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BfK No. 136 - September 2002

Cover Story
This issue's cover illustration is from Jill Murphy's All for One. Jill Murphy is interviewed by Joanna Carey. Thanks to Walker Books for their help with this September cover.

BfK No. 136 Articles

Editorial - September 2002

News and comment from the Editor.
Citizenship in the Curriculum

Sue Unstead on useful books.
Windows into Illustration: Korky Paul

Korky Paul on his new picture book, Captain Teachum's Buried Treasure.
Authorgraph No.136: Jill Murphy

Jill Murphy interviewed by Joanna Carey.
Teen Fiction – where to from here?

James Watson on citizenship beyond the curriculum.
Hal’s Reading Diary - September 2002

Roger Mills on his son Hal at 18 months.
Traveller Education Publications

Thomas Acton on a developing publishing area.
Not a Vintage Year

Rosemary Stones on the Carnegie/Greenaway Medal winners.
Shadowing the Carnegie

Nick Attwood and pupils from Bristol Grammar School on the Carnegie winner and shortlist.
The Depiction of Islam in Children’s Non-Fiction

Shereen Pandit on the need for diversity.
BfK Briefing - September 2002

News * Events * Awards * Obituary

 
Useful Organisations No.23: MA Children's Book Illustration at APU, Cambridge

Unique course emphasising all round creative development of the artist/author.
I Wish I’d Written... Stones in Water

Rachel Anderson chooses Donna Jo Napoli's Stones in Water.
Good Reads: Glenmoor School

Reviews from pupils of Glenmoor School, Bournemouth.
Classics in Short No.35: The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Brian Alderson on Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Peter Rabbit.

Editor's Choice

The Colour of Home
Mary Hoffman
(Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd)
5

Hassan, a refugee from Somalia, spends his first day at his new school in Britain. Everything is so different and it is hard for him to respond to friendliness from his new classmates. His imaginative teacher invites him to paint a picture and in...

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New Talent

Girl in the Attic
Valerie Mendes
(Simon & Schuster Children's)
3

When 13-year-old Nathan's parents split up the news comes as a shock. Ironically, his mum is an Agony Aunt but her skills appear to have deserted her as she springs more and more surprises on her son. The greatest of these is her plan to move to...

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All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 136

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

Under 5s

  • Double the Love
    Bernard Ashley
    4

  • My Beak, Your Beak; My Nose, Your Nose
    Melanie Walsh
    3

  • Hansel and Gretel
    3

  • Shark in the Park!
    Nick Sharratt
    3

  • Little Oops!; Little Goal!; Little Suddenly!; Little Boo!
    Colin McNaughton
    3

  • Rosie's Holiday
    Rachel Pank
    3

  • Let's Have Fun; Let's Feed the Ducks; Let's Go to Bed; Let's Go to Playgroup
    Verna Wilkins
    3

Ages 5-8

  • Scritch Scratch
    Miriam Moss
    5

  • Man on the Moon: a day in the life of Bob
    Simon Bartram
    5

  • The Colour of Home
    Mary Hoffman
    5

  • Underwater Farmyard
    Carol Ann Duffy
    5

  • One Hundred Shoes
    Tony Ross
    5

  • Henry Pond the Poet; Emily's Legs
    Dick King-Smith
    3

  • Billy the Bird / All Because of Jackson
    Dick King-Smith
    3

  • The Brave Little Grork
    Kathryn Cave
    3

  • Fat Cat
    James Sage
    3

Ages 8-10

  • Rainforest Insects and Spiders; Rainforest Mammals
    Edward Parker
    5

  • Caribou Journey
    Vivian French
    5

  • Six Storey House
    Geraldine McCaughrean
    4

  • The Worry Website
    Jacqueline Wilson
    4

  • Strange Exchange
    Pat Thomson
    4

  • Dimanche Diller; Dimanche Diller in Danger; Dimanche Diller at Sea
    Henrietta Branford
    4

  • Mary
    Brian Wildsmith
    4

  • Chinwe Roy - Artist
    Verna Wilkins
    3

  • The Invisible Boy
    Sally Gardner
    3

Ages 10-14

  • Wolf on the Fold
    Judith Clarke
    5

  • Degas and the Dance: The Painter and the Petits Rats, Perfecting Their Art
    Susan Goldman Rubin
    5

  • Coraline
    Neil Gaiman
    5

  • The Diary of a Teenage Health Freak; The Diary of the Other Health Freak
    Aidan Macfarlane
    Ann McPherson
    4

  • D-Day; Hiroshima
    Sean Sheehan
    4

  • Otto and the Flying Twins
    Charlotte Haptie
    4

  • Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident
    Eoin Colfer
    4

  • Blitzed
    Robert Swindells
    4

  • Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging
    Louise Rennison
    4

  • The Xenocide Mission
    Ben Jeapes
    3

  • Bend it like Beckham
    Narinder Dhami
    3

  • Crazy Games
    Sandra Glover
    3

  • Bill Gates: Computer Legend
    Sara Barton-Wood
    3

  • Girl in the Attic
    Valerie Mendes
    3

  • Spiggot's Quest
    Garry Kilworth
    2

  • Everything to Live For
    Stewart Ross
    2

Ages 14+

  • The Atlas of Endangered Species
    Richard Mackay
    4

  • Secrets
    TA Blezard
    4

  • Oxford Student's Dictionary
    Robert Allen
    Andrew Delahunty
    3

Books About Children's Books

  • The Rough Guide to Children's Books 0-5 years; The Rough Guide to Children's Book 5-11 years
    Nicholas Tucker
    3

  • The Cambridge Guide to Children's Books in English
    2

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