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BfK No. 91 - March 1995

Cover Story
Our front cover this month features an illutration by Mark Longworth for Gillian Cross's new paperback, The Revenge of the Demon Headmaster. Puffin publish this book in April 1995 (see the Gillian Cross Authorgraph for full details) and we are grateful to them for their help in using this illustration.

BfK No. 91 Articles

Editorial – March 1995

News and comment from the Editor.

Seeing with the Heart

Alan Wakeman on his new translation of The Little Prince - with further commentary by Michael Foreman and Erik Blegvad.

Authorgraph No.91: Gillian Cross

Gillian Cross interviewed by Julia Eccleshare.

Navigating with a Faulty Compass

Eleanor von Schweinitz on how the contents page, captions and index can hinder...

Blind Spot: Daddy-Long-Legs

Robert Leeson on why he resists the appeal of Jean Webster's classic, Daddy-Long-Legs.

Books an Bi-lingual Pupils

With Section 11 under threat Viv Edwards contemplates GEST 16.

BfK Briefing – March 1995

News * Events

Books that Do Furnish a War

Chris Powling on books about World War II.

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 91

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

Under 5s

  • What About Me?

    Alex De Wolf
  • Here Come the Babies

    Catherine Anholt
    Laurence Anholt
  • Leo and the Wallpaper Jungle

    Rachel Pank
  • Giant Hiccups

    Jacqui Farley
  • Don't Climb Out of the Window Tonight

    Richard McGilvray
  • The Hungry Cat

    Phyllis King
  • Cuddly Dudley

    Jez Alborough
  • Mog on Fox Night

    Judith Kerr
  • Snake Supper

    Alan Durant
  • A Lion at Bedtime

    Debi Gliori
  • A Zoo in Our House

    Heather Eyles
  • Good Night, Gorilla

    Peggy Rathmann
  • Grandpa Bodley and the Photographs

    Caroline Castle
  • Let's Go Home, Little Bear

    Martin Waddell

Ages 5-8

  • Ants; Ladybirds; Butterflies and Moths; Grasshoppers and Crickets; Stick Insects; Woodlice and Millipedes

    Barrie Watts
  • Buildings; Food; Clothes; Transport

    Nicola Edwards
  • The Body; Changes; Light and Sound

    Anita Ganeri
  • About Your Body; In the Bathroom

    Barbara Taylor
  • The Window Doll

    Siân Bailey
  • Timid Tim and the Cuggy Thief

    John Prater
  • The Little Steamroller; The Little Horse Bus

    Graham Greene
  • Who's That Banging on the Ceiling?

    Colin McNaughton
  • Keep on Chomping!

    Nigel Gray
  • Big Bad Barney Bear

    Tony Ross
  • A Book of Mice

  • Simon's Revenge; Don't Do It, Dani!; Shut up, Mickey!

    Margaret Ryan
  • Masai and I

    Virginia Kroll
  • Leo and Emily; Leo and Emily's Big Ideas

    Franz Brandenberg

Ages 8-10

  • The World of Flags

    William Crampton
  • Greek Myths for Young Children

    Marcia Williams
  • Calamity with the Fiend

    Sheila Lavelle
  • The Lion King

  • Dixie's Demon

    Andrew Matthews
  • Badger in the Basement; Hedgehogs in the Hall

    Lucy Daniels
  • Selected Fairy Tales

    Barbara Leonie Picard
  • The Thing in Bablock Dip

    Rachel Dixon
  • The Snow Vulture

    Matthew Sweeney
  • Penelope's Peril

    Douglas Hill
  • The Bed and Breakfast Star

    Jacqueline Wilson
  • Save Our Playground

    Leon Rosselson
  • Snotty Bumstead and the Rent-a-Mum

    Hunter Davies
  • Puppy Love

    Betsy Duffey
  • East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon

  • Vlad the Drac Goes Travelling

    Ann Jungman
  • Listen to the Nightingale

    Rumer Godden
  • Dragon Boy

    Dick King-Smith
  • Shoot, Dad!

    Michael Coleman
  • Dudley Shadow

    Cara Lockhart Smith
  • Pigeons and other City Poems

  • The Starlight Cloak

    Jenny Nimmo
  • A Razzle-Dazzle Rainbow

    Chris Powling
  • Boo! Stories to Make You Jump

  • The Optimist

    Bob Kerr

Ages 10-14

  • Western Art 1600-1800; Art in the Nineteenth Century

    Christopher McHugh
  • The Egg and Sperm Race: discover the Human Body

    Fran Balkwill
    Mic Rolph
  • The Oxford Children's Book of Famous People

  • Changing State; Salt, Sand and Silver; Magnets and Circuits; Forces

    Wendy Cowton
  • Science and Power; Wheels to Rockets; Scrolls to Computers

  • African Migrations; Chinese Migrations; Indian Migrations; Jewish Migrations

    Hakim Adi
  • Storm's Eye

    Judith Nicholls
  • Poem for the Day

  • The Island and the Ring

    Laura C Stevenson
  • The Whitby Child

    Rob Larvis
  • Nightmare Hall - The Roommate

    Diane Hoh
  • Silent Witness

    Carol Ellis
  • Do-Over

    Rachel Vail

Ages 14+

  • The Last Vampire

    Christopher Pike
  • Remember Me 2: The Return

    Christopher Pike
  • You Just Don't Listen!

    Sam McBratney
  • The Domino Effect

    Ann Coburn
  • Colour her Dead

    Celia Rees
  • The Mummy King's Realm

    Roy Pond
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