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BfK No. 62 - May 1990

Cover Story
The illustration on our cover is taken from One World by Michael Foreman, published by Andersen Press, (0 86264 289 2, £6.95). We are grateful to Andersen Press for their help in using this illustration and to Michael Foreman for the article.

BfK No. 62 Articles

Editor's Page - May 1990

News and comment from the Editor.

The Birth of a Book

Michael Foreman on the slow emergence of One World.

Big Books

Penny Smith takes a step back to look at why, how and which...

A Designer Looks at Picture Books

Douglas Martin reflects on the past, present and future of what the book trade calls `flats'.

Authorgraph No. 62 – Helen Oxenbury

Helen Oxenbury interviewed by Stephanie Nettell.

What is a Child?

Ralph Steadman takes a personal view.

On The Level

Jeff Hynds, with a little help from his young friends, assesses this year's Spring picture books.

AWARDS - Mother Goose and The Guardian Award

MOTHER GOOSE 89 - Elaine Moss gives the judge's verdictand for The Guardian Award Stephanie Nettell reports.

BfK News - May 1990

News about what's happening in the children's book world.

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 62

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

Under 5s

  • Come to Town ¦ In Our House

    Anne Rockwell
  • Jamaica's Find

    Juanita Havill
  • Who's Afraid of the Ghost Train?

    Frank Rodgers
  • The Cake That Mack Ate

    Rose Robart
  • Little Miss Muffet

    Ian Beck

Ages 5-8

  • A Family of Tortoises

    Elvig Hansen
  • My Apple ¦ My Boat ¦ My Cake ¦ My Jumper

    Kay Davies
    Wendy Oldfield
  • Friends and Brothers

    Dick King-Smith
  • Ghost's Hour, Spook's Hour

    Eve Bunting
  • The Wizard Party

    Thelma Lambert
  • Our Horrible Friend

    Hannah Cole
  • Tim and Ginger ¦ Tim in Danger ¦ Tim to the Lighthouse ¦ Tim's Friend Towser ¦ Tim and Charlotte ¦ Tim All Alone

    Edward Ardizzone
  • Tales from the Shop that Never Shuts

    Martin Waddell
  • The Magic Camera

    Adèle Geras
  • Over the Moon and Far Away

    Margaret Nash
  • Albertine, Goose Queen

    Michael Morpurgo
  • Going Out with Hatty

    Jenny Koralek
  • Barnabas Walks

    William Mayne
  • The Little Peacock's Gift

    Cherry Denman
  • Fancy Nancy in Disguise

    Ruth Craft
  • Animal Characters

    Jean Christian Knaff
  • The Smelly Book

    Babette Cole
  • The King of Kennelwick Castle

    Colin West
  • The Oddjob Man and the Thousand Mile Boots

    Jean Kenward

Ages 8-10

  • Bianca

    Joan Phipson
  • Pig in the Middle

    Sam Llewellyn
  • Jackaroo

    Cynthia Voigt
  • Race Against Time

    Rosemary Hayes
  • Hard and Fast

    Linda Newbery
  • Max All Over

    Marilyn Kaye
  • The Other Darker Ned

    Anne Fine
  • Great Comfort

    Geraldine Kaye
  • The Underground Conspiracy

    Catherine Storr
  • Best Friends

    Anthony Smith
  • Hetty's First Fling

    Diana Hendry
  • Ally, Ally, Aster

    Ann Halam
  • The Tripods: When The Tripods Came

    John Christopher
  • Taking Root

  • A Visit to Folly Castle

    Nina Beachcroft
  • The Devil's Other Storybook

    Natalie Babbitt
  • The Adventures of Brer Rabbit

  • Maid Marian and Her Merry Men: How the Band got Together ¦ Maid Marian and Her Merry Men: Robert the Incredible Chicken

    Tony Robinson
  • Maid Marian and her Merry Men

  • Matilda

    Roald Dahl
  • Wagstaffe the Wind-Up Boy

    Jan Needle
  • Mrs Circumference

    Catherine Storr
  • Anastasia Morningstar

    Hazel Hutchins
  • Count Boris Bolescu and the Black Pudding ¦ My Uncle Albert ¦ Princess Florizella

    Ann Jungman
  • My Friend Walter

    Michael Morpurgo
  • Friends and Brothers

    Dick King-Smith
  • Hoppity-Gap

    Chris Powling

Ages 10-14

  • The New Oxford School Atlas

    Patrick Wiegand
  • Down the Plughole ¦ What a Load of Rubbish ¦ Poison Beware! ¦ Worm's Eye View

    Thompson Yardley
  • Castles, Pyramids and Palaces

    Caroline Young
  • Sammy Streetsinger ¦ Snow White in New York

    Charles Keeping

Ages 14+

  • Charles Dickens ¦ D H Lawrence

    Christopher Martin
  • Goodbye and Keep Cold

    Jenny Davis
  • So Long at the Fair

    Hadley Irwin
  • The Troublemakers

    Roger Parkes
  • And I Heard a Bird Sing

    Rosa Guy
  • Catch the Moon

    Sue Welford
  • Heartache: A Book of Love Stories

  • The Masque of the Red Death and other stories; Perhaps You Should Talk to Someone and other stories

    Julia Eccleshare
  • Holding Me Here

    Pam Conrad
  • Me and Luke

    Audrey O'Hearn
  • Love All

  • Out of the Sun

    Peggy Woodford
  • Alex

    Tessa Duder
  • Double Take

    June Oldham
  • Roscoe's Leap

    Gillian Cross
  • Someday My Prince Won't Come

  • A Haunting Refrain

    Alison Prince
  • After the Dancing Days

    Margaret Rostkowski
  • Secrets Not Meant to be Kept

    Gloria D Miklowitz
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