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BfK No. 19 - March 1983

Cover Book
On our cover this issue we feature The Chicken Book by Garth Williams. (See feature on p. 21 for details).  We are grateful to Patrick Hardy Books for help in using this picture.

BfK No. 19 Articles

Editorial – March 1983

News and comment from the Editor.
How Do You See?

Barbara Jones considers the work of two picture book innovators: Anthony Browne and Jeannie Baker.
Lifeline Two No.2: Picture Books

Judith Elkin continues her series.
Authorgraph No.19: Michael Foreman

Michael Foreman interviewed by Pat Triggs.
Two New Departures

The Good Book Guide and The Signal Review introduced by their compilers.
HOW TO... link Reading and Writing

Try a Bookstop or a Book Camp.
Hardy Perennial – Patrick Hardy

Tony Bradman talks to the man behind a new imprint in children's publishing.
Cover Story – Garth Williams

Meet Garth Williams.
Sound & Vision - March 1983

News and views of books on TV.
New York Diary - March 1983

A new regular report from John Mason.
Fairy Tale Visions

Tony Bradman examines the work of Tony Ross and Errol le Cain.
Extra Extra!

Winners of the Slimerick and Phizwizzard competitions.
BfK News – March 1983

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

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 19

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

Under 5s

  • Captain Pugwash: The Quest of the Golden Handshake
    John Ryan

  • King Rollo's Playroom, and other stories
    David McKee

  • Across the Stream
    Mirra Ginsburg

  • You'll Soon Grow Into Them, Titch
    Pat Hutchins

  • Cornelius
    Leo Lionni

  • Spot's Birthday Party
    Eric Hill

  • Crazy Bear
    Colin McNaughton

  • Peepo!
    Janet Ahlberg
    Allan Ahlberg

  • A Mouse's Diary
    Michelle Cartlidge

  • Hilda's Restful Chair
    Iris Schweitzer

  • Sunshine
    Jan Ormerod

Ages 5-8

  • In the Garden of Badthings
    Doug MacLeod

  • Party Time for Nicky
    Annabelle Prager

  • Basil Brush Takes Off
    Peter Firmin

  • Arrow to the Sun
    Gerald McDermott

  • The Buttercup Buskers Rainy Day
    Chris Callery

Ages 8-10

  • I Din Do Nuttin, and other poems
    John Agard

  • Uncle Cleans Up
    J P Martin

  • Shining Rivers ¦ Mouse in the Attic
    Ruth Dallas

  • Alone at Pine Street
    Mabel Esther Allan

  • Dog Days and Cat Naps
    Gene Kemp

  • Jonny Briggs and the Galloping Wedding
    Joan Eadington

  • The Little Water Sprite
    Otfried Preussler

  • The Gumby Gang on Holiday
    Pamela Oldfield

  • Jeffy the Burglar's Cat
    Ursula Moray Williams

  • Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Dinosaur Bones
    David A Adler

  • The Kuia and the Spider
    Patricia Grace

Ages 10-14

  • Gangsters Ghosts & Dragonflies
    Brian Patten

  • The Gruesome Book ¦ Peter Davison's Book of Alien Planets ¦ Ghosts that Haunt You ¦ Haunting Tales

  • The Boy who Won the Pools
    Gerard Macdonald

  • Hairs in the Palm of the Hand
    Jan Mark

  • The Cybil War
    Betsy Byars

  • The Armourer's House
    Rosemary Sutcliff

  • Into the Fourth at Trebizon
    Anne Digby

  • The Case of the Wild River Ride ¦ The Case of the Mile High Race
    Elizabeth Levy

  • Linda Craig: The Mystery in Mexico ¦ Linda Craig: The Ghost Town Treasure
    Ann Sheldon

  • Murphy & Co.
    Anthony Masters

  • Roar to Victory
    Michael Hardcastle

Ages 14+

  • The Fortunate Few
    Tim Kennemore

  • Going Out
    Jan Needle

  • S.W.A.L.K.
    Paula Milne

  • The Girl who Wanted a Boy
    Paul Zindel
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