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BfK No. 97 - March 1996

Cover Story
The March cover of BfK features Dilly the Dinosaur who is 10 years old this year. Her author, Tony Bradman, is the subject of our Authorgraph this month. We are grateful to Reed Books for their help in reproducing this illustration from Susan Hellard's original artwork.

BfK No. 97 Articles

Editorial – March 1996

News and comment from the Editor.

Poetry for Children - Ten Questions and Some Answers

Philippa Milnes-Smith looks at the current state of children's poetry.

Authorgraph No.97: Tony Bradman

Tony Bradman interviewed by Stephanie Nettell.

Author-ising Your School

Liz Fincham on making the most of a visiting writer.

Writer Reply: The Librarian's Lament

An impersonation by Anne Fine.

Red Letter Days

David Bennett on anthologising.

Game, Set... and Literature

Robert Hull assesses current sports books.

BfK Briefing - March 1996

News * Publications * Obituary * Awards * Letters to the Editor

Verse Trails

Some selections from BfK's forthcoming guide: Poetry 0-13.

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 97

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

Under 5s

  • Jamaica and Brianna

    Juanita Havill
  • One by One; Crazy ABC

    Judy Hindley
  • Belinda's Balloon

    Emilie Boon
  • Teddy and Rabbit's Muddy Bicycle ¦ Teddy and Rabbit's Picnic Outing

  • Bears, Bears and More Bears

    Jackie Morris
  • Beware Beware

    Susan Hill
  • When I Grow Bigger

    Trish Cooke
  • Ollie the Elephant

    Burny Bos
  • Billy Bumps Builds a Palace

    Korky Paul

Ages 5-8

  • The First Story Book Collection ¦ The Second Story Book Collection ¦ The Third Story Book Collection ¦ The Fourth Story Book Collection

  • The Salt and Pepper Boys

    Jean Wills
  • The Sea Horse

    Anthony Masters
  • Stories for Five-Year-Olds ¦ Stories for Six-Year-Olds

  • The Ginger Ninja ¦ The Return of Tiddles

    Shoo Rayner
  • Blackboard Bear

    Martha Alexander
  • The Late Arrivals ¦ Rainy Weather

    Mark Burgess
  • Lili at Ballet

    Rachel Isadora
  • Wet World

    Norma Simon
  • Chinye

    Obi Onyefulu
    Evie Safarewicz
  • The Megamogs

    Peter Haswell
  • Ahoy There, Little Polar Bear

    Hans De Beer
  • Hamish and the Fairy Gifts

    Moira Miller
  • Little Ted Lost; Oliver and the Big Green Snake

    Mary Howard
    Jan Godfrey
  • Stories by Firelight

    Shirley Hughes
  • Daisy-Head Mayzie

    Dr Seuss
  • I'm Scared

    Bel Mooney
  • A Walker Treasury of Animal Stories

  • Sheep Out to Eat

    Nancy Shaw

Ages 8-10

  • Thief!

    Malorie Blackman
  • The Winter Sleepwalker

    Joan Aiken
  • The Oxford Book of Story Poems

    Michael Harrison
    Christopher Stuart-Clark
  • The Cramp Twins

    Brian Wood
  • Orson Cart and the Magic Maze; Orson Cart and the Museum Mystery

    Steve Donald
  • Grandfather's Pencil and the Room of Stories

    Michael Foreman
  • Nobody's Dog

    Eleanor Watkins
  • The Witch Repair

    Marianne Macdonald
  • The Great Dinosaur Kidnap

    Tessa Krailing
  • Trace in Space

    Mary Hoffman
  • The Little Sea Horse

    Helen Cresswell
  • Put a Sock in it, Percy!

    Judy Corbalis
  • Darren the Sun God

    Brough Girling
  • Muck and Magic Stories from the Countryside

    Michael Morpurgo
  • Fat Chance

    Jacqueline Roy
  • Sorry for the Slug

    Jill Bennett
  • Voyage to Valhalla

    Robert Swindells
  • McMummy

    Betsy Byars
  • Everything Happens on Mondays

    Nichola Davies
  • The Sea Horse

    Anthony Masters

Ages 10-14

  • Henry Ford and Ford

    Michael Pollard
  • Tourism

    Roy Woodcock
  • A Young Person's Guide to Music

    Neil Ardley
  • Understanding Your Brain

    Rebecca Treays
  • Let's Talk About Sex-growing up, changing bodies, sex and sexual health

    Robie H Harris
  • Children Just Like Me

    Barnabas Anabel Kindersley
  • Animal Rights; The African Elephant; The Giant Panda

    Miles Barton
  • Wild Technology: the amazing natural origins of human inventions

    Phil Gates
  • The World's Top Ten Rivers

    Neil Morris
    Vanessa Card
  • My 1930s Home

    Karen Bryant-Mole
  • The Sherwood Hero

    Alison Prince
  • Classic Ghost Stories; Ghostly Haunts

  • The Alpha Box

    Annie Dalton
  • Baseball Saved Us

    Ken Mochizuki
  • Story of the Year

    Michael Cox
    Julie Anderson
  • The Phantom Piper

    Garry Kilworth
  • True Stories

    Anthony Masters
  • Children of the Wheel

    Pamela Scobie
  • The Secret Line

    William Corlett
  • Escape from The Temple of Laughter

    Jerome Fletcher
  • Cradlefasts

    William Mayne
  • My Family and Other Natural Disasters

    Josephine Feeney
  • The Falcon's Malteser

    Anthony Horowitz
  • The Eden Mission

    Anthony Wall
  • Roadkill - The Alliance

    Anthony Masters
  • Lockie Leonard, Human Torpedo; Lockie Leonard, Scumbuster

    Tim Winton
  • Waterbound

    Jane Stemp
  • Fantasy Stories

    Diana Wynne Jones
  • The Children Of Charlecote

    Philippa Pearce
    Brian Fairfax-Lucy
  • Scratch City

    Philip Gross

Ages 14+

  • The Good Book

    Alan Durant
  • Spirit of the Place

    Dennis Hamley
  • Hauntings; Supernatural Stories

    Susan Price
  • The First Time

    Nicholas Allan
  • Great! You've Just Ruined the Rest of My Life

    Yvonne Coppard
  • The Shouting Wind

    Linda Newbery
  • Deliver Us From Evie

    M E Kerr
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