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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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