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Geraldine McCaughrean

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Children's Books (Author)

  • Where the World Ends
    Reviewed in BfK No. 224 (May 2017)
    5
  • Pittipat’s Saucer of Moon
    Reviewed in BfK No. 201 (July 2013)
    4
  • Monacello, the Little Monk
    Reviewed in BfK No. 189 (July 2011)
    4
  • Pull Out All the Stops!
    Reviewed in BfK No. 186 (January 2011)
    5
  • The Death Defying Pepper Roux
    Reviewed in BfK No. 180 (January 2010)
    3
  • Tamburlaine's Elephants
    Reviewed in BfK No. 166 (September 2007)
    5
  • Fig's Giant
    Reviewed in BfK No. 157 (March 2006)
    2
  • White Darkness, The
    Reviewed in BfK No. 155 (November 2005)
    5
  • Sky Ship and other stories
    Reviewed in BfK No. 151 (March 2005)
    4
  • Smile!
    Reviewed in BfK No. 149 (November 2004)
    2
  • Dog Days
    Reviewed in BfK No. 145 (March 2004)
    3
  • Oxford Treasury of Fairy Tales
    Reviewed in BfK No. 145 (March 2004)
    5
  • The Jesse Tree
    Reviewed in BfK No. 145 (March 2004)
    5
  • Doctor Quack
    Reviewed in BfK No. 139 (March 2003)
    4
  • The Greeks on Stage
    Reviewed in BfK No. 137 (November 2002)
    4
  • Six Storey House
    Reviewed in BfK No. 136 (September 2002)
    4
  • Stop the Train
    Reviewed in BfK No. 133 (March 2002)
    5
  • Britannia on Stage: 25 Plays from British History
    Reviewed in BfK No. 128 (May 2001)
    5
  • The Orchard Book of Love and Friendship
    Reviewed in BfK No. 127 (March 2001)
    5
  • Grandma Chickenlegs
    Reviewed in BfK No. 123 (July 2000)
    4
  • Unicorns! Unicorns!
    Reviewed in BfK No. 122 (May 2000)
    5
  • Britannia, 100 Great Stories from British History
    Reviewed in BfK No. 121 (March 2000)
    5
  • The Stones are Hatching
    Reviewed in BfK No. 121 (March 2000)
    4
  • Too Big!
    Reviewed in BfK No. 116 (May 1999)
    3
  • The Crystal Pool: Myths and Legends of the World
    Reviewed in BfK No. 115 (March 1999)
    5
  • Never Let Go
    Reviewed in BfK No. 114 (January 1999)
    5
  • A Little Lower than the Angels
    Reviewed in BfK No. 113 (November 1998)
    5
  • The Doubleday Book of Princess Stories
    Reviewed in BfK No. 108 (January 1998)
    4
  • Perseus and the Gorgon Medusa
    Reviewed in BfK No. 107 (November 1997)
    4
  • Daedalus and Icarus
    Reviewed in BfK No. 107 (November 1997)
    4
  • The Wooden Horse
    Reviewed in BfK No. 107 (November 1997)
    4
  • Forever X
    Reviewed in BfK No. 107 (November 1997)
    5
  • The Odyssey
    Reviewed in BfK No. 101 (November 1996)
    0
  • Plundering Paradise
    Reviewed in BfK No. 99 (July 1996)
    0
  • Gold Dust
    Reviewed in BfK No. 95 (November 1995)
    0
  • Saint George and the Dragon
    Reviewed in BfK No. 87 (July 1994)
    0
  • A Little Lower than the Angels
    Reviewed in BfK No. 57 (July 1989)
    0

Children's Books (Contributor)

  • El Cid
    Reviewed in BfK No. 138 (January 2003)
    4
  • Moby Dick
    Reviewed in BfK No. 138 (January 2003)
    4
  • John Bunyon's A Pilgrim's Progress
    Reviewed in BfK No. 130 (September 2001)
    4
  • Athena and the Olive Tree and other Greek Myths
    Reviewed in BfK No. 127 (March 2001)
    3
  • Zeus Conquers the Titans and other Greek Myths
    Reviewed in BfK No. 127 (March 2001)
    3

Articles

Ten Essential Children's Books BfK No. 244 (September 2020)

Ten essential books for young readers chosen by Geraldine McCaughrean

Editorial 231 BfK No. 231 (July 2018)

Carnegie medal winner Geraldine McCaughrean praises words

Animal at the Story Museum BfK No. 217 (March 2016)

Geraldine McCaughrean on a new exhibition

A dark tale for Christmas from Geraldine McCaughrean BfK No. 203 (November 2013)

What fairy tales are really for.

A Books for Keeps extract from Pull Out All The Stops! BfK No. 184 (September 2010)

From Pull Out All The Stops! by Geraldine McCaughrean

I Wish I’d Written… Ted Hughes’ Creation Tales BfK No. 112 (September 1998)

Geraldine McCaughrean chooses Ted Hughes' Creation Tales.

Blind Spot: Aesop’s Fables BfK No. 100 (September 1996)

Geraldine McCaughrean on her dislike of Aesop's Fables.

History

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