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BfK No. 232 - September 2018
BfK 232 September 2018

This issue’s cover illustration is from The Way Past Winter by Kiran Millwood Hargrave. Thanks to Chicken House for their help with this September cover.

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BfK No. 232 Articles

Guest editorial: Everyone’s History

By Catherine Johnson
Seven Stories: a collection to treasure

A guided tour by Kristopher Mckie, Collection Manager
Authorgraph 232: Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Kiran Millwood Hargrave interviewed by Michelle Pauli
Windows into Illustration: Tim Hopgood

Illustrating Henry Mancini
Ten of the best: New Children’s Poetry

As National Poetry Day approaches, Charlotte Hacking chooses ten of the best new poetry books for children
Beyond the Secret Garden #ReflectingRealities & #OwnVoices

Darren Chetty and Karen Sands-O’Connor examine representations of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic voices in children’s books
Non-fiction in the Spotlight

New Non-fiction rounded up by Nikki Gamble
Two Children Tell: Invertebrate Encounters

Invertebrate encounters and a warning to illustrators
I Wish I’d Written: Kate Milner

Klaus Flugge Prize winner Kate Milner chooses
Obituary Clive King

Clive King remembered by Nicholas Tucker
Classics in Short No 131: Companions for Alice in The Runaway

The Runaway, a neglected classic
Rosie Loves Jack: an interview with Mel Darbon

The author of Rosie and Jack interviewed by Rebecca Butler
REEVE & MCINTYRE ON THE LEGEND OF KEVIN

Collaboration and inspiration by Reeve and McIntyre
Q&A INTERVIEW WITH CATHERINE FISHER

Catherine Fisher answers questions on The Clockwork Crow

Editor's Choice

Ready to Ride
Sebastien Pelon
(words & pictures)
4

Learning to ride a bicycle is not easy. Of course, it is fine if you have stabilisers or “little wheels”. But you will need a great deal of encouragement – especially if it rains while you are out.

In this charming picture book Sebastien...

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New Talent

Rosie Loves Jack
Mel Darbon
(Usborne Publishing Ltd)
5

Rose Tremayne is aged sixteen years and ten months. She is a British student at a college in Henley. She also has Down’s syndrome. Her boyfriend Jack also attends the same college, in a specialist unit. Jack had a brain injury when he was very...

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All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 232

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

Under 5s

  • Loved to Bits
    Teresa Heapy
    5

  • Cyril and Pat
    Emily Gravett
    5

  • Once Upon a Wild Wood
    Chris Riddell
    4

  • Ready to Ride
    Sebastien Pelon
    4

  • The Night Dragon
    Naomi Howarth
    4

  • Belinda Brown
    David McKee
    4

  • Supertato, Veggies in the Valley of Doom
    Sue Hendra
    Paul Linnet
    3

Ages 5-8

  • The Secret Sky Garden
    Linda Sarah
    5

  • How to Help a Hedgehog and Protect a Polar Bear
    Jess French
    5

  • The Girls
    Lauren Ace
    5

  • The Best Sound in the World
    Cindy Wume
    5

  • Once Upon a Wild Wood
    Chris Riddell
    4

  • Belinda Brown
    David McKee
    4

  • Angry Cookie
    Laura Dockrill
    4

  • The Day War Came
    Nicola Davies
    4

  • Sorrel and The Sleepover
    Corinne Averiss
    3

Ages 8-10

  • The Great Sea Dragon Discovery
    Pippa Goodhart
    5

  • The Dodo Made Me Do It
    Jo Simmons
    4

  • First Prize for the Worst Witch
    Jill Murphy
    4

  • The Day War Came
    Nicola Davies
    4

  • A Bleakley Brothers Mystery: What Manor of Murder?
    Christopher William Hill
    4

  • Tilly and the Bookwanderers
    Anna James
    3

  • The Legend of Kevin
    Sarah McIntyre
    Philip Reeve
    3

Ages 10-14

  • The Great Sea Dragon Discovery
    Pippa Goodhart
    5

  • You've Got a Friend
    Judi Curtin
    5

  • A Kid in My Class
    Rachel Rooney
    5

  • The Dam
    David Almond
    5

  • Dark Sky Park: Poems from the Edge of Nature
    Philip Gross
    5

  • The Way Past Winter
    Kiran Millwood Hargrave
    3

Ages 14+

  • Rosie Loves Jack
    Mel Darbon
    5

  • Across the Divide
    Anne Booth
    5

  • Black Snow Falling
    L.J MacWhirter
    4

  • Colour Me In
    Lydia Ruffles
    4

  • A Boy Called Ocean
    Chris Higgins
    4

  • England: Poems from a School
    Kate Clanchy
    4

  • What Girls Are Made Of
    Elana K. Arnold
    4

  • A Room Away from the Wolves
    Nova Ren Suma
    3

BfK News

ALASTAIR HUMPHREYS’ GREAT ADVENTURERS WINS THE 2019 EDUCATIONAL WRITERS’ AWARD

The winner of the 2019 Educational Writers’ Award is Alastair Humphreys’ Great Adventurers: The Incredible Expeditions of 20 Explorers (Big Picture Press).

Alastair Humphreys Great Adventures

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BLACKMAN AND DOWNHAM ON SHORTLIST FOR 2019 COSTA CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD

Former Children’s Laureate Malorie Blackman and acclaimed author Jenny Downham are on the shortlist for the 2019 Costa Children’s Book Award, which was announced today, 26th November 2020. Alongside them on the list are newcomers Jasbinder Bilan and Nicholas Downing, both of whom are published by Chicken House.

The 2019 Costa Children’s Award shortlist

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2019 ALCS EDUCATIONAL WRITERS’ AWARD SHORTLIST

Shortlist announced for the UK’s only award for creative educational writing

The Society of Authors and the Authors’ Licensing& Collecting Society have announced the shortlist for the 2019 ALCS Educational Writers’ Award, the UK’s only award for educational writing which stimulates and enhances the learning experience.

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‘INSPIRING’: CONTENDERS FOR THE 2020 BLUE PETER BOOK AWARDS REVEALED

Blue Peter Book Award logo

Six books have made it onto the shortlists for the 2020 Blue Peter Book Awards. There are two categories: Best Story, and – in non-fiction November – Best Book with Facts.

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NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2020 CARNEGIE AND KATE GREENAWAY MEDALS

And we’re off… the nominations for the 2020 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals are announced today, Monday 4th November.

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2020 UKLA BOOK AWARDS THE LONGLISTS

UKLA Awards

A record number of submissions and a new category to highlight information books marks the 12th longlists for the UKLA Awards, the only national awards judged by active classroom teachers.

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JESSICA LOVE NAMED WINNER OF THE KLAUS FLUGGE PRIZE 2019 FOR JULIAN IS A MERMAID

Jessica Love

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LOLLIES 2020 SHORTLIST THE YEAR’S FUNNIEST CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Michael Rosen, children’s novelist, poet and former Children’s Laureate, has announced the shortlist for the 2020 Laugh Out Loud Awards (The Lollies), the awards that celebrate the funniest children’s books.

Lollies logo

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HOOD, RUNDELL AND REYNOLDS UKLA BOOK AWARD WINNERS 2019

Morag Hood, Katherine Rundell and Jason Reynolds have been announced as the winners of the UKLA Book Awards 2019 for I Am Bat, The Explorer and Long Way Down respectively.

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CATHERINE JOHNSON WINS LITTLE REBELS CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD

The Alliance of Radical Booksellers (ARB) is delighted to announce that the winner of this year’s Little Rebels Children’s Book Award for Radical Fiction is Catherine Johnson for her book, Freedom (Scholastic 2018).

Catherine Johnsonn photo Andy Donohoe

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