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BfK No. 80 - May 1993

Cover Story
The illustration on our cover is taken from Think of an Eel, Karen Wallace, ill. Mike Bostock, published by Walker (0 7445 2250 1, £6.99) - see the article 'Facts... With the Freshness of Fiction'  for more about this book and others in the 'Read and Wonder' series. We are grateful to Walker Books for their help in using this illustration.

BfK No. 80 Articles

Editorial – May 1993

News and comment from the Editor.

Facts... with the Freshness of Fiction

Eleanor von Schweinitz, BfK's Non-fiction Editor, assesses a new initiative in information books.

Authorgraph No.80: Rosemary Wells

Rosemary Wells interviewed by Julia Eccleshare

Smiling at the Crocodile

Mary Hoffman on the sequel to Amazing Grace.

Rapscallion Laureate

Brian Alderson offers a preliminary assessment of James Marshall.

Writer Reply: Pen-Ultimata

Robert Leeson comments on the PEN Report.

Awards: Guardian Children's Fiction Award & Mother Goose Award, 1993

Judges Joanna Carey and Sally Grindley report on this year's winners.

Signs of Plenty

Jeff Hynds' Round-up of Spring Picture Books.

BfK Briefing – May 1993

News * Publications * Award * Events

Quickness on the Draw

Scoular Anderson on teach-yourself-illustration books.

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 80

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

Under 5s

  • Baby Animals on the Farm; Colours on the Farm

    Jane Miller
  • The Big Alfie Out-of-Doors Storytape

    Shirley Hughes
  • Let's Go to the Party; Let's Go to Playschool

  • What I like

    Catherine Anholt
    Laurence Anholt
  • Seasons

    John Burningham
  • The Big Sneeze

    Ruth Brown
  • Breakfast on Rosie's Farm; A Day on Rosie's Farm

    Zita Newcome
  • Black Dog

    Pamela Allen
  • My Cat Maisie

    Pamela Allen
  • Busy! Busy! Busy!

    Jonathan Shipton
  • What Archie Wanted

    Holly Keller

Ages 5-8

  • In the Air; Under the Ground

    Henry Pluckrose
  • What Happens when Rain Falls?

    Daphne Butler
  • Rise and Shine

  • Sink or Swim; The Dearest Boy in all the World

    Ghillian Potts
  • Never Kiss Frogs!

    Robert Leeson
  • Peter Potts the Plumber

    Margaret Ryan
  • The Friendly Robin

    Enid Blyton
  • Joe Useless

    Dennis Reader
  • Fed Up!

    Dennis Reader
  • Butterfingers

    Dennis Reader
  • Little Dog Lost

    Inga Moore
  • Prehistoric Pinkerton

    Steven Kellogg
  • Charlie Barley

    Sally Ann Lever
  • The Toymaker

    Martin Waddell
  • At the Crossroads

    Rachel Isadora
  • Rolf and Rosie

    Robert Swindells
  • The Streetwise Kid

    Lorraine Simeon
  • The Calypso Alphabet

    John Agard
  • Sonny Joe and the Ringdom Rhymes

    Mike McCartney
  • Late Kick-Off

    Margaret Joy
  • The Lighthouse that ran away

    Roger McGough
  • Duncan's Tree House; Duncan and the Bird

    Amanda Vesey
  • Thinking about Colours

    Jessica Jenkins
  • Musical Max

    Robert Kraus
  • Dial-a-Croc

    Mike Dumbleton
  • Frog and the Birdsong

    Max Velthuijs
  • Don't Do That!

    Tony Ross
  • Captain Pugwash and the Pigwig

  • Rent-a-Genius

    Gillian Cross
  • Come on into my Tropical Garden

    Grace Nichols
  • The Worst Child I Ever Had

    Anne Fine
  • Rosa's Grandfather Sings Again

    Leon Rosselson

Ages 8-10

  • Harry's Mad

    Dick King-Smith
  • Reckless Ruby

    Hiawyn Oram
  • The Nine Lives of Montezuma

    Michael Morpurgo
  • Wordspells

    Judith Nicholls
  • Harvey Angell

    Diana Hendry
  • Sink or Swim; The Dearest Boy in all the World

    Ghillian Potts
  • Pet Poems

    Robert Fisher
  • The Witch That Wasn't

    Carlo Gébler
  • To Be a Ghost

    Raymond Wilson
  • Ip Dip Sky Blue

    Mary Hoffman
  • The Bullies Meet The Willow Street Kids

    Michele Elliott
  • A View to Thrill; The Eiffel Target; Sandblast; Live and Let's Dance

    John Vincent
  • The Rockingdown Mystery

    Enid Blyton
  • The Night Shimmy

    Gwen Strauss
  • Mr Potter's Pigeon

    Patrick Kinmonth
  • Mattie and Grandpa

    Roberto Piummini
  • Window

    Jeannie Baker
  • Misery Guts

    Morris Gleitzman
  • The Seventh Seal

    Julie Rainsbury
  • Roz and Cromarty

    Clare Bevan
  • Vincent the Invisible

    Eric Houghton
  • Lady Daisy

    Dick King-Smith
  • Aliens for Lunch

    Jonathan Etra

Ages 10-14

  • Australian Aborigines; Maori; Native Americans

    Richard Nile
  • The Amazing World of Plants

    Phil Gates
  • The Sports Book

    Carol Gold
  • Soccer

    Sean McSweeney
  • Oil Spills; The Ozone Hole

    Jane Walker
  • The Cybil War

    Betsy Byars
  • The Way to Sattin Shore

    Philippa Pearce
  • Irish Folk and Fairy Tales

    Gordon Jarvie
  • Double Image

    Pat Moon
  • Journey

    Patricia MacLachlan
  • Action Replay

    Michael Rosen
  • Masks

    Gloria Hatrick
  • Five Easy Lessons

    Sally Odgers
  • Gangsters, Ghosts and Dragonflies

    Brian Patten
  • Homebird

    Terence Blacker
  • Del-Del

    Victor Kelleher
  • Telling the Sea

    Pauline Fisk
  • The Vandemark Mummy

    Cynthia Voigt

Ages 14+

  • Wuthering Heights: Educational Package Video: A Critical Guide to the Novel

    Emily Brontë
  • Here and Never

    Rex Harley
  • Face to Face

    Frances Usher
  • Saturday Night

    Caroline B Cooney
  • The Tower Room; Watching the Roses

    Adèle Geras
  • The Dark Card

    Amy Ehrlich
  • The China Coin

    Allan Baillie
  • Die Softly

    Christopher Pike
  • Tasting the Thunder

    Gary Paulsen
  • The Empty House

    Claude Gutman
  • Lyddie

    Katherine Paterson
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