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BfK No. 100 - September 1996

Cover Story
The cover illustration for our 100th issue is by Rosemary Wells for Iona Opie’s latest book, My Very First Mother Goose. Iona is the subject of our Authorgraph this month. We are grateful to Walker Books for their help in producing our September cover.

BfK No. 100 Articles

Editorial – September 1996

News and comment from the Editor.

My Pal William Brown

Garry Kilworth on writing for children.

Spot and His Owner

David Morton interviews Eric Hill.

Northern Lights and Christmas Miracles

Julia Eccleshare on this year's Carnegie and Greenaway Medals.

Authorgraph No.100: Iona Opie

Iona Opie interviewed by Nicholas Tucker.

Towards a Nascent Logodaedali...

George Hunt assesses dictionaries for children.

Big Books Are Brilliant!

Jill Bennett on an invaluable classroom asset.

Labels That Libel

Jeff Hynds with a warning to publishers.

Blind Spot: Aesop’s Fables

Geraldine McCaughrean on her dislike of Aesop's Fables.

Hundredth-Issue Hardbacks

Stephanie Nettell selects from the latest publications.

BfK Briefing – September 1996

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

Remembering Eleanor Farjeon

Anne Harvey discusses Eleanor Farjeon.

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 100

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

Under 5s

  • Wake Up Piglet

    Jan Barger
  • Where's My Kitten?

    Michèle Coxon
  • Oops-A-Daisy! and Other Tales for Toddlers

    Joyce Dunbar
  • Snap! Snap!

    Colin Hawkins
    Jacqui Hawkins
  • Over on the Farm

    Christopher Gunson
  • Mr Bear's Picnic

    Debi Gliori
  • You're a Genius, Blackboard Bear

    Martha Alexander
  • Lucy's Rabbit

    Jennifer Northway
  • The Train Ride

    June Crebbin
    Stephen Lambert
  • Badger's Parting Gifts

    Susan Varley

Ages 5-8

  • Tick-Tock ¦ What's Under the Bed? ¦ The World is Full of Babies!

    James Dunbar
  • Machines ¦ Materials ¦ Textures ¦ Tools ¦ Blue ¦ Green ¦ Red ¦ Yellow

    Karen Bryant-Mole
  • Flower Street Friends

    Diana Hendry
  • Invisible Stanley

    Jeff Brown
  • Willy the Wizard

    Anthony Browne
  • Marmaduke the Magic Cat

    Colin West
  • Making Faces

    Nick Butterworth
  • Mr Dunfilling and the Denture Adventure

    Rob Lewis
  • A First Puffin Picture Book of Stories from World Religions

    Annabel Shilson-Thomas
  • Herbert - Five Stories

    Ivor Cutler
  • The Great Book of Picture Puzzles

    Juliet Snape
    Charles Snape
  • The Little Prince and the Great Treasure Hunt

    Peter Kavanagh
  • Tick-Tock

    Eileen Browne
  • Dinosaur Roar!

    Paul Stickland
    Henrietta Stickland
  • Swinging on a Rainbow

    Charles Perkins
  • I Want My Dinner

    Tony Ross
  • How to Count Crocodiles

  • Badger's Parting Gifts

    Susan Varley

Ages 8-10

  • The Original Olympics

    Stewart Ross
  • Animals ¦ Landscapes ¦ Portraits ¦ Stories

  • The Upside-down Mice and Other Animal Stories

  • Skating on Sand

    Libby Gleeson
  • Dark at the Foot of the Stairs

    Eileen Moore
  • The Magic Fountain by HRH Princess Gloriana

    Roger McGough
  • The Dog Who Changed the World

    Robert Leeson
  • Storm Boy

    Paul Owen Lewis
  • Casting a Spell and Other Poems

  • Otherworlds - Poems of the mysterious

  • Street of Tall People ¦ Ganging Up

    Alan Gibbons
  • Pepe's Dog

    Helen Santos
  • It's Raining Cats and Dogs

    Pie Corbett
  • The Night I Was Chased By a Vampire

    Kaye Umansky
  • Wyvern Fall

    Toby Forward
  • The Bagthorpe Triangle

    Helen Cresswell
  • Jet Smoke and Dragon Fire

    Charles Ashton

Ages 10-14

  • Who Wrote That?

    Terrance Dicks
  • Racism

    Samidha Garg
    Jan Hardy
  • McDonald's

    William Gould
  • Space ¦ Time

    David Glover
  • Fault Line

    Graham Marks
  • Uncovered ¦ The Gizmo Again

    Paul Jennings
  • Blood Dance

    Louise Cooper
  • Bruno and the Crumhorn

    Ursula Dubosarsky
  • World-Eater

    Robert Swindells
  • The Weirdo

    Theodore Taylor
  • Molly

    Carol Drinkwater
  • Night Fright

    Jean Ure
  • Matt's Million

    Andrew Norriss
  • Frances Fairweather - Demon Striker

    Derek Smith
  • Double Act

    Jacqueline Wilson
    Sue Heap
  • Wilmot and Chips

    Alex Shearer
  • Closer, Closer

    Steve May
  • Criminal Records

  • How Come the Best Clues are Always in the Garbage?

    Linda Bailey
  • The Island of Summer

    Jenny Sullivan
  • Thundering Hooves

  • The Fear Man

    Ann Halam
  • Pulling the Plug on the Universe

    Maggie Prince
  • The Good Book

    Alan Durant
  • Weirdo's War

    Michael Coleman

Ages 14+

  • The Gathering Darkness

    Paula Fox
  • Sea Change

    Christine Purkis
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