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BfK No. 25 - March 1984

Cover Story
On our cover this month we feature an illustration from The Swineherd, a picture book version of the Andersen fairy tale by artist Lisbeth Zwerger. (Neugebauer Press, 0 907234 127, £3.95 from A. and C. Black). We are grateful to A. and C. Black for help in using this illustration. The roundel used on the Hans Andersen pages is from the wood engraving by Gwen Raverat for Four Tales, translated by R. P. Keigwin, C.U.P. (1935). It and the Punch cartoon on page 16 appear in Brian Alderson's pamphlet Hans Christian Andersen and his Eventyr in England.

BfK No. 25 Articles

Editorial - March 1984

News and comment from the Editor.

Children's Books & Politics

Robert Leeson puts the topic in perspective.

Two Writers Speaking Personally

James Watson and Jan Needle speaking personally.

Authorgraph No.25: Jan Mark

Jan Mark interviewed by Pat Triggs.

How to... Get Moving on a Book Day

Ideas for getting started with planning.

John Mason's NEW YORK DIARY - March 1984

The latest dispatch from John Mason.

The Hans Christian Andersen Award

Patricia Crampton writes about judging an international award.

Sound & Vision - March 1984

News of books on TV.

Hans Christian Andersen - 1805-1875

Erik Haugaard writes about a classic storyteller.

Andersen in Pictures

Naomi Lewis looks at two new picture books.

Andersen and the English

Brian Alderson on English translations and illustrations of Andersen.

BfK News - March 1984

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

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 25

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

Under 5s

Topsy Turvy Tales

Leila Berg
The Bear's Toothache ¦ Where Can an Elephant Hide?

David McPhail
Gilbert and the Bicycle

Jack Harvey
I Can Touch ¦ I Can Smell and Taste

Peter Curry

Ages 5-8

A Bad Case of Animal Nonsense

Jonathan Allen
Charlie, Emma & Alberic

Margaret Greaves
Precisely Pig

Michael Berthoud
The Kitchen Warriors

Joan Aiken
Tottie: The Story of a Dolls' House

Rumer Godden
The Perfect Hamburger

Alexander McCall Smith
Frog and Toad All Year ¦ Days with Frog and Toad

Arnold Lobel
Angry Arthur

Hiawyn Oram
Ox-Cart Man

Donald Hall

Ages 8-10

The Skiver's Guide

Diana Wynne Jones
Star Stormers 5: Volcano

Nicholas Fisk
Arthur and the Purple Panic

Alan Coren
Save Our School

Gillian Cross
The Little Vampire Moves In

Angela Sommer-Bodenburg
The Secret World of Polly Flint

Helen Cresswell
The Voice from Nowhere

Bill Butler
McGurk and the Lost Atoll

Osmar White
The Brownies in Hospital ¦ Cubs with a Difference

Pamela Sykes
Jonny Briggs and the Jubilee Concert

Joan Eadington
Revolting Rhymes

Roald Dahl

Ages 10-14

Kept in the Dark

Nina Bawden
The Homeward Bounders

Diana Wynne Jones
A Stranger Came Ashore

Mollie Hunter
The Huntsman

Douglas Hill
Robin of Sherwood

Richard Carpenter
The Sylvia Game

Vivien Alcock
The Rectory Mice

George Macbeth
Apollo the Golden God

Doris Gates
The Ghost of Thomas Kempe

Penelope Lively
Sinister Stories
Fast from the Gate

Michael Hardcastle