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BfK No. 48 - January 1988

Cover Story
The illustration on our cover is by Michael Hague and is taken from Peter Pan by J M Barrie (Methuen, 0 416 09392 2 £9.95). We are grateful to Methuen for help in using this illustration.

BfK No. 48 Articles

Editor's Page - January 1988

News and comment from the Editor.

Peter Pan Goes Public

Last year Kipling, this year Barrie; both now dead for the 50 years that puts their work out of copyright. Three new illustrated versions appear this month.

Nicholas Tucker considers the enduring appeal of the eternal boy now, in publishing terms, approaching his 80th birthday.

Introducing Michael Hague

Chris Powling talks to our cover artist - an American who has been laying claim to the English classics.

Sound & Vision – January 1988

News and views about books on radio, TV and in films.

Beyond Beginning Reading

More and more publishers are bringing out books for the `newly independent reader'. Pat Triggs reports on how two new series are being received in the classroom.

From Page To Stage

Robert Leeson finds a new perspective on adaptation as his own version of The Third Class Genie goes into the theatre.

Authorgraph No 48 - Martin Waddell

Martin Waddell was interviewed by Liz Weir.

Awards - Emil and Smarties

Reports on the Smarties Prize and the Emil Award by Jill Paton Walsh and Chris Powling.

May We Recommend... Rudolf Frank

Patricia Crampton on Rudolf Frank's No Hero for the Kaiser.

 

BfK News - January 1988

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

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 48

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

Under 5s

  • Pig Pig Goes Camping

    David McPhail
  • Rose

    Cindy Wheeler
  • Around the World Alphabet

    Ann Taylor
  • Moonbeams on a Cat's Ear

    Marie-Louise Gay
  • Arthur's Tooth

    Marc Brown
  • The Biggest Pumpkin Ever

    Steven Kroll
  • Something New for a Bear to Do

    Shirley Isherwood
  • When I'm Sleepy

    Jane R Howard
  • I Want My Potty

    Tony Ross
  • Dilly's Muddy Day

    Tony Bradman
  • Teddy Bears' Picnic

  • Sizes of Things

    Althea
  • The Lost Toys

    Irina Hale

Ages 5-8

  • The Vanishment of Thomas Tull

    Janet Ahlberg
    Allan Ahlberg
  • The Foxwood Regatta ¦ The Foxwood Kidnap

  • Peabody

    Rosemary Wells
  • Miss Happiness and Miss Flower

    Rumer Godden
  • Mr Wolf's Week

    Colin Hawkins
  • Oscar Mouse Finds a Home

    Moira Miller
  • Allotment Lane School Again

    Margaret Joy
  • Elephants Never Jump

    Violet Easton Vendrell
  • More Stories Julian Tells

    Ann Cameron
  • See You at the Match

    Margaret Joy
  • Ursula Sailing

    Sheila Lavelle
  • Dolly -- The Story of a London Mouse

    Jenny Thorne
  • The Old Man and the Edible Suit

    Edward Lear

Ages 8-10

  • Jack at Sea

    Philippe Dupasquier
  • Cassie Bowen Takes Witch Lessons

    Anna Grossnickle Hines
  • Woof!

    Allan Ahlberg
  • Barty

    Janet Collins
  • Stanley Bagshaw and the Short-Sighted Football Trainer

    Bob Wilson
  • Ellie and the Hagwitch

    Helen Cresswell
  • The Snow Spider

    Jenny Nimmo
  • Foxy Fables

    Tony Ross
  • Gaffer Samson's Luck

    Jill Paton Walsh
  • Say it Again, Granny!

    John Agard
  • The Princess and the Frog

    A Vesey
  • The Raries

    John Talbot

Ages 10-14

  • Straw Fire

    Angela Hassall
  • The Last Harper

    Julian Atterton
  • Back Home

    Michelle Magorian
  • Piggybook

    Anthony Browne
  • Master Cornhill

    Eloise Jarvis McGraw
  • Redwall

    Brian Jacques
  • Bagthorpes Haunted

    Helen Cresswell
  • The Coal House

    Andrew Taylor
  • Strike at Ratcliffe's Rags

    Gillian Cross
  • The Hardest Sum in the World

    Terry Wardle
  • On the Spot

    Mark Daniel
  • The Final Test

    Gareth Owen

Ages 14+

  • I'll Go My own Way

    Mollie Hunter
  • The Sentinels

    Peter Carter
  • Friedrich ¦ I Was There

    Hans Peter Richter
  • The Ruby in the Smoke

    Philip Pullman
  • Secrets from the School Underground

    Pete Johnson
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