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BfK No. 68 - May 1991

Cover Story
The illustration on the front of BfK this month is from Let's Go Home, Little Bear by Martin Waddell and illustrated by Barbara Firth (see Authorgraph for details). The book is published by Walker Books and we thank them for their help in using this illustration.

BfK No. 68 Articles

Editorial - May 1991

News and comment from the Editor.
The Box of Delights

Quentin Blake discusses the travelling exhibition of artwork he helped set up.
Authorgraph No.68: Barbara Firth

Barbara Firth interviewed by Stephanie Nettell.
Blind Spot: The Wind in the Willows

Margaret Meek voices her reservations.
Writing Texts for Picture Books

Martin Waddell talks about the process.
Betty Root's Retirement Honours List

Betty Root on Picture Books published this Spring.
BfK Briefing - May 1991

Publications * Obituary * Events
The Guardian Children's Fiction Award 1991

Stephanie Nettell reports.
Editor's Choice

Chris Powling on three newly issued hardbacks.

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 68

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

Under 5s

  • I Can Play Football ¦ I Can Ride a Bike ¦ I Can Roller Skate ¦ I Can Swim
    Sheila Fraser
    Lisa Kopper

  • I Like Books
    Anthony Browne

  • Mrs Goose's Baby
    Charlotte Voake

  • Willoughby Wallaby
    Jez Alborough

  • Jack the Carpenter and His Friends ¦ Jill the Farmer and Her Friends
    Nick Butterworth

  • Superbabe II
    Deborah Van Der Beek

  • Family Scramble ¦ Fantasy Scramble
    Maureen Roffey

  • The Chocolate Touch
    Patrick Skene Catling

Ages 5-8

  • Coral Reef ¦ Flightless Birds
    Norman Barrett

  • Acid Rain ¦ The Greenhouse Effect ¦ The Ozone Layer ¦ Tropical Rainforest
    M Bright

  • Bears ¦ Pandas ¦ Seals ¦Tigers
    Kate Petty

  • The Country Pancake
    Anne Fine

  • Cupid
    Babette Cole

  • Judy the Bad Fairy
    Martin Waddell

  • When I Was Little
    Marcia Williams

  • The Shepherd Boy
    Kim Lewis

  • The Bunk-Bed Bus
    Frank Rodgers

  • Mouse Mischief
    Margaret Greaves

  • Annie and Moon
    Miriam Smith

  • My Great Grandpa
    Martin Waddell

  • Mr Dunfilling and the Toothy Monster
    Rob Lewis

  • Sit on the Roof and Holler

  • Finders Keepers
    June Crebbin

  • Mrs Pinny and the Blowing Day
    Helen Morgan

  • Pog
    Peter Haswell

  • Ted and the Chinese Princess
    Jan Mogensen

  • A Sudden Puff of Glittering Smoke
    Anne Fine

  • Blossom Comes Home
    James Herriot

  • Patrick's Dream
    Cynthia Birrer
    William Birrer

  • Poor Little Mary
    Kathryn Cave

  • Patrick's Perfect Pancake
    Caroline Crossland

  • Jonathan's Ghost
    Terrance Dicks

  • Pongwiffy
    Kaye Umansky

  • Tilly's House
    Faith Jaques

  • Here Come the Twins
    Beverly Cleary

Ages 8-10

  • What is a Kumquat?
    Sue Cowling

  • Granny Apple
    Margaret Tufton

  • Woof! The Tale Gets Longer
    Andrew Norriss

  • Geordie Racer
    Christopher Russell

  • A Taste of Blackberries
    Doris Buchanan Smith

  • Dakota of the White Flats
    Philip Ridley

  • No Room to Swing a Cat
    Ralph Steadman

  • Bertie Boggin and the Ghost Again!
    Catherine Sefton

  • Melisande
    E Nesbit

  • Penelope's Pendant
    Douglas Hill

  • Night Windows
    Marjorie Darke

  • Run with the Wind
    Tom McCaughren

  • Animal Numbers ¦ Animal Alphabet
    Bert Kitchen

  • The Ravens
    James Dyer

  • The New Boy
    Ruth Thomas

Ages 10-14

  • Abortion
    Jenny Bryan

  • Boys about Boys: the facts, fears and fantasies
    Nick Fisher

  • Diet and Health
    Brian Ward

  • Death and Dying
    Pete Sanders

  • Thicker Than Water
    Penelope Farmer

  • Anywhere Else But Here
    Bruce Clements

  • Backlash
    Nicholas Fisk

  • Under the Storyteller's Spell

  • Hatchet
    Gary Paulsen

  • High Hopes
    Ursula Dubosarsky

  • The Left-Outs
    Jacqueline Wilson

  • The Message
    Judith O'Neill

  • Midnight Blue
    Pauline Fisk

  • The Empty House
    Claude Gutman

  • Murdo's War
    Alan Temperley
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