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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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