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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

SHORTLIST FOR THE COSTA CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD 2020

Debut authors Darren Charlton and Jenny Pearson join Natasha Farrant and Meg Rosoff on the shortlist for the 2020 Costa Children’s Book Award.

The shortlist for the 2020 Costa Children’s Book Award has been announced. No less than 146 books were submitted and from those the judges have chosen a shortlist of four. They are:

Wranglestone by Darren Charlton (Little Tiger)

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BOOKTRUST’S REPRESENTS INTERIM RESEARCH & CLPE REFLECTING REALITIES SURVEY 2020

CLPE Reflecting Realities Report 2020

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SHORTLIST FOR THE 2021 BLUE PETER BOOK AWARDS REVEALED

The six books shortlisted for the 2021 Blue Peter Book Awards have been announced.

Blue Peter Book Award logo

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Happy National Non-Fiction November 2020

It’s National Non-Fiction November! Organised by the Federation of Children’s Book Groups, National Non-Fiction November is an annual celebration of the power of non-fiction to inspire children and celebrate readers who have a passion for information and facts. 2020 is the 10th anniversary of National Non-Fiction November.

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JANE PORTER AND MAISIE PARADISE SHEARRING 2020 LITTLE REBELS AWARD WINNERS

Jane Porter and Maisie Paradise Shearring have won the 2020 Little Rebels Award for their picture book The Boy who Loved Everyone. They will share the £2000 prize.

Little Rebels logo 2020

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OU AND MACMILLAN CHILDREN’S BOOKS LAUNCH BOOK CHAT SCHEME

The Open University (OU) is launching Book Chat: Reading with your Child, a resource which comprises three short films and support materials to help parents, families and carers read books conversationally and creatively to children. Working with Macmillan Children’s Books, the films use a selection of their picture books and a poetry collection to support families with reading to different ages of children.

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TOM PALMER WINS THE CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD 2020

Tom Palmer

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CILIP CARNEGIE AND KATE GREENAWAY SHADOWERS’ CHOICE AWARDS TO DEAN ATTA AND KADIR NELSON

The winners of the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Shadowers’ Choice Awards, voted for by children and young people, have been announced.

The Black Flamingo

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Zaro Weil wins 2020 CLiPPA (CLPE Children’s Poetry Award)

Poet Zaro Weil was today announced the winner of the annual poetry award, CLiPPA (Centre for Literacy in Primary Poetry Award) for her collection of nature poems, Cherry Moon, published by ZaZaKids Books/ Troika Books and illustrated by Junli Song.

CLiPPA winner

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LONGLISTS ANNOUNCED FOR 2021 UKLA BOOK AWARDS

UKLA award

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