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BfK No. 73 - March 1992

Cover Story
Our cover illustration this month is by Shirley Hughes from The Big Alfie Out of Doors Storybook (see her article in this issue), published by Bodley Head (0 370 31516 2) at £8.99. We thank them for their help in reproducing an illustration from the book.

BfK No. 73 Articles

Editorial – March 1992

News and comment from the Editor.
A Little Character Building

Shirley Hughes reflects on the growth of her characters, Alfie and Annie Rose.
Authorgraph No.73: Hazel Townson

Hazel Townson interviewed by Stephanie Nettell.
Paperback Non-Fiction - Soft on the Inside?

Ted Percy looks at the paperbacks received for review in 1991.
The Truth, Nothing But the Truth - But Not the Whole Truth?

Richard Tames examines some moral dilemmas in the writing of information books.
Writer Reply: From Housemartins to Henrietta

Why would a popstar turn into a children's author? Stan Cullimore explains.
Books for Keeps & BFC Competition

Results of our Competition sponsored by Books For Children.
BfK Briefing – March 1992

Awards * Publications
30 Years of Growing Point

Stephanie Nettell talks to Margery Fisher.
Telling Tales

Chris Powling looks at four new story collections.

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 73

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

Under 5s

  • A Piece of Cake
    Jill Murphy

  • Chicken Soup with Rice ¦ One Was Johnny ¦ Alligators All Round ¦ Pierre: A Cautionary Tale
    Maurice Sendak

  • Meg and Jack Are Moving ¦ Meg and Jack Make Friends
    Paul Dowling

  • The Trouble with Babies
    Angie Sage
    Chris Sage

  • Loppylugs
    Abigail Pizer

  • Goodnight, Jessie! ¦ Hurry Up, Jessie!
    Harriet Ziefert
    Mavis Smith

  • Witch, Witch, Come to My Party
    Arden Druce

  • Under Sammy's Bed
    Odette Elliott

  • If I had a pig ¦ If I had a sheep
    Mick Inkpen

  • Doodle Dog
    Frank Rodgers

  • Are You Asleep, Rabbit?
    Alison Campbell
    Julia Barton

  • Eddie and Teddy
    Gus Clarke

  • Hairy Maclary's Rumpus at the Vet
    Lynley Dodd

  • How's School, Lizzie?
    Anne Rooke

  • Jessica
    Kevin Henkes

Ages 5-8

  • Octavia Warms Up ¦ Walter Worm's Good Turn
    Barbara Beak

  • The Winter Hedgehog
    Ann Cartwright
    Reg Cartwright

  • The Collins Book of Stories for Four-Year-Olds ¦ The Collins Book of Stories for Five-Year-Olds ¦ The Collins Book of Stories for Six-Year-Olds

  • The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy
    Jane Thayer

  • Tiger and Me
    Kaye Umansky

  • Clever Cakes and other stories
    Michael Rosen

  • The Dog with the Awful Laugh
    Toni Goffe

  • You're in the Juniors Now
    Margaret Joy

  • Ruby and the Dragon
    Gareth Owen

  • Condensed Animals
    Spike Milligan

  • Sophie's Tom
    Dick King-Smith

  • The Puffin Book of Fabulous Fables

  • But you promised!
    Bel Mooney

  • Earl's Too Cool for Me
    Leah Komaiko

Ages 8-10

  • Stories for Children
    Oscar Wilde

  • Hugo and the Sunshine Girl
    Eilís Ní Dhuibhne

  • The Other Side of the Island
    Marjorie Quarton

  • The Lost City of Belfast
    Shaun Traynor

  • Rough and Tumble

  • The Butterfly Jar
    Jeff Moss

  • Hook, Line and Stinker/A Fishy Tale ¦ The Magic Boomerang/The Magic Present
    Robin Kingsland

  • The Dream Thing
    Judy Allen

  • Headlines from the Jungle
    Virginia McKenna

  • Henry Hobbs, Alien
    Kathryn Cave

  • Dr Jekyll and Mr Hollins
    Willis Hall

  • Thumbelina
    James Riordan

  • The Deathwood Letters
    Hazel Townson

  • The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever

  • The Enchanter's Daughter
    Antonia Barber

Ages 10-14

  • Alcohol
    Iris Webb

  • Birdwatching for the Under Tens
    Bill Oddie

  • 24 Hours in a Desert ¦ 24 Hours in a Game Reserve
    Barrie Watts

  • Culture Shock

  • High Wizardry
    Diane Duane

  • The Flight of the Earls
    Michael Mullen

  • The Alchymist's Cat
    Robin Jarvis

  • Tiger's Railway
    William Mayne

  • Death Knell
    Nicholas Wilde

  • Tom's Amazing Machine Takes a Trip
    Gordon Snell

  • To Hell with Dying
    Alice Walker

  • The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen
    Terence Blacker

  • Little Obie and the Flood
    Martin Waddell

  • Castle in the Air
    Diana Wynne Jones

  • You're Late Dad

  • Dear Clare my ex best friend
    Ursula Jones

Ages 14+

  • Rich World, Poor World
    Nance Fyson

  • The Revolutionary's Daughter
    Gwen Grant

  • Dreaming of Larry
    Jean Ure

  • The Year Without Michael
    Susan Beth Pfeffer

  • On the Edge

  • A Handful of Stars
    Rafik Schami

  • Echoes of War
    Robert Westall

  • Split Second
    Nick Baker

  • The Friendship and other stories
    Mildred D Taylor

  • The Language of Love

  • This Is Me Speaking
    Josephine Poole
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