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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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