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BfK No. 94 - September 1995

Cover Story
This month's cover features Quentin Blake's illustration for the publication Wondercrump Poetry featured in this issue. Our thanks to Red Fox for their help with this cover.

BfK No. 94 Articles

Editorial – September 1995

News and comment from the Editor.

Wondercrump Poetry

Liccy Dahl describes how the Wondercrump Competition came about and Ophelia Dahl writes about her father.

Poetry the Wondercrump Way

John Lynch on writing poetry with the children of Handford Hall Primary School in Suffolk.

Series Titles - September 1995

Some of the latest chosen by Steve Rosson.

A Tale of Two Charlies

Julia Eccleshare talks to Lenny Henry.

Authorgraph No.94: Gareth Owen

Gareth Owen interviewed by Adrian Jackson.

Power to the Book People!

Mary Hoffman on the campaign to save our libraries.

One to One...

Shirley Hughes assesses the work of Alan Marks.

Letters to the Editor

Letters from BfK readers.

Speaking in Blossom

Jack Ousbey on recent poetry.

BfK Briefing – September 1995

News * Events * Obituary * Awards * Publications

Wodwo and After

Robert Hull on the Collected Animal Poems of Ted Hughes.

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 94

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

Under 5s

  • Spot's Walk in the Woods

    Eric Hill
  • Foxy Loses His Tail; Runaway Washing; My Perfect Pet

    Colin Hawkins
    Jacqui Hawkins
  • Action Songs

  • Lazy Jack

    Val Biro
  • The Best-Loved Bear

    Diana Noonan

Ages 5-8

  • A Treasury of Funny Stories

  • Morris the Mouse Hunter ¦ Morris in the Apple Tree

    Vivian French
  • The Black and White Cat

    Deborah King
  • Communication

    Aliki
  • The Littlest Dinosaur

    Terrance Dicks
  • Something Else

    Kathryn Cave
  • Horrid Henry and Other Stories

    Francesca Simon
  • The Singing Tortoise

    John Yeoman
  • A Bad Case of Animal Nonsense

    Jonathan Allen
  • 3 Billy Goats Gruff

    Ted Dewan
  • Mummy Laid an Egg!

    Babette Cole
  • The Day Matt Sold Great-grandma

    Eleanor Allen
  • The Beast with a Thousand Teeth

    Terry Jones
  • A Fish of the World

    Terry Jones
  • Too Tired

    Ann Turnbull
  • Jellybaby and other Problem Pets

    Linda Jennings
  • All the Magic in the World

    Wendy Hartmann
  • Twin Trouble

    Jacqueline Wilson
  • Good Girl Granny

    Pat Thomson
    Faith Jaques
  • Cat's Knees and Bee's Whiskers

    Sandy Nightingale
  • Boots for a Bridesmaid; Are We There Yet?

    Verna Wilkins
  • The School Bus Comes at Eight O'Clock

    David McKee
  • Flowers; Soil; Insects; Trees

    Karen Bryant-Mole
  • Ant; Rabbit; Duck; Seagull

    Stephen Savage

Ages 8-10

  • Annelie in the Depths of the Night

    Imme Dros
  • A Treasury of Funny Stories

  • Children of Bach

    Eilis Dillon
  • Timesnatch

    Robert Swindells
  • War Game

    Michael Foreman
  • Benjamin Franklin's Adventures with Electricity

    Beverly Birch
    Robin Bell Corfield
  • France; The U.S.A.

    Ed Needham
  • Airport; Hotel

    Philippa Perry
    Stephen Gibbs
  • My Tudor Home; My Victorian Home

    Karen Bryant-Mole
  • Orson Cart and the Shipwreck Sharks; Orson Cart Saves Time

    Steve Donald
  • The Real Porky Phillips

    Mark Haddon
  • Stories for Bedtime

    Adèle Geras
  • The Revolting Baby

    Mary Hooper
  • Silly Stories

    Andrew Matthews
  • Rosie Pugh and the Great Clothes War

    Caroline Castle
  • Patrick and the Rotten Roman Rubbish

    Norma Clarke
  • Ride On, Sister Vincent

    Dyan Sheldon
  • Always Adam

    Sheldon Oberman
  • Memoirs of a Dangerous Alien

    Maggie Prince
  • The Fantora Family Photographs

    Adèle Geras
  • Not Yeti

    Alan Gibbons

Ages 10-14

  • The Easter Rising; The French Revolution

    Richard Killeen
  • Bangladesh; Brazil; Ghana; China

    Steve Brace
  • The Atlas of Endangered Peoples; The Atlas of Endangered Resources

    Steve Pollock
  • Marconi's Battle for Radio; Benjamin Franklin and Static Electricity; The Lumière Brothers and the Cinema

    Beverly Birch
    Robin Bell Corfield
  • Time Loft

    Clare Cooper
  • The Wild Boy and Queen Moon

    K M Peyton
  • Mennyms in the Wilderness

    Sylvia Waugh
  • Shadowmaker

    Joan Lowery Nixon
  • Second Childhood

    Morris Gleitzman
  • Tangled Fortunes

    Margaret Mahy
  • The Haunting of Jessica Raven

    Ann Halam
  • The Baby and Fly Pie

    Melvin Burgess
  • Secrets Never to be Told

    Cathie Bartlam
  • Monkey Island

    Paula Fox
  • Galax Arena

    Gillian Rubinstein

Ages 14+

  • If Only I'd Known

    Jenny Davis
  • Stone Cold

    Robert Swindells
  • Uncle Vampire

    Cynthia D Grant
  • The Shuttered Room

    Christine Purkis
  • Parkland

    Victor Kelleher
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