Clive Barnes

Profile

Articles

Margaret Meek Spencer 1925 – 4 May 2020	BfK No. 242 (May 2020)	Margaret Meek Spencer remembered by Clive Barnes
Obituary John Burningham	BfK No. 234 (January 2019)	John Burningham remembered by Clive Barnes
AN INTERVIEW WITH GILL LEWIS	BfK No. 226 (September 2017)	The award-winning author talks about her new book Sky Dancer
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE 2017 KATE GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER LANE SMITH	BfK No. 224 (May 2017)	Exclusive Books for Keeps interview
Authorgraph 223 Jane Ray	BfK No. 223 (March 2017)	Jane Ray interviewed by Clive Barnes
Obituary: Nicholas Fisk	BfK No. 218 (May 2016)	Clive Barnes on the taboo-breaking Sci Fi author.
Authorgraph 214: Sarah Crossan	BfK No. 214 (September 2015)	The author of One and Apple and Rain interviewed by Clive Barnes.
LAUREN CHILD RETROSPECTIVE: MOTTISFONT HOUSE	BfK No. 213 (July 2015)	Clive Barnes visits the first retrospective exhibition of Lauren Child's illustrative work.
Authorgraph number 207: David McKee	BfK No. 207 (July 2014)	David McKee interviewed by Clive Barnes.
John Rowe Townsend May 1922 - March 2014	BfK No. 206 (May 2014)	An appreciation by Clive Barnes
A Life in Pictures: John Burningham	BfK No. 200 (May 2013)	A Life in Pictures: John Burningham interviewed by Clive Barnes
AN INTERVIEW WITH LEVI PINFOLD, WINNER OF THE 2013 KATE GREENAWAY MEDAL	BfK No. 200 (May 2013)	Clive Barnes interviews Kate Greenaway Medal winner Levi Pinfold.
Authorgraph interview 198 Sally Gardner	BfK No. 198 (January 2013)	Costa Award winner Sally Gardner interviewed by Clive Barnes.
Authorgraph 196: Catherine Fisher	BfK No. 196 (September 2012)	Authorgraph No.196 Catherine Fisher interviewed by Clive Barnes
Ghost Knight at Salisbury Cathedral	BfK No. 196 (September 2012)	Cornelia Funke’s latest novel Ghost Knight has just been launched at Salisbury cathedral. Clive Barnes reports for Books for Keeps.
An Audience with Kai Meyer	BfK No. 195 (July 2012)	Clive Barnes meets Kai Meyer, one of Germany’s most popular and ambitious writers for young people. Two of Meyer’s fantasy trilogies have already been translated into English, and the first book of the Arcadia trilogy, Arcadia Awakens, was published earlier this year.
Being at Bologna	BfK No. 194 (May 2012)	Clive Barnes visits the international rights fair for Books for Keeps
Creating Picture Books: Alison Green	BfK No. 194 (May 2012)	Alison Green explains her approach to picture book making.
30 Years of Adrian Mole	BfK No. 193 (March 2012)	Clive Barnes assesses Sue Townsend's classic novel.
Katherine Roberts interviewed by Clive Barnes	BfK No. 193 (March 2012)	Katherine Roberts interviewed by Clive Barnes.
New Poetry Collections	BfK No. 191 (November 2011)	Clive Barnes selects new poetry collections for Christmas giving.
Uncle Tom's Cabin Reassessed	BfK No. 190 (September 2011)	Clive Barnes determines the relevance to today's young readers
Authorgraph No.188: Emily Gravett	BfK No. 188 (May 2011)	Emily Gravett is interviewed by Clive Barnes.
Ten of the Best: Graphic Novels	BfK No. 185 (November 2010)	Clive Barnes chooses his top ten titles.
David Almond: a retrospective	BfK No. 184 (September 2010)	Clive Barnes assesses Almond’s contribution to children’s literature.
The Catcher in the Rye	BfK No. 182 (May 2010)	Clive Barnes assesses the influence of Salinger's classic novel.
Authorgraph No.180: Cressida Cowell	BfK No. 180 (January 2010)	Cressida Cowell interviewed by Clive Barnes
Authorgraph No.178: Andy Stanton	BfK No. 178 (September 2009)	Andy Stanton interviewed by Clive Barnes.
Authorgraph No.168: Sally Grindley	BfK No. 168 (January 2008)	Sally Grindley interviewed by Clive Barnes.
Authorgraph No.166: William Nicholson	BfK No. 166 (September 2007)	William Nicholson interviewed by Clive Barnes.
New Picture Books	BfK No. 165 (July 2007)	Clive Barnes looks at a selection of recent titles.
BfK Profile: Philip Reeve	BfK No. 152 (May 2005)	Clive Barnes on an outstanding writer of science fiction.
Is Across the Nightingale Floor a Crossover Title?	BfK No. 137 (November 2002)	Clive Barnes on an epic novel with broad appeal.
Children’s Author and Illustrator Sites on the Web	BfK No. 134 (May 2002)	Clive Barnes assesses their usefulness and appeal.
Children's Book Reviewing on the Web	BfK No. 130 (September 2001)	Clive Barnes on sites that offer book reviews.
Starting Out with Books	BfK No. 116 (May 1999)	Clive Barnes on the need to support parents.
Shadowing the Carnegie and Greenaway Medals	BfK No. 112 (September 1998)	Clive Barnes looks at the impact of funding on shadowing.

Reviews

Here in the Real World	Reviewed in BfK No. 241 (March 2020)
Poems Aloud	Reviewed in BfK No. 241 (March 2020)
Sofa Surfer	Reviewed in BfK No. 240 (January 2020)
How Many Points for a Panda?	Reviewed in BfK No. 240 (January 2020)
Evernight	Reviewed in BfK No. 240 (January 2020)
The M Word	Reviewed in BfK No. 239 (November 2019)
Pumpkin Heads	Reviewed in BfK No. 239 (November 2019)
Invisible in a Bright Light	Reviewed in BfK No. 239 (November 2019)
Flember: The Secret Book	Reviewed in BfK No. 238 (September 2019)
Wolf Light	Reviewed in BfK No. 238 (September 2019)
This Pigeon HAS To Go To School	Reviewed in BfK No. 238 (September 2019)
Patina	Reviewed in BfK No. 238 (September 2019)
High Rise Mystery	Reviewed in BfK No. 237 (July 2019)
D-Day	Reviewed in BfK No. 237 (July 2019)
Evie and the Animals	Reviewed in BfK No. 237 (July 2019)
Toffee	Reviewed in BfK No. 236 (May 2019)
Circle	Reviewed in BfK No. 236 (May 2019)
Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black	Reviewed in BfK No. 236 (May 2019)
Joe Quinn’s Poltergeist	Reviewed in BfK No. 235 (March 2019)
Halo Moon	Reviewed in BfK No. 235 (March 2019)
Tales from the Inner City	Reviewed in BfK No. 235 (March 2019)
Ghost	Reviewed in BfK No. 235 (March 2019)
A Pinch of Magic	Reviewed in BfK No. 234 (January 2019)
The Peculiar Peggs of Riddling Woods	Reviewed in BfK No. 234 (January 2019)
I Was Made For You	Reviewed in BfK No. 233 (November 2018)
She is Fierce	Reviewed in BfK No. 233 (November 2018)
The Dam	Reviewed in BfK No. 232 (September 2018)
The Day War Came	Reviewed in BfK No. 232 (September 2018)
England: Poems from a School	Reviewed in BfK No. 232 (September 2018)
Dark Sky Park: Poems from the Edge of Nature	Reviewed in BfK No. 232 (September 2018)
The Boy Who Hit Play	Reviewed in BfK No. 231 (July 2018)
Suffragette, The Battle for Equality	Reviewed in BfK No. 231 (July 2018)
The Mystery of the Colour Thief	Reviewed in BfK No. 231 (July 2018)
The Story of Tantrum O’Furrily	Reviewed in BfK No. 230 (May 2018)
Rebound	Reviewed in BfK No. 230 (May 2018)
She Persisted Around the World: 13 Women Who Changed History	Reviewed in BfK No. 230 (May 2018)
Dog Town	Reviewed in BfK No. 230 (May 2018)
A Good Day for Climbing Trees	Reviewed in BfK No. 230 (May 2018)
Twelve Nights	Reviewed in BfK No. 229 (March 2018)
Long Way Down	Reviewed in BfK No. 228 (January 2018)
The Rainmaker Danced	Reviewed in BfK No. 228 (January 2018)
One Christmas Wish	Reviewed in BfK No. 227 (November 2017)
Moonrise	Reviewed in BfK No. 227 (November 2017)
Kevin, The Make-Believe Friend You Can Really Believe In	Reviewed in BfK No. 227 (November 2017)
Hopscotch in the Sky	Reviewed in BfK No. 227 (November 2017)
Rapunzel	Reviewed in BfK No. 226 (September 2017)
Nothing Rhymes with Orange	Reviewed in BfK No. 226 (September 2017)
Say Zoop	Reviewed in BfK No. 225 (July 2017)
The Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors	Reviewed in BfK No. 225 (July 2017)
The Bad Bunnies’ Magic Show	Reviewed in BfK No. 225 (July 2017)
A Perfect Day	Reviewed in BfK No. 224 (May 2017)
Out of Heart	Reviewed in BfK No. 224 (May 2017)
Reaching the Stars	Reviewed in BfK No. 224 (May 2017)
Release	Reviewed in BfK No. 224 (May 2017)
Nanette’s Baguette	Reviewed in BfK No. 223 (March 2017)
How to Be a Tiger	Reviewed in BfK No. 223 (March 2017)
We Come Apart	Reviewed in BfK No. 223 (March 2017)
Welcome to Nowhere	Reviewed in BfK No. 222 (January 2017)
Wed Wabbit	Reviewed in BfK No. 222 (January 2017)
Alpha	Reviewed in BfK No. 221 (November 2016)
Adder, Bluebell, Lobster, Wild Poems	Reviewed in BfK No. 221 (November 2016)
Odd Dog Out	Reviewed in BfK No. 221 (November 2016)
The Call	Reviewed in BfK No. 221 (November 2016)
Missing Arabella	Reviewed in BfK No. 220 (September 2016)
A Child of Books	Reviewed in BfK No. 220 (September 2016)
Here I Stand: Stories that Speak for Freedom	Reviewed in BfK No. 220 (September 2016)
Geis: A Matter of Life and Death	Reviewed in BfK No. 220 (September 2016)
The Wrong Train	Reviewed in BfK No. 220 (September 2016)
The Wolves of Currumpaw	Reviewed in BfK No. 219 (July 2016)
The Book of Pearl	Reviewed in BfK No. 218 (May 2016)
The Monstrous Child	Reviewed in BfK No. 218 (May 2016)
Tidy	Reviewed in BfK No. 218 (May 2016)
Time Travelling with a Hamster	Reviewed in BfK No. 217 (March 2016)
Finding Winnie	Reviewed in BfK No. 217 (March 2016)
The ACB with Honora Lee	Reviewed in BfK No. 216 (January 2016)
Fairy Tales for Mr Barker	Reviewed in BfK No. 216 (January 2016)
The Icarus Show	Reviewed in BfK No. 216 (January 2016)
The Story of Antigone	Reviewed in BfK No. 216 (January 2016)
What’s Up Mumu?	Reviewed in BfK No. 215 (November 2015)
100 Great Children’s Picture Books	Reviewed in BfK No. 215 (November 2015)
Elmer and the Flood	Reviewed in BfK No. 215 (November 2015)
Mister Cleghorn’s Seal	Reviewed in BfK No. 215 (November 2015)
The Day the Crayons Came Home	Reviewed in BfK No. 215 (November 2015)
Meet at the Ark at Eight	Reviewed in BfK No. 214 (September 2015)
I Wish I Had a Pirate Hat	Reviewed in BfK No. 214 (September 2015)
The Rest of Us Just Live Here	Reviewed in BfK No. 214 (September 2015)
My Name’s Not Friday	Reviewed in BfK No. 214 (September 2015)
Lost on Mars	Reviewed in BfK No. 212 (May 2015)
The Clever Mouse	Reviewed in BfK No. 212 (May 2015)
The King and the Sea	Reviewed in BfK No. 212 (May 2015)
Battle Bunny	Reviewed in BfK No. 211 (March 2015)
The Nowhere Emporium	Reviewed in BfK No. 211 (March 2015)
The Whale that Fell in Love with a Submarine	Reviewed in BfK No. 211 (March 2015)
The Story Machine	Reviewed in BfK No. 211 (March 2015)
Catherine Certitude	Reviewed in BfK No. 211 (March 2015)
Unforgotten	Reviewed in BfK No. 210 (January 2015)
The Wrong Side of the Galaxy	Reviewed in BfK No. 210 (January 2015)
The Parent Trap	Reviewed in BfK No. 210 (January 2015)
Happy Birthday Madame Chapeau	Reviewed in BfK No. 210 (January 2015)
Awful Auntie	Reviewed in BfK No. 210 (January 2015)
The Devil’s Angel	Reviewed in BfK No. 210 (January 2015)
Let in the Stars: New Poetry for Children	Reviewed in BfK No. 210 (January 2015)
My Life As a Goldfish	Reviewed in BfK No. 209 (November 2014)
A Song for Ella Grey	Reviewed in BfK No. 209 (November 2014)
Apple and Rain	Reviewed in BfK No. 208 (September 2014)
Book by John Agard	Reviewed in BfK No. 208 (September 2014)
Lucky David Mackintosh	Reviewed in BfK No. 208 (September 2014)
The Letter for the King	Reviewed in BfK No. 207 (July 2014)
I’m a Little Alien	Reviewed in BfK No. 207 (July 2014)
Bookside Down	Reviewed in BfK No. 207 (July 2014)
The Tornado Chasers	Reviewed in BfK No. 207 (July 2014)
Shadow of the Wolf	Reviewed in BfK No. 207 (July 2014)
Arrowhead	Reviewed in BfK No. 206 (May 2014)
The Yes	Reviewed in BfK No. 206 (May 2014)
Elmer and the Monster	Reviewed in BfK No. 206 (May 2014)
Stars in Jars	Reviewed in BfK No. 206 (May 2014)
The Children of the King	Reviewed in BfK No. 205 (March 2014)
What Are We Fighting For?	Reviewed in BfK No. 205 (March 2014)
Rules of Summer	Reviewed in BfK No. 204 (January 2014)
Waffle Hearts: Lena and Me in Mathildewick Cove	Reviewed in BfK No. 204 (January 2014)
The Ransom of Dond	Reviewed in BfK No. 204 (January 2014)
Peter and the Wolf	Reviewed in BfK No. 204 (January 2014)
Sawbones	Reviewed in BfK No. 203 (November 2013)
The Little Ghost	Reviewed in BfK No. 203 (November 2013)
Gobble You Up	Reviewed in BfK No. 203 (November 2013)
Dark Satanic Mills	Reviewed in BfK No. 203 (November 2013)
Hilda and the Troll	Reviewed in BfK No. 202 (September 2013)
Picnic	Reviewed in BfK No. 202 (September 2013)
The Day the Crayons Quit	Reviewed in BfK No. 202 (September 2013)
Little Mouse’s Big Book of Beasts	Reviewed in BfK No. 202 (September 2013)
It Wasn't Me	Reviewed in BfK No. 201 (July 2013)
Off By Heart	Reviewed in BfK No. 201 (July 2013)
Never Ever	Reviewed in BfK No. 201 (July 2013)
Look Back!	Reviewed in BfK No. 201 (July 2013)
The Butterfly Heart	Reviewed in BfK No. 201 (July 2013)
A Tale without a Name	Reviewed in BfK No. 201 (July 2013)
The Story of the Blue Planet	Reviewed in BfK No. 200 (May 2013)
The Secrets of Stonehenge	Reviewed in BfK No. 200 (May 2013)
The Underdog	Reviewed in BfK No. 200 (May 2013)
Black Sheep	Reviewed in BfK No. 200 (May 2013)
Made on Earth	Reviewed in BfK No. 199 (March 2013)
The Girl with a Brave Heart	Reviewed in BfK No. 199 (March 2013)
The Enduring Ark	Reviewed in BfK No. 199 (March 2013)
Anton and the Battle	Reviewed in BfK No. 199 (March 2013)
Midnight Pirates	Reviewed in BfK No. 198 (January 2013)
101 Poets for Children: A Laureate’s Choice	Reviewed in BfK No. 198 (January 2013)
Fearless	Reviewed in BfK No. 198 (January 2013)
Scramasax	Reviewed in BfK No. 198 (January 2013)
No-Bot: The Robot with No Bottom	Reviewed in BfK No. 198 (January 2013)
Tree of Leaf and Flame	Reviewed in BfK No. 198 (January 2013)
Never Fall Down	Reviewed in BfK No. 198 (January 2013)
I Have the Right to Be a Child	Reviewed in BfK No. 198 (January 2013)
The Apothecary	Reviewed in BfK No. 197 (November 2012)
Maggot Moon	Reviewed in BfK No. 196 (September 2012)
The Nightmare Factory	Reviewed in BfK No. 196 (September 2012)
Operation Bunny	Reviewed in BfK No. 196 (September 2012)
Victory over Abu Derya: The Quest for Pearls in the Arabian Gulf	Reviewed in BfK No. 195 (July 2012)
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of her Own Making	Reviewed in BfK No. 195 (July 2012)
A Brighter Fear	Reviewed in BfK No. 195 (July 2012)
Fishtailing	Reviewed in BfK No. 195 (July 2012)
Six Little Chicks	Reviewed in BfK No. 194 (May 2012)
Wonder	Reviewed in BfK No. 194 (May 2012)
The Chronicles of Harris Burdick	Reviewed in BfK No. 194 (May 2012)
The Prince Who Walked With Lions	Reviewed in BfK No. 194 (May 2012)
Ash Mistry and the Savage Fortress	Reviewed in BfK No. 193 (March 2012)
Arcadia Awakens	Reviewed in BfK No. 193 (March 2012)
Geekhood: Close Encounters of the Girl Kind	Reviewed in BfK No. 193 (March 2012)
The Look	Reviewed in BfK No. 193 (March 2012)
Secrets of the Henna Girl	Reviewed in BfK No. 193 (March 2012)
Falling Fast	Reviewed in BfK No. 193 (March 2012)
Mr Gum and the Hound of Lamonic Bibber	Reviewed in BfK No. 192 (January 2012)
Sticky Ends	Reviewed in BfK No. 192 (January 2012)
Mr Gum in the Hound of Lamonic Bibber	Reviewed in BfK No. 192 (January 2012)
Eight Keys	Reviewed in BfK No. 191 (November 2011)
The Night Before Christmas	Reviewed in BfK No. 191 (November 2011)
Dark Inside	Reviewed in BfK No. 191 (November 2011)
The Deserter	Reviewed in BfK No. 191 (November 2011)
Words in the Dust	Reviewed in BfK No. 191 (November 2011)
How to be a boy	Reviewed in BfK No. 190 (September 2011)
Salem Brownstone: All Along the Watchtowers	Reviewed in BfK No. 190 (September 2011)
The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean	Reviewed in BfK No. 189 (July 2011)
The Day Louis Got Eaten	Reviewed in BfK No. 189 (July 2011)
Not Me!	Reviewed in BfK No. 189 (July 2011)
Where She Went	Reviewed in BfK No. 189 (July 2011)
A Million Brilliant Poems (part one) ¦ How to Turn Your Teacher Purple!	Reviewed in BfK No. 188 (May 2011)
Buried Thunder	Reviewed in BfK No. 188 (May 2011)
The Town Mouse & the Country Mouse	Reviewed in BfK No. 188 (May 2011)
Blackout	Reviewed in BfK No. 188 (May 2011)
Animal Tales	Reviewed in BfK No. 188 (May 2011)
The Double Life of Cora Parry	Reviewed in BfK No. 188 (May 2011)
In Defence of the Realm	Reviewed in BfK No. 186 (January 2011)
Shadow	Reviewed in BfK No. 186 (January 2011)
Eating Things on Sticks	Reviewed in BfK No. 186 (January 2011)
Meltem’s Journey	Reviewed in BfK No. 186 (January 2011)
The Iron Man	Reviewed in BfK No. 186 (January 2011)
Egg	Reviewed in BfK No. 186 (January 2011)
The Routledge Companion to Children’s Literature	Reviewed in BfK No. 185 (November 2010)
Taff in the WAAF	Reviewed in BfK No. 185 (November 2010)
Michael Rosen’s Big Book of Bad Things	Reviewed in BfK No. 185 (November 2010)
Three by the Sea	Reviewed in BfK No. 185 (November 2010)
The Dead	Reviewed in BfK No. 185 (November 2010)
Bitter Chocolate	Reviewed in BfK No. 184 (September 2010)
Dewey: The true story of a world famous library cat	Reviewed in BfK No. 184 (September 2010)
The Routledge Companion to Children’s Literature	Reviewed in BfK No. 184 (September 2010)
Dead Man's Cove	Reviewed in BfK No. 184 (September 2010)
The Chosen One	Reviewed in BfK No. 183 (July 2010)
Not Bad for a Bad Lad	Reviewed in BfK No. 183 (July 2010)
The Nanny Goat’s Kid	Reviewed in BfK No. 183 (July 2010)
The Adoration of Jenna Fox	Reviewed in BfK No. 183 (July 2010)
When Daddy's Truck Picks Me Up	Reviewed in BfK No. 182 (May 2010)
The Boy Who Climbed into the Moon	Reviewed in BfK No. 182 (May 2010)
Lob	Reviewed in BfK No. 182 (May 2010)
Hamzat’s Journey: A Refugee Diary	Reviewed in BfK No. 181 (March 2010)
Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland ¦ Alice in Wonderland	Reviewed in BfK No. 181 (March 2010)
The Lark and the Laurel	Reviewed in BfK No. 181 (March 2010)
Where the Streets Had a Name	Reviewed in BfK No. 180 (January 2010)
No Such Thing as Dragons	Reviewed in BfK No. 180 (January 2010)
The Death Defying Pepper Roux	Reviewed in BfK No. 180 (January 2010)
A Child's Garden	Reviewed in BfK No. 179 (November 2009)
Michael Rosen's A to Z: The Best Children's Poetry from Agard to Zephaniah	Reviewed in BfK No. 179 (November 2009)
The Rabbit Problem	Reviewed in BfK No. 179 (November 2009)
Crazy Hair	Reviewed in BfK No. 179 (November 2009)
Sprout	Reviewed in BfK No. 178 (September 2009)
Slavery: real people and their stories of enslavement	Reviewed in BfK No. 178 (September 2009)
Iraq	Reviewed in BfK No. 177 (July 2009)
Dido	Reviewed in BfK No. 177 (July 2009)
Mohammed's Journey: A Refugee Diary	Reviewed in BfK No. 177 (July 2009)
Flabby Cat and Slobby Dog	Reviewed in BfK No. 177 (July 2009)
Spartan Warrior: Legacy of Blood	Reviewed in BfK No. 177 (July 2009)
Hot Like Fire and Other Poems	Reviewed in BfK No. 176 (May 2009)
That Pesky Rat	Reviewed in BfK No. 175 (March 2009)
Hate That Cat	Reviewed in BfK No. 175 (March 2009)
When the Wall Came Down: The Berlin Wall and the Fall of Soviet Communism	Reviewed in BfK No. 175 (March 2009)
Benjamin Zephaniah; Malorie Blackman	Reviewed in BfK No. 175 (March 2009)
What On Earth Happened?	Reviewed in BfK No. 174 (January 2009)
Super Structures: Inside the World's Most Spectacular Buildings	Reviewed in BfK No. 174 (January 2009)
Sold	Reviewed in BfK No. 173 (November 2008)
The Ancient Egyptians	Reviewed in BfK No. 173 (November 2008)
Last Battle of the Icemark	Reviewed in BfK No. 173 (November 2008)
Traction Man meets Turbo Dog	Reviewed in BfK No. 173 (November 2008)
Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party	Reviewed in BfK No. 173 (November 2008)
How to Heal a Broken Wing	Reviewed in BfK No. 173 (November 2008)
Castlecliff	Reviewed in BfK No. 173 (November 2008)
Angel Boy	Reviewed in BfK No. 172 (September 2008)
Tweedle Dee Dee	Reviewed in BfK No. 172 (September 2008)
Beijing	Reviewed in BfK No. 172 (September 2008)
Horse	Reviewed in BfK No. 171 (July 2008)
The Savage	Reviewed in BfK No. 171 (July 2008)
Message in a Bottle	Reviewed in BfK No. 171 (July 2008)
The Great Famine ¦ War and Change: Ireland 1918-1924	Reviewed in BfK No. 171 (July 2008)
Boys Are Best!	Reviewed in BfK No. 170 (May 2008)
Airman	Reviewed in BfK No. 170 (May 2008)
The Anglo-Saxons in Britain; The Celts in Britain	Reviewed in BfK No. 170 (May 2008)
The Prison Runner	Reviewed in BfK No. 170 (May 2008)
The Fire of Ares	Reviewed in BfK No. 170 (May 2008)
Sensible Hare and the Case of Carrots	Reviewed in BfK No. 169 (March 2008)
Pandora's Box ¦ Sephy's Story ¦ Wings of Icarus ¦ The Story Thief ¦ The Little Puppet Boy ¦ The Hound of Ulster	Reviewed in BfK No. 169 (March 2008)
Jigsaw	Reviewed in BfK No. 169 (March 2008)
Beatrix Potter: Sources of her Inspiration	Reviewed in BfK No. 168 (January 2008)
Wendel's Workshop	Reviewed in BfK No. 168 (January 2008)
Irish Children's Writers and Illustrators 1986-2006: A Selection of Essays	Reviewed in BfK No. 168 (January 2008)
Happy Birthday, Winnie!	Reviewed in BfK No. 168 (January 2008)
My Dad's a Birdman	Reviewed in BfK No. 167 (November 2007)
The Stuff of Nightmares	Reviewed in BfK No. 167 (November 2007)
Penguin	Reviewed in BfK No. 167 (November 2007)
Crusade	Reviewed in BfK No. 166 (September 2007)
Abela	Reviewed in BfK No. 166 (September 2007)
Children's Literature: Some Marxist Perspectives	Reviewed in BfK No. 166 (September 2007)
Over a Thousand Hills I Walk With You	Reviewed in BfK No. 166 (September 2007)
Eliza and the Moonchild	Reviewed in BfK No. 165 (July 2007)
Monster Blood Tattoo: Book 1: Foundling	Reviewed in BfK No. 165 (July 2007)
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol I: The Pox Party	Reviewed in BfK No. 164 (May 2007)
Resistance	Reviewed in BfK No. 164 (May 2007)
Jacky Daydream	Reviewed in BfK No. 164 (May 2007)
Beauty and the Beast	Reviewed in BfK No. 164 (May 2007)
Universal Verse: Poetry for Children	Reviewed in BfK No. 163 (March 2007)
Slawter	Reviewed in BfK No. 162 (January 2007)
Larklight	Reviewed in BfK No. 162 (January 2007)
Inexcusable	Reviewed in BfK No. 161 (November 2006)
Soul Eater	Reviewed in BfK No. 161 (November 2006)
The Penalty	Reviewed in BfK No. 161 (November 2006)
Blade of Fire	Reviewed in BfK No. 160 (September 2006)
How the Hangman Lost His Heart	Reviewed in BfK No. 160 (September 2006)
The Awful Tale of Agatha Bilke	Reviewed in BfK No. 160 (September 2006)
Small Steps	Reviewed in BfK No. 159 (July 2006)
Jugglin'	Reviewed in BfK No. 159 (July 2006)
Babymouse Our Hero; Babymouse Queen of the World	Reviewed in BfK No. 159 (July 2006)
A Darkling Plain	Reviewed in BfK No. 158 (May 2006)
Once	Reviewed in BfK No. 158 (May 2006)
The Princess and the Pea	Reviewed in BfK No. 157 (March 2006)
Egyptian Diary: the Journal of Nakht	Reviewed in BfK No. 157 (March 2006)
Framed	Reviewed in BfK No. 156 (January 2006)
Three Cheers for Inventors!	Reviewed in BfK No. 156 (January 2006)
Robot Dog	Reviewed in BfK No. 156 (January 2006)
Marie Antoinette	Reviewed in BfK No. 155 (November 2005)
Seeker	Reviewed in BfK No. 155 (November 2005)
Night-time Tale	Reviewed in BfK No. 155 (November 2005)
Bloodsong	Reviewed in BfK No. 154 (September 2005)
Inkspell	Reviewed in BfK No. 154 (September 2005)
Magyk	Reviewed in BfK No. 154 (September 2005)
The Heaven Shop	Reviewed in BfK No. 154 (September 2005)
Brilliance of the Moon	Reviewed in BfK No. 153 (July 2005)
The Kazillion Wish	Reviewed in BfK No. 152 (May 2005)
Permanent Rose	Reviewed in BfK No. 152 (May 2005)
Under Fire: Children of the Second World War tell their Stories	Reviewed in BfK No. 151 (March 2005)
The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish	Reviewed in BfK No. 151 (March 2005)
A City Through Time	Reviewed in BfK No. 151 (March 2005)
Horse Tales	Reviewed in BfK No. 151 (March 2005)
Dear Mr Morpingo: Inside the World of Michael Morpurgo	Reviewed in BfK No. 150 (January 2005)
Into the Forest	Reviewed in BfK No. 150 (January 2005)
Baby Brains	Reviewed in BfK No. 150 (January 2005)
Web of Lies	Reviewed in BfK No. 149 (November 2004)
Darkness Visible: Inside the World of Philip Pullman	Reviewed in BfK No. 149 (November 2004)
Coming of Age in Children's Literature	Reviewed in BfK No. 149 (November 2004)
Cities of Blood; Kingdom of the Dead	Reviewed in BfK No. 149 (November 2004)
Gangsta Rap	Reviewed in BfK No. 149 (November 2004)
Israel and Palestine	Reviewed in BfK No. 148 (September 2004)
Vote for Duck	Reviewed in BfK No. 148 (September 2004)
The Supernaturalist	Reviewed in BfK No. 148 (September 2004)
Mud City	Reviewed in BfK No. 147 (July 2004)
Throwaway Daughter	Reviewed in BfK No. 147 (July 2004)
Only One of Me	Reviewed in BfK No. 147 (July 2004)
Captain Fact's Space Adventure; Captain Fact's Dinosaur Adventure	Reviewed in BfK No. 147 (July 2004)
The Most Magnificent Mosque	Reviewed in BfK No. 146 (May 2004)
Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt; Everyday Life in Ancient Rome	Reviewed in BfK No. 146 (May 2004)
The Princess Knight	Reviewed in BfK No. 146 (May 2004)
Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Ancient Rome	Reviewed in BfK No. 145 (March 2004)
Hope was Here	Reviewed in BfK No. 145 (March 2004)
Tales of the Dead: Ancient Egypt	Reviewed in BfK No. 145 (March 2004)
Story of the Nile: A Journey through Time along the World's Longest River	Reviewed in BfK No. 144 (January 2004)
Hot Hot Hot	Reviewed in BfK No. 144 (January 2004)
10 November 1989: The Fall of the Berlin Wall; 21 July 1969: First Man on the Moon; 11 November 1918: The World War I Armistice; 12 October 1492: Columbus reaches the Americas; 11 September 2001: Attack on America	Reviewed in BfK No. 144 (January 2004)
A Jetblack Sunrise. Poems about War and Conflict	Reviewed in BfK No. 144 (January 2004)
The Shape Game	Reviewed in BfK No. 143 (November 2003)
Pictures from the Fire	Reviewed in BfK No. 143 (November 2003)
Lines in the Sand: New Writing on War and Peace	Reviewed in BfK No. 142 (September 2003)
Blood Willow	Reviewed in BfK No. 142 (September 2003)
Haven't you grown! Poems about families	Reviewed in BfK No. 141 (July 2003)
Death and the Arrow	Reviewed in BfK No. 141 (July 2003)
Marvin Wanted MORE!	Reviewed in BfK No. 141 (July 2003)
Lullaby Lion	Reviewed in BfK No. 140 (May 2003)
Palestine	Reviewed in BfK No. 140 (May 2003)
Utterly Me, Clarice Bean	Reviewed in BfK No. 140 (May 2003)
The Four Ugly Cats in Apartment 3D	Reviewed in BfK No. 140 (May 2003)
Dog	Reviewed in BfK No. 140 (May 2003)
Joan of Arc and her Marching Orders	Reviewed in BfK No. 139 (March 2003)
Bongani's Day: From Dawn to Dusk in a South African City; Boushra's Day: From Dawn to Dusk in an Egyptian City; Enrique's Day: From Dawn to Dusk in a Peruvian City; Huy and Vinh's Day: From Dawn to Dusk in a Vietnamese City; Iina-Marja's Day: From Dawn to	Reviewed in BfK No. 139 (March 2003)
Do Your Ears Hang Low?	Reviewed in BfK No. 139 (March 2003)
The Wolf's Footprint	Reviewed in BfK No. 139 (March 2003)
Doctor Quack	Reviewed in BfK No. 139 (March 2003)
The War	Reviewed in BfK No. 138 (January 2003)
The Best-Ever Book of Exploration	Reviewed in BfK No. 138 (January 2003)
Warehouse	Reviewed in BfK No. 138 (January 2003)
XY: A Toolkit for Life	Reviewed in BfK No. 138 (January 2003)
The African-American Slave Trade; South Africa Since Apartheid	Reviewed in BfK No. 137 (November 2002)
A Guide to the Harry Potter Novels	Reviewed in BfK No. 137 (November 2002)
The Shell House	Reviewed in BfK No. 137 (November 2002)
Underwater Farmyard	Reviewed in BfK No. 136 (September 2002)
Man on the Moon: a day in the life of Bob	Reviewed in BfK No. 136 (September 2002)
The Diary of a Teenage Health Freak; The Diary of the Other Health Freak	Reviewed in BfK No. 136 (September 2002)
The Rough Guide to Children's Books 0-5 years; The Rough Guide to Children's Book 5-11 years	Reviewed in BfK No. 136 (September 2002)
Catherine the Great; Mao Zedong	Reviewed in BfK No. 135 (July 2002)
Child X	Reviewed in BfK No. 135 (July 2002)
The Great Depression; The Civil Rights Movement	Reviewed in BfK No. 135 (July 2002)
Transported: The Diary of Elizabeth Harvey, Australia 1790	Reviewed in BfK No. 135 (July 2002)
We are Britain!	Reviewed in BfK No. 134 (May 2002)
The Story of the Search for the Story	Reviewed in BfK No. 134 (May 2002)
An Ancient Land: Prehistory - Vikings ¦ Medieval Kingdoms: Alfred the Great - Henry VII ¦ Crown and People: 1500-1700 ¦ Empire and Industry: 1700-1900 ¦ A Century of Change: 1900-2000	Reviewed in BfK No. 134 (May 2002)
The Kingfisher Book of Toy Stories	Reviewed in BfK No. 134 (May 2002)
Long Walk to Lavender Street: A Story from South Africa ¦ False Papers: A Story from World War One ¦ Broken Lives: A Victorian Mine Disaster ¦ The Enemy: A Story from World War II	Reviewed in BfK No. 134 (May 2002)
The Ropemaker	Reviewed in BfK No. 133 (March 2002)
Noisy Dog	Reviewed in BfK No. 133 (March 2002)
Come Back to Me My Boomerang; The Box Room; Zoo of Dreams; Fluff and Other Stuff	Reviewed in BfK No. 133 (March 2002)
Rob the Roman Gets Eaten by a Lion, Nearly; Trev the Tudor Gets the Chop	Reviewed in BfK No. 133 (March 2002)
Deadly!	Reviewed in BfK No. 133 (March 2002)
Racing Bears ¦ Pudding Face ¦ Ness the Nurse	Reviewed in BfK No. 132 (January 2002)
Midnight Blue	Reviewed in BfK No. 132 (January 2002)
Bark, George	Reviewed in BfK No. 132 (January 2002)
Katje the Windmill Cat	Reviewed in BfK No. 131 (November 2001)
United Nations; UNICEF; NATO	Reviewed in BfK No. 131 (November 2001)
The Sorcerer's Apprentice	Reviewed in BfK No. 131 (November 2001)
Friendly Matches	Reviewed in BfK No. 131 (November 2001)
Cleopatra: The Queen of Kings; Crusades: The Struggle for the Holy Lands	Reviewed in BfK No. 131 (November 2001)
The Brimstone Journals	Reviewed in BfK No. 130 (September 2001)
Children’s Literature and National Identity	Reviewed in BfK No. 130 (September 2001)
Mary Queen of Scots and her Hopeless Husbands	Reviewed in BfK No. 130 (September 2001)
Tribes	Reviewed in BfK No. 130 (September 2001)
Why do People Join Gangs?	Reviewed in BfK No. 130 (September 2001)
The New Faber Book of Children's Verse	Reviewed in BfK No. 130 (September 2001)
The Flip Side	Reviewed in BfK No. 128 (May 2001)
Britannia on Stage: 25 Plays from British History	Reviewed in BfK No. 128 (May 2001)
Secret Heart	Reviewed in BfK No. 128 (May 2001)
The Unidentified Frying Omelette	Reviewed in BfK No. 127 (March 2001)
World War II	Reviewed in BfK No. 127 (March 2001)
Causes; The Death Camps	Reviewed in BfK No. 127 (March 2001)
The Lady and the Squire	Reviewed in BfK No. 126 (January 2001)
Great Wonders of the World	Reviewed in BfK No. 126 (January 2001)
Oxford Children's History of the World	Reviewed in BfK No. 126 (January 2001)
Princess Elizabeth, Are You a Traitor?; God Bless Queen Victoria!	Reviewed in BfK No. 125 (November 2000)
The Dummy's Dilemma and Other Poems	Reviewed in BfK No. 125 (November 2000)
A Look at Life in the Sixties; A Look at Life in the Seventies	Reviewed in BfK No. 125 (November 2000)
Shylock's Daughter	Reviewed in BfK No. 125 (November 2000)
I will not ever Never eat a tomato	Reviewed in BfK No. 124 (September 2000)
Swine Lake	Reviewed in BfK No. 124 (September 2000)
The Famous Adventures of Jack	Reviewed in BfK No. 124 (September 2000)
The King Who Was and Will Be: The World of King Arthur and His Knights	Reviewed in BfK No. 123 (July 2000)
How the Whale Became and Other Stories	Reviewed in BfK No. 123 (July 2000)
Space Race	Reviewed in BfK No. 123 (July 2000)
Collected Poems for Children	Reviewed in BfK No. 123 (July 2000)
Dear Diary	Reviewed in BfK No. 123 (July 2000)
Captain Ming and the Mermaid; Imogen and the Ark	Reviewed in BfK No. 122 (May 2000)
Potty Politics	Reviewed in BfK No. 122 (May 2000)
Why Are You Calling Me a Barbarian?	Reviewed in BfK No. 122 (May 2000)
Britannia, 100 Great Stories from British History	Reviewed in BfK No. 121 (March 2000)
Exploring World Art	Reviewed in BfK No. 121 (March 2000)
Castle Diary: the Journal of Tobias Burgess, Page	Reviewed in BfK No. 120 (January 2000)
Kingfisher History Encyclopedia, The	Reviewed in BfK No. 120 (January 2000)
Story of the Holocaust, The	Reviewed in BfK No. 120 (January 2000)
What Do We Know About Hinduism?; What Do We Know About Judaism?	Reviewed in BfK No. 120 (January 2000)
Leonardo	Reviewed in BfK No. 119 (November 1999)
The Aztecs	Reviewed in BfK No. 119 (November 1999)
What I Believe	Reviewed in BfK No. 119 (November 1999)
Home and School; Sport and Leisure; Travel and Transport; Work and Industry	Reviewed in BfK No. 119 (November 1999)
Censorship: Changing Attitudes 1900-2000; Poverty: Changing Attitudes 1900-2000	Reviewed in BfK No. 119 (November 1999)
A Right to Life - and Death?	Reviewed in BfK No. 118 (September 1999)
Mummies and Tombs	Reviewed in BfK No. 117 (July 1999)
Something Rich and Strange: a Treasury of Shakespeare's Verse	Reviewed in BfK No. 117 (July 1999)
William Shakespeare	Reviewed in BfK No. 117 (July 1999)
Racism: Changing Attitudes 1900-2000; Slavery Today; Women's Rights: Changing Attitudes 1900-2000	Reviewed in BfK No. 117 (July 1999)
Charities - do they work?	Reviewed in BfK No. 117 (July 1999)
A Kiss Like This	Reviewed in BfK No. 116 (May 1999)
The Gruffalo	Reviewed in BfK No. 116 (May 1999)
I Want A Sister	Reviewed in BfK No. 116 (May 1999)
Fantastic Mr Fox	Reviewed in BfK No. 116 (May 1999)
Iggy Pig at the Seaside; Iggy Pig's Dark Night	Reviewed in BfK No. 116 (May 1999)
Henry VIII; Victoria	Reviewed in BfK No. 116 (May 1999)
Who was Alexander the Great?; Who was Tutankhamun?	Reviewed in BfK No. 116 (May 1999)
Beauty and the Beast and other stories	Reviewed in BfK No. 116 (May 1999)
Stephen Biesty's Incredible Body	Reviewed in BfK No. 116 (May 1999)
Lost Property	Reviewed in BfK No. 115 (March 1999)
Squids will be Squids	Reviewed in BfK No. 115 (March 1999)
Vulca, the Etruscan; Nefertari, Princess of Egypt	Reviewed in BfK No. 114 (January 1999)
The Hutchinson Treasury of Children's Poetry; Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry; Classic Poetry: An Illustrated Collection	Reviewed in BfK No. 114 (January 1999)
Cities of Splendour; Beneath the Earth	Reviewed in BfK No. 113 (November 1998)
Jake's Treasure	Reviewed in BfK No. 113 (November 1998)
The Story of Money	Reviewed in BfK No. 113 (November 1998)
Saints; Kings and Queens	Reviewed in BfK No. 113 (November 1998)
Erosion and Weathering	Reviewed in BfK No. 113 (November 1998)
The Boggart and the Monster	Reviewed in BfK No. 112 (September 1998)
Beware of the Bears!	Reviewed in BfK No. 112 (September 1998)
Justice of the Dagger	Reviewed in BfK No. 112 (September 1998)
The Drop in my Drink: The Story of Water on our Planet	Reviewed in BfK No. 112 (September 1998)
How Green Are You?	Reviewed in BfK No. 112 (September 1998)
How Do Your Senses Work?	Reviewed in BfK No. 112 (September 1998)
The War Years: The Home Front	Reviewed in BfK No. 112 (September 1998)
Stellaluna	Reviewed in BfK No. 111 (July 1998)
Willa and Old Miss Annie	Reviewed in BfK No. 111 (July 1998)
A Tudor Warship; A Victorian Mill	Reviewed in BfK No. 111 (July 1998)
How Castles Were Built	Reviewed in BfK No. 111 (July 1998)
Clues from Names	Reviewed in BfK No. 111 (July 1998)
The Puffin Book of Classic Verse	Reviewed in BfK No. 110 (May 1998)
Don't Look at Me in that Tone of Voice!; Aliens Stole My Underpants	Reviewed in BfK No. 110 (May 1998)
Since Dad Left	Reviewed in BfK No. 110 (May 1998)
Bad Cats Bad	Reviewed in BfK No. 110 (May 1998)
Joseph	Reviewed in BfK No. 110 (May 1998)
Marco Polo: A Journey Through China; Magellan: A Voyage Around the World	Reviewed in BfK No. 110 (May 1998)
History: The Really Interesting Bits	Reviewed in BfK No. 110 (May 1998)
Balloon Lagoon and the Magic Islands of Poetry	Reviewed in BfK No. 109 (March 1998)
Roman Town; Egyptian Town	Reviewed in BfK No. 109 (March 1998)
The World in the Time of Leonardo da Vinci; The World in the Time of Marie Antoinette	Reviewed in BfK No. 109 (March 1998)
Dear Daniel: Letters from Antarctica; Amazon Diary: The Jungle Adventures of Alex Winters	Reviewed in BfK No. 109 (March 1998)
Playing a Dazzler	Reviewed in BfK No. 108 (January 1998)
Teaching the Parrot	Reviewed in BfK No. 108 (January 1998)
Cowboys; Pirates	Reviewed in BfK No. 108 (January 1998)
Junior Chronicle of the Twentieth Century	Reviewed in BfK No. 108 (January 1998)
The Taj Mahal; The Houses of Parliament	Reviewed in BfK No. 108 (January 1998)
Giant Jim and the Hurricane; The Indoor Pirates	Reviewed in BfK No. 107 (November 1997)
Mrs Armitage and THE BIG WAVE; Mr Nodd's Ark	Reviewed in BfK No. 107 (November 1997)
Loos Through the Ages; Kitchens Through the Ages	Reviewed in BfK No. 107 (November 1997)
It Takes Two; How Did I Begin?	Reviewed in BfK No. 106 (September 1997)
Little Mouse Grandma; Tricky Tricky Twins	Reviewed in BfK No. 106 (September 1997)
Slavery from Africa to the Americas	Reviewed in BfK No. 106 (September 1997)
The Lottie Project	Reviewed in BfK No. 106 (September 1997)
Sam's Duck	Reviewed in BfK No. 106 (September 1997)
The Bad Good Manners Book; A Pig's Book of Manners	Reviewed in BfK No. 106 (September 1997)
The Cat That Scratched	Reviewed in BfK No. 105 (July 1997)
The Noctuary of Narcissus Batt ¦ Dibby Dubby Dhu ¦ The Red-All-Over Riddle Book	Reviewed in BfK No. 105 (July 1997)
The History Detective Investigates Local History	Reviewed in BfK No. 105 (July 1997)
Tomcat Takes a Walk	Reviewed in BfK No. 105 (July 1997)
Tongue Twisters and Tonsil Twizzlers ¦ Parent-Free Zone	Reviewed in BfK No. 104 (May 1997)
Lost for Words	Reviewed in BfK No. 104 (May 1997)
The Usborne Illustrated Atlas of the 20th Century	Reviewed in BfK No. 104 (May 1997)
Magic Betsey	Reviewed in BfK No. 104 (May 1997)
What Do We Know about Plains Indians? ¦ What Do We Know about Prehistoric People?	Reviewed in BfK No. 103 (March 1997)
Chuck and Danielle	Reviewed in BfK No. 103 (March 1997)

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