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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
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