (see Authorgraph for details). The book is published by Hamish Hamilton and we thank them for their help in using Derek Brazell's illustration.

BfK No. 69 Articles

Editorial – July 1991

News and comment from the Editor.
SAT Upon

Liz Waterland asks 'What's it all in aid of?'
For Example, Take a Good Book

Veronica Heley on writing Christian fiction.
Authorgraph No.69: Anne Fine

Anne Fine interviewed by Valerie Bierman.
Sonsense Nongs

Michael Rosen reports on the BfK / A & C Black Nonsense Song Competition.
The Descent up to the Top Shelf

David Bennett reflects on choosing novels for class sharing.
Mother Goose ‘91

Anthony Browne reports on this year's winner and runners-up.
Using BfK in the Classroom

Teresa Cremin with ideas on how BfK might be used in the classroom.
BfK Briefing – July 1991

Awards * Obituary * Publication * Letters to the Editor
Faith in Story

Alan Brine assesses titles with a religious theme.

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 69

  • Under 5s
  • Ages 5-8
  • Ages 8-10
  • Ages 10-14
  • Ages 14+

Under 5s

  • Counting; Sorting

  • Little Bear Lost and Other Stories Old Bear and Other Stories
    Jane Hissey

  • The Tiger Who Came to Tea
    Judith Kerr

  • The Teddy Robber
    Ian Beck

  • We Love Them
    Martin Waddell

  • Dorothy's Dream
    Kady MacDonald Denton

  • Suzy's Shoes
    Susan Hill

  • The Twins in Greece
    Sally Kilory

  • The Twins in France
    Sally Kilory

  • Knickerless Nicola
    Kara May

  • I Wish I Liked Rice Pudding
    Joyce Dunbar

  • Babar the Pilot; Babar's Day Out; Babar Goes Camping; Babar and the Doctor
    Laurent De Brunhoff

  • Let's Go, Ben!
    Tony Bradman

  • Time to Get Up
    Susan Hellard

  • Me and My Dog; Me and My Cat
    Maureen Galvani

  • One Potato
    Sue Porter

  • Early Days
    Penelope Rippon

  • Peedie Peeble's Summer or Winter Book
    Mairi Hedderwick

  • Old MacDonald Had a Farm
    Prue Theobalds

  • My Little Book of Numbers; My Little Book of Colours
    Jan Ormerod

  • Animals Galore
    Patricia McCarthy

Ages 5-8

  • How Green Are You?
    David Bellamy

  • Amazing Butterflies and Moths ¦ Amazing Crocodiles and Reptiles ¦ Amazing Fish ¦ Amazing Monkeys
    John Still

  • Wood
    Sue Dyson

  • Lion at School and Other Stories
    Philippa Pearce

  • Vanishing Cream and Friends
    Johnny Morris

  • The Space Boat

  • The Summertime Santa
    Hugh Scott

  • Henry and the Sea
    Joe Buffalo Stuart
    Alexander Stuart

  • The School Trip
    Nick Butterworth
    Mick Inkpen

  • The Fizziness Business ¦ Almost Goodbye, Guzzler
    Robin Kingsland

  • Fifty Red Night Caps
    Inga Moore

  • The Tale of Peter Rabbit ¦ The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck
    Beatrix Potter

  • Cloudy
    Deborah King

  • Josie Smith at School ¦ It's Not Fair!
    Magdalen Nabb

  • Grandma's Bill
    Martin Waddell

  • Ears and the Secret Song
    Meryl Doney

  • Amy Said
    Martin Waddell

  • Python's Party
    Brian Wildsmith

  • My First Picture Joke Book
    Shoo Rayner

  • The Hefty Fairy - The Tale of a Tooth Fairy
    Nicholas Allan

  • Walk Rabbit Walk
    Elizabeth Attenborough
    Colin McNaughton

  • The Sneeze
    David Lloyd

  • Willie Whiskers
    Margaret Gordon

  • Dilly the Dinosaur, Superstar
    Tony Bradman

  • Henry Pond the Poet
    Dick King-Smith

  • The Great White Man-Eating Shark - a Cautionary Tale
    Margaret Mahy

  • Awkward Aardvark

Ages 8-10

  • The Living House
    Nigel Hester

  • Ant ¦ Shark ¦ Snake ¦ Spider
    Michael Chinery

  • Babies ¦ Christmas ¦ Keeping Clean ¦ Rubbish
    Jenny Wood

  • Monstrosities
    Charles Fuge

  • Laughter is an Egg
    John Agard

  • Warboy
    Michael Foreman

  • Staying Nine
    Pam Conrad

  • The Glass Bird
    Enid Richemont

  • Spaceboy at Burlap Hall
    Virginia Ironside

  • Winjin' Pom
    Terrance Dicks
    Richard Carpenter

  • The Return of the Baked Bean
    Debra Oswald

  • A Gerbil in the Hoover
    Jerome Fletcher

  • Henry Goes Green
    Maureen Stewart

  • Rescuing Gloria
    Gillian Cross

  • The Island of Horses
    Eilis Dillon

  • A First Golden Treasury of Animal Verse

  • The Spell Singer and Other stories

  • Spitfire Summer
    Terrance Dicks

  • Roseanne and the Magic Mirror
    Virginia Ironside

  • Rhinestone Rhino
    Adrian Henri

Ages 10-14

  • Experimenting with Technology and Invention
    Alan Ward

  • The Children of Green Knowe
    Lucy Boston

  • Billy Bunter Gets the Boot
    Frank Richards

  • The Last Slice of Rainbow and Other Stories
    Joan Aiken

  • The Whisper
    Gina Wilson

  • Tug of War
    Joan Lingard

  • Our Kid
    Ann Pilling

  • Things in Corners
    Ruth Park

  • The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
    Avi

  • The Middle of Somewhere
    Sheila Gordon

  • Unbearable!
    Paul Jennings

  • Potts: The double life of E W Potts schoolboy
    Jim Eldridge

  • The Game of Life
    Norma Howe

  • South by South-East
    Anthony Horowitz

Ages 14+

  • Small Wonder - a new approach to understanding nature
    Mari Friend

  • Man in Motion
    Jan Mark

  • Some Other War
    Linda Newbery

  • Just Be Gorgeous
    Barbara Wersba

  • The Girl in the Box
    Ouida Sebestyen

  • The Silver Kiss
    Annette Curtis Klause

  • Daughters of Eve
    Lois Duncan

  • The Sandman's Eyes
    Patricia Windsor
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