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BfK No. 11 - November 1981

Cover story
Our cover illustration this issue is by Tomie de Paola from The Night Before Christmas (Oxford University Press). See Seasonal Stories (page 28).

BfK No. 11 Articles

Editor's Page – November 1981

News and comment from the Editor.

Books for Christmas - Chris Powling, Tony Bradman, Cathy Lister, David Bennett, Steve Bowles & Pat Triggs select titles

Six pages of books for giving chosen some of our regular reviewers and contributors.

Needle On Treasure Island

For Jan Needle Treasure Island has always been a very special book, one which he returns to often. Here he makes us a present of his thoughts about why it fascinates him and why he believes it has much to teach us about writing for children.

The Determined Freelance

Robert Crowther talks to Pat Triggs.

Passing the Toby Test

Willie Rushton, cartoonist, illustrator, writer, actor and all-round humourist, writes about getting involved with children and books.

Authorgraph No.11 - Jan Pienkowski

Jan Pienkowski interviewed by Pat Triggs.

How To... - Start a Family Reading Group

Shirley Bushdescribes how she got going.

AWARDS

News of the Other Award and the Whitbread Award for Children's Books.

To Books for Keeps From Jane Walmsley

A traditional message in a novel form from Jane Walmsley.

School of the Year '81

The winners of the Lloyds Bank competition for Children's Book Week.

Sound & Vision - November 1981

News of books on television.

The Story of Christmas

Neville Kirby on choosing books to celebrate a Christian festival.

The Play's The Thing Or Is It?

Chris Powling considers three books which encourage children to `put on a play' in the light of developing views on the role of drama in education.

Seasonal Stories

Suggestions for additions to your Christmas storytime.

50 Years of Babar

Tony Bradman meets Laurent de Brunhoff and talks about his association with the famous elephant.

BfK News - November 1981

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

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 11

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

Under 5s

  • Stanley and Rhoda

    Rosemary Wells
  • The Patchwork Cat

    Nicola Bayley
    William Mayne
  • The Mother Goose Book

  • On Market Street

    Anita Lobel
    Arnold Lobel
  • Sunshine

    Jan Ormerod
  • Peepo!

    Janet Ahlberg
    Allan Ahlberg

Ages 5-8

  • A Pet for Mrs Arbuckle

    Gwenda Smyth
    Ann James
  • Georgie and the Buried Treasure

    Robert Bright
  • Queen Yesno

    Mary Tozer
  • Warton and Morton

    Russell Erickson
  • Little Red Riding Hood

    Tony Ross
  • The Happy Prince

    Oscar Wilde
  • Hansel and Gretel

  • Grandmother's Tales

    Celia Berridge

Ages 8-10

  • Maggie Gumption Flies High

    Margaret Stuart Barry
  • The Great Ice-Cream Crime

    Hazel Townson
  • Cinderella

    Moira Kemp
  • The Faber Book of Modern Fairy Stories

  • The Nightingale and the Rose

    Oscar Wilde
  • The Big Dipper

    Frank Muir
    Polly Muir
  • Another Fine Mess

    Jan Needle
  • Mouldy's Orphan

    Gillian Avery
  • Gangsters, Ghosts and Dragonflies

  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

    Selina Hastings
    Juan Wijngaard
  • Trick a Tracker

    Michael Foreman
  • They Came from Aargh! ¦ The Great Fruit Gum Robbery

    Russell Hoban
    Colin McNaughton

Ages 10-14

  • The Hollow Land

    Jane Gardam
  • Invitation to the Waltz

    Rosamond Lehmann
  • Comeback

    Marjorie Darke
  • The Great Piratical Rumbustification and The Librarian and the Robbers

    Margaret Mahy
  • The Church Mice at Christmas

    Graham Oakley
  • Love You, Hate You, Just Don't Know

  • The Boy Who Sprouted Antlers

    John Yeoman
    Quentin Blake
  • Spooky Stories 3

    Barbara Ireson
  • The Magnet Book of Strange Tales

  • The Fox in Winter

    John Branfield
  • Daredevils or Scaredycats

    Chris Powling
  • You Never Knew Her As I Did

    Mollie Hunter
  • The Multiplying Glass

    Ann Phillips
  • The Kettlewitch

    Maureen Osborne
  • The Dark Horse

    Rumer Godden
  • Flambards Divided

    K M Peyton
  • Goodnight Mister Tom

    Michelle Magorian
  • Mouldy's Orphan

    Gillian Avery
  • Strictly Private

  • The Highwayman

    Alfred Noyes
    Charles Keeping
  • Fabulous Beasts

    Monika Beisner
    Alison Lurie

Ages 14+

  • My Brilliant Career

    Miles Franklin
  • The Fortunate Few

    Tim Kennemore
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