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BfK No. 93 - July 1995

Cover Story
July's front cover features the hardback version of Paula Danziger's Thames Doesn't Rhyme with James, using an illustration by Joe Csatari. The book is published by Heinemann and we're grateful to them for their help. For further details see the Authorgraph interview with Paula Danziger.

BfK No. 93 Articles

Editorial – July 1995

News and comment from the Editor.
On Writing ‘Point Crime’

Dennis Hamley grapples with the conundrums of writing for a series
1995 Mother Goose Award

Charlotte Voake, one of this year's judges, reports.
Authorgraph No.93: Paula Danziger

Paula Danziger interviewed by Chris Powling.
Writer Reply: Adèle Geras

Adèle Geras asks ‘What’s the Rush?’
OP Plea: The Magic Pudding

Philip Pullman laments the out-of-printness of The Magic Pudding.
The Demise of the Amateur

Nicholas Tucker reflects on the changing status, and situation, of the children's author.
Pick of the Summer Hardbacks

Wendy Cooling chooses some of the latest hardbacks.
BfK Briefing – July 1995

News * Publications * Awards * Events

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 93

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

Under 5s

  • The Sheep Gave a Leap
    Hilda Offen

  • Fly By Night
    June Crebbin

  • Jenny's Bear
    Michael Ratnett

  • Draw Me a Star
    Eric Carle

Ages 5-8

  • Does it Bounce?; Is it Shiny?; Is it Heavy?; Where is it?
    Karen Bryant-Mole

  • Tabby's C.A.T.
    Stan Cullimore

  • The Story of the Creation
    Jane Ray

  • Prince Vince and the Case of the Smelly Goat; Prince Vince and the Hot Diggory Dogs
    Valerie Wilding

  • Cat's Witch and the Wizard
    Kara May

  • Connie and Rollo
    Dick King-Smith

  • You Should See My Dog
    Martin Oliver

  • Mr Pam Pam and the Hullabazoo
    Trish Cooke

  • Under the Stairs
    Fiona Dunbar

  • Granny's Quilt
    Penny Ives

  • Sanji and the Baker
    Robin Tzannes

  • Mouse and Mole Have a Party
    Joyce Dunbar

  • The Cats of Tiffany Street
    Sarah Hayes

  • My Mum and Dad Make Me Laugh
    Nick Sharratt

  • The House Cat
    Helen Cooper

  • The Secret Path
    Nick Butterworth

  • Old Tom
    Leigh Hobbs

Ages 8-10

  • The Best-Ever Book of Castles
    Philip Steele

  • Secrets of the Rainforest; Coral Trail
    Dailan Pugh
    Margaret Dunkle

  • Agnes the Sheep
    William Taylor

  • How Dogs Really Work!
    Alan Snow

  • Dr Xargle's Book of Earth Relations
    Jeanne Willis
    Tony Ross

  • Mum in a Million / Do-It-Yourself-Dad
    Colin West

  • The Dentist's Promise
    Margaret Mahy

  • True Sport Stories
    Tim Lardner

  • The Muscle Machine
    Alexander McCall Smith

  • Bobby the Bad
    Dick King-Smith

  • Uncle Bumpo
    Dick King-Smith

  • Taking the Cat's Way Home
    Jan Mark

  • Donkey on the Doorstep
    Lucy Daniels

  • Kidnap at Denton Farm
    Robert Swindells

  • The Brontës
    Catherine Brighton

  • The Big Baby
    Anthony Browne

  • Ruth and the Blue Horse
    Charles Ashton

  • William at War
    Richmal Crompton

  • Red Herring
    Eileen Dunlop

  • Street Child
    Berlie Doherty

  • United on Vacation
    Linda Hoy

  • Tales Alive!
    Susan Milord

Ages 10-14

  • The Condom: three thousand years of safer sex
    Eric Chevallier

  • Gagarin and Armstrong
    Clint Twist

  • Energy; Light
    Steve Parker

  • Additives in Food; Vitamins in Food; Fibre in Food; Sugar in Food
    Deb Turner

  • Rory's Fortune
    Catherine Cookson

  • The Place Between
    Hugh Scott

  • Always Sebastian
    Jean Ure

  • A Creepy Company
    Joan Aiken

  • Ticket to Freedom
    Rosemary Harris

  • See Ya, Simon
    David Hill

  • David and Della
    Paul Zindel

  • Maphead
    Lesley Howarth

  • Walk the High Wire

  • Agent Z and the Penguin from Mars
    Mark Haddon

  • A Time of Fire
    Robert Westall

  • The Real Plato Jones
    Nina Bawden

  • Born of the Sun
    Gillian Cross

  • Eagle's Honour
    Rosemary Sutcliff

Ages 14+

  • I Wouldn't Thank You for a Valentine

  • Ten Hours to Live
    Pete Johnson

  • Raven: The First Bird of Prey
    Anthony Masters

  • But Can the Phoenix Sing?
    Christa Laird

  • The Night After Tomorrow
    Sue Welford

  • Spider Mansion
    Caroline Macdonald
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