Morag Styles

Profile

Morag Styles is a Reader in Children’s Literature and Education at Cambridge University and a Fellow of Homerton College. She lectures internationally on children’s literature, poetry, the history of reading and visual literacy. She is the author of numerous books and articles including, From the Garden to the Street: 300 Years of Poetry for Children (1998); co-author (with Evelyn Arizpe) of Children Reading Pictures: Interpreting Visual Texts (2003) and Reading Lessons from the Eighteenth Century: Mothers, Children & Texts (2006); and co-editor of Acts of Reading: Teachers, Texts and Childhood (2009). She organised a large international conference on Poetry and Childhood (soon to be published) and curated a recent exhibition for the British Library, Twinkle twinkle little bat! 400 years of poetry for children(2009).

Children's Books (Author)

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  Children's Picturebooks: The art of visual storytelling
  Reviewed in BfK No. 193 (March 2012)
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  Poetry and Childhood
  Reviewed in BfK No. 186 (January 2011)
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  Children Reading Pictures: Interpreting Visual Texts
  Reviewed in BfK No. 139 (March 2003)
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  Tales, Tellers and Texts
  Reviewed in BfK No. 123 (July 2000)
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  From the Garden to the Street: Three Hundred Years of Poetry for Children
  Reviewed in BfK No. 111 (July 1998)
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Children's Books (Contributor)

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  Give the Ball to the Poet – A New Anthology of Caribbean Poetry
  Reviewed in BfK No. 209 (November 2014)
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  The Prose and the Passion
  Reviewed in BfK No. 92 (May 1995)
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  Mother Gave a Shout
  Reviewed in BfK No. 75 (July 1992)
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Articles

Picturebooks: the best art form for something you to have to say	BfK No. 240 (January 2020)	An extract from the new edition of Children's Picturebooks: The Art of Visual Storytelling
Frances Lincoln’s new poetry list	BfK No. 188 (May 2011)	Morag Styles talks to Janetta Otter-Barry of Frances Lincoln about her new poetry list.
Ten of the Best Poetry Books for Children	BfK No. 182 (May 2010)	Morag Styles chooses her top ten titles.
The New Children’s Laureate: Michael Rosen	BfK No. 166 (September 2007)	Morag Styles in conversation with Michael Rosen.
Authorgraph No.151: Grace Nichols	BfK No. 151 (March 2005)	Grace Nichols interviewed by Morag Styles.
Collecting, Selecting and Anthologising Poetry - the CLPE Award	BfK No. 148 (September 2004)	Morag Styles on the CLPE Poetry Award.
Ted Hughes 1930-1998	BfK No. 114 (January 1999)	Morag Styles pays tribute to the Poet Laureate.
Generous Vendors	BfK No. 88 (September 1994)	Morag Styles introduces A Caribbean Dozen.
Authorgraph No.82: John Agard	BfK No. 82 (September 1993)	John Agard interviewed by Morag Styles.
A Poetry Round-Up	BfK No. 79 (March 1993)	Morag Styles assesses recent collections and anthologies.
Authorgraph No.72: James Berry	BfK No. 72 (January 1992)	James Berry interviewed by Morag Styles.
New Verse '90	BfK No. 66 (January 1991)	Morag Styles looks at new hardback poetry.
Authorgraph No.64 - Charles Causley	BfK No. 64 (September 1990)	Charles Causley was interviewed by Morag Styles.
Authorgraph No.61 – Kit Wright	BfK No. 61 (March 1990)	Kit Wright interviewed by Morag Styles.
Pick of the Poetry	BfK No. 59 (November 1989)	Morag Styles looks back over a year's publishing.
Authorgraph No 51 – Michael Rosen	BfK No. 51 (July 1988)	Michael Rosen was interviewed by Morag Styles.

Reviews

The Language of Cat and Other Poems	Reviewed in BfK No. 189 (July 2011)
Umpteen Pockets: New and Collected Poems for Children	Reviewed in BfK No. 181 (March 2010)
New and Collected Poems for Children	Reviewed in BfK No. 180 (January 2010)
A Year with Poetry	Reviewed in BfK No. 111 (July 1998)
We Animals Would Like a Word with You	Reviewed in BfK No. 103 (March 1997)
Robert Burns: Maker of Rhymes	Reviewed in BfK No. 103 (March 1997)
The Complete Poetical Works of Phoebe Flood	Reviewed in BfK No. 103 (March 1997)
The Puffin Book of Nonsense Verse	Reviewed in BfK No. 102 (January 1997)
Oxford Book of Poetry for Children	Reviewed in BfK No. 102 (January 1997)
The New Oxford Book of Children's Verse	Reviewed in BfK No. 102 (January 1997)
The Oxford Treasury of Classic Poems	Reviewed in BfK No. 102 (January 1997)
Funky Chickens	Reviewed in BfK No. 102 (January 1997)
You Wait Till I'm Older Than You!	Reviewed in BfK No. 102 (January 1997)

History

Member for

11 years 32 weeks