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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)

  • Children's Picturebooks: The art of visual storytelling
    Reviewed in BfK No. 193 (March 2012)
    4
  • Poetry and Childhood
    Reviewed in BfK No. 186 (January 2011)
    5
  • Children Reading Pictures: Interpreting Visual Texts
    Reviewed in BfK No. 139 (March 2003)
    3
  • Tales, Tellers and Texts
    Reviewed in BfK No. 123 (July 2000)
    3
  • From the Garden to the Street: Three Hundred Years of Poetry for Children
    Reviewed in BfK No. 111 (July 1998)
    5

Children's Books (Contributor)

  • Give the Ball to the Poet – A New Anthology of Caribbean Poetry
    Reviewed in BfK No. 209 (November 2014)
    5
  • The Prose and the Passion
    Reviewed in BfK No. 92 (May 1995)
    0
  • Mother Gave a Shout
    Reviewed in BfK No. 75 (July 1992)
    0

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

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