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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

NEW CROWD-FUNDED CHILDREN’S BOOK TO RETELL BRITAIN’S OLDEST STORIES

Children’s Laureate of Wales, Eloise Williams and author Matt Brown have launched a new crowdfunded project, The Mab.

The Mab

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LOOK UP! WINNERS OF THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN’S BOOK PRIZE 2020 NAMED

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THE 2020 LITTLE REBELS AWARD SHORTLIST

The shortlist for the 2020 Little Rebels Award has been announced. The Little Rebels Award celebrates children’s fiction which challenges stereotypes, promotes social justice and advocates for a more peaceful and fairer world.

Little Rebels logo 2020

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UKLA BOOK AWARD WINNERS 2020

The winners of the 2020 UKLA Book Awards have been announced.

UKLA award

The UKLA Book Awards are the only awards to be judged entirely by teachers and highlight texts that can ‘enhance all aspects of literacy learning’.

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WINNERS OF THE 2020 CARNEGIE AND KATE GREENAWAY MEDALS ANNOUNCED

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CHILDREN READING MORE IN LOCKDOWN

Silly Squad Laura Ellen Anderson

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SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2020 KLAUS FLUGGE PRIZE

The shortlist for the Klaus Flugge Prize has been announced. 2020 is the fifth year of the prize, which was set up to honour Klaus Flugge, founder of Andersen Press and an extremely influential figure in children’s picture books. It is awarded to the most promising and exciting newcomer to children’s picture book illustration.

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SHORTLIST FOR THE 2020 BRANFORD BOASE AWARD ANNOUNCED

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UKLA BOOK AWARDS THE SHORTLISTS 2020

UKLA BOOK AWARDS THE SHORTLISTS 2020

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SHORTLISTS FOR THE 2020 CILIP CARNEGIE AND KATE GREENAWAY MEDALS ANNOUNCED

CILIP CKG logo

The shortlists for the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals, the UK’s oldest book awards for children and young people, have been announced. Selected by Youth Librarians from the 20 strong longlists there are eight books on each of the two lists.

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