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BfK No. 78 - January 1993

Cover story
On the front of BfK this month is the cover of Yesterday by Adèle Geras. The artwork is by Carolyn Piggford. This book is one from the 'Teenage Memoirs' series published by Walker (see the article, All Their Yesterdays, in this issue) and Adèle, of course, is the subject of our Authorgraph - see centre-spread. Our thanks to Walker Books for their help in using this illustration.

BfK No. 78 Articles

Editorial – January 1993

News and comment from the Editor.
Children's Books and Unwanted Pregnancies

Nicholas Tucker on whether children's books should deal with teenage pregnancy.
Authorgraph No.78: Adèle Geras

Adèle Geras interviewed by Stephanie Nettell.
All Their Yesterdays...

Chris Powling on Walker's 'Teenage Memoirs'.
Letters to the Editor - January 1993

'Dear Editor...'
Plugging Classical Gaps

David Bennett on Myths and Legends in the Secondary classroom.
Writer Reply: Henrietta Branford

Henrietta Branford explains why writers need good teachers...
BfK Briefing – January 1993

Awards * Publication * Events
Fiction for Teenage Readers

Chosen by Naomi Lewis.

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 78

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

Under 5s

  • Noddy
    Enid Blyton

  • Jolly Snow and Other Stories
    Jane Hissey

  • Counting
    Rhona Whiteford
    James Fitzsimmons

  • Alphabet Songs Easy Songs

  • Septimus Honeydew
    Susan Hill

  • The Babies' Hotel
    Mary Hoffman

  • Oscar Cat-about-town
    James Herriot

  • Ten Little Crocodiles
    Colin West

  • Owl at the Vet
    Helen Nicoll
    Jan Pieńkowski

  • Baby Animals
    Margaret Wise Brown

  • Billy and the Baby
    Tony Bradman

Ages 5-8

  • Growing; Staying Healthy
    Barrie Knowles

  • Arabel: The Spiral Stair and Mortimer and the Sword Excalibur
    Joan Aiken

  • Goodnight Monster
    Carolyn Dinan

  • Stories for the Very Young; More Stories for the Very Young

  • Beeswax the Bad's Noisy Night
    Andrew Martyr
    Paula Martyr

  • Teddy Bears
    Martin Leman

  • Timothy's Teddy
    Joanna Harrison

  • Belinda the Beetle; Belinda Beats the Band
    Rev W Awdry

  • The Hidden House
    Martin Waddell

  • The Pocket Mouse
    Barbara Willard

  • The Pantomime Witch
    Hannah Cole

  • Amanda and the Star Child
    Margaret Greaves

  • Friends Next Door; A Very Special Birthday
    Susan Hill

  • No Hickory No Dickory No Dock
    John Agard
    Grace Nichols

  • Mo and the Mummy Case
    Robin Kingsland

  • Speaking For Ourselves
    Hiawyn Oram

  • Anna-Magdalena: the little girl with the big name
    Kay Kinnear

  • Snuff
    Quentin Blake

  • Sophie Hits Six
    Dick King-Smith

  • William and the Wolves
    Kathryn Cave

Ages 8-10

  • The Amazon
    Julia Waterlow

  • Bullying; Splitting Up
    Karen Bryant-Mole

  • Magnetism; Electricity
    Pam Robson

  • The Michael Rosen Rap
    Michael Rosen

  • The Bangers and Chips Explosion
    Brough Girling

  • The Collins Book of Stories for Eight-Year-Olds

  • Algernon and Other Cautionary Tales; Matilda, Who told such Dreadful Lies.....; The Bad Child's Book of Beasts
    Hilaire Belloc

  • Krindlekrax
    Philip Ridley

  • Dinosaur Superstar
    Readathon

  • The Much Better Story Book

  • Pongwiffy and the Goblins' Revenge
    Kaye Umansky

  • Who's Been Sleeping in My Porridge?
    Colin McNaughton

  • There's a Viking in my Bed
    Jeremy Strong

  • Bingo Brown, Gypsy Lover
    Betsy Byars

  • A Hole in the Head
    Nicholas Fisk

Ages 10-14

  • Know Your Rights
    Sue Sharpe

  • The Baltic States; Belarus, Ukraine and Moldavia; The Central Asian States; Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan; Kazakhstan; The Russian Federation
    David C Flint

  • Abraham Lincoln; Eleanor Roosevelt
    Anna Sproule

  • Making Music
    Karen Foster
    Carol Mahoney
    Josephine Paker
    Danny Staples

  • Space Demons
    Gillian Rubinstein

  • Dr Monsoon Taggert's Amazing Finishing Academy and Wolf Pie
    Andrew Matthews

  • Onion Tears
    Diana Kidd

  • Video Rose
    Jacqueline Wilson

  • A Friend In Need
    Claire Duffet

  • Red Herring
    Eileen Dunlop

  • The Go-Ahead Gang
    Robert Swindells

  • The Same Old Story Every Year
    Anne Fine

  • The Dancing Bush
    Vivien Alcock

  • The Story of Bobble who wanted to be rich
    Joke Van Leeuwen

  • A Fit of Shivers
    Joan Aiken

  • An Older Kind of Magic
    Patricia Wrightson

  • Verse Universe

  • Normal Nesbitt
    Nick Warburton

  • In Black and White
    Jan Mark

  • Poetry Corner A collection of poems for children

Ages 14+

  • An Eye for Colour
    Norman Silver

  • Wolfsong
    Enid Richemont

  • Jonah's Mirror
    Kenneth Lillington

  • The Wearing of the Green
    Linda Newbery

  • No Surrender
    James Watson

  • Kiss the Kremlin Goodbye
    Alison Leonard
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