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BfK No. 21 - July 1983

Cover Story
The photograph on our cover is of Robin Hill absorbed in Moving House, one of Methuen's Chatterbooks by Camilla Jessel’ and was taken by Richard Mewton.

BfK No. 21 Articles

Editorial – July 1983

News and comment from the Editor.
Affairs of the Heart?

Pat Triggs looks at Teenage Romance.
Ways into Poetry

Bill Boyle rounds up ideas for bringing children and poetry together.
Authorgraph No.21: Leila Berg

Leila Berg interviewed by Pat Triggs.
Chew On This: books for babies and toddlers

Reports on a seminar on Books for Babies.
Observing young children with books

Harvey Cox observes babies, toddlers and books.
Lifeline Two No.4: Stories for the Primary/Middle Years

Judith Elkin continues her series.
Sound & Vision - July 1983

News about books on TV.
Here Comes Summer

News of Book Events this holiday.
John Mason's New York Diary - July 1983

Another dispatch from John Mason.
May We Recommend... Nina Beachcroft

Pat Thomson introduces Nina Beachcroft.
BfK News - July 1983

News about what's happening in the children's book world.

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 21

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

Under 5s

  • Further Adventures of King Rollo
    David McKee

  • Maybe it's a Tiger
    Kathleen Hersom

  • House by Mouse
    George Mendoza

  • Mrs Fox's Wedding

  • The Hunter and the Animals
    Tomie De Paola

Ages 5-8

  • Littlenose
    John Grant

  • I'm Taggarty Toad
    Peter Pavey

  • Meet M and M
    Pat Ross

  • A Child's Book of Manners
    Fay Maschler

  • Ice-creams for Rosie
    Ronda Armitage
    David Armitage

  • Tex the Cowboy ¦ Tex the Champion ¦ Tex and Bad Hank ¦ Tex and Gloria
    Sarah Garland

  • Roger was a Razor Fish

  • The Terrace House Books
    Peter Heaslip

Ages 8-10

  • Cat's Magic
    Margaret Greaves

  • Ben and Blackbeard
    T R Burch

  • Dragonfall 5 and the Master Mind ¦ Dragonfall 5 and the Super Horse ¦ Dragonfall 5 and the Haunted World
    Brian Earnshaw

  • The Secret Brownies ¦ The Brownie Venturers
    Dorothy Richardson

  • Elmer Makes a Break
    Patrick Cook

  • The Fiend Next Door
    Sheila Lavelle

  • Beaver Towers
    Nigel Hinton

Ages 10-14

  • The Mark of the Horselord
    Rosemary Sutcliff

  • The Middle of the Sandwich
    Tim Kennemore

  • Strangers In The House
    Joan Lingard

  • Fireball
    John Christopher

  • The Highwayman
    Alfred Noyes

  • 1. The Double Disguise ¦ 2. The Sunken Garden
    Frances Judd

  • Children of Fire Mountain
    Graeme Farmer

  • The Mercury Cup
    T R Burch

  • The Islanders
    John Rowe Townsend

  • The Magnet Book of Spine Chillers

  • My Brother, The Thief
    Marlene Fanta Shyer

  • Pippa's Mystery Horse
    Judith Berisford

Ages 14+

  • Moses Beech
    Ian Strachan

  • Your Friend, Rebecca
    Linda Hoy

  • The Seventh Raven
    Peter Dickinson
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