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BfK No. 66 - January 1991

Cover Story
The illustration on the front of BfK this month is the cover of Seventeen Against the Dealer by Cynthia Voigt (see Authorgraph for details). The book is published by Collins and we thank them for their help in using this illustration.

BfK No. 66 Articles

Editorial - January 1991

News and comment from the Editor.
Ten Golden Rules for Critics of Children's Books

Robert Leeson and Jean Ure on the quality of children's book reviewing.
Farewell to the Big Friendly Giant

Chris Powling pays tribute to Roald Dahl.
Authorgraph No.66: Cynthia Voigt

Cynthia Voigt interviewed by David Bennett.
Value for Money?

Eleanor von Schweinitz on series publishing.
May We Recommend... Gillian Rubinstein

Adrian Jackson meets the Australian writer.
Pick of the Paperbacks '90

Members of BfK's reviewing team expand on their best read in 1990.
BfK Briefing - January 1991

News * Obituary * Publications * Awards * Event
New Verse '90

Morag Styles looks at new hardback poetry.

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 66

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

Under 5s

  • Teddy Bear Tales
    Joan Robinson
    A A Milne
    Philippa Pearce
    Michael Bond

  • The Lady with the Alligator Purse

  • Hugo at the Window
    Anne Rockwell

  • Play Rhymes

  • Bears in Pairs
    Niki Yektai

  • Jonah and the Whale
    Marcia Williams

  • Just Like Jasper
    Nick Butterworth
    Mick Inkpen

  • One Day, Janie!
    Dee Shulman

  • Mr Nick's Knitting
    Margaret Wild

  • Ten in the Bed
    Penny Dale

Ages 5-8

  • Mostly Timothy
    June Counsel

  • The Little Mermaid
    Hans Christian Andersen

  • Round About 5

  • Cats
    Pascale De Bourgoing
    Gallimard Jeunesse

  • Vegetables
    Pascale De Bourgoing
    Gallimard Jeunesse

  • The Tree ¦ Weather ¦ The Egg ¦ The Ladybird ¦ Fruit
    Pascale De Bourgoing
    Gallimard Jeunesse

  • The Tin Dog
    Alexander McCall Smith

  • Herbert and Harry
    Pamela Allen

  • Listen to This: stories for young children
    Laura Cecil

  • Nicolas, Where Have You Been?
    Leo Lionni

  • Over the Steamy Swamp
    Paul Geraghty

  • Princess Beatrice and the Rotten Robber
    Elizabeth Honey

  • I Don't Like It!
    Ruth Brown

  • Kitten Day
    Jan Ormerod

Ages 8-10

  • Tom's Midnight Garden
    Philippa Pearce

  • How Do You Weigh an Elephant? (Cassette 1) ¦ Never Mind! (Cassette 1) ¦ We Didn't Think of Ostriches (Cassette 1) ¦ The Magic Rattle (Cassette 2) ¦ The Four Friends (Cassette 2) ¦ Listen All of You! (Cassette 2)
    Derek Farmer

  • How High is the Sky?
    Meredith Hooper

  • The Blitz ¦ Evacuation ¦ Prisoners of War ¦ Rationing
    Fiona Reynoldson

  • A Game of Catch
    Helen Cresswell

  • British and Irish Folk Tales
    Kevin Crossley-Holland

  • Alexander and the Tooth of Zaza
    Dick Cate

  • The White Horse is Running
    Fay Sampson

  • When Hippo was Hairy and other Tales from Africa
    Nick Greaves

  • The Secret in Miranda's Wardrobe
    Sheila Greenwald

Ages 10-14

  • Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
    Robert O'Brien

  • The Kingfisher Book of How Things Work ¦ The Big Book of How Things Work
    Steve Parker

  • Forensic Detection
    Lionel Bender

  • Resources Control
    Alexander Peckham

  • A Seal Upon My Heart
    Pam Conrad

  • The Half Child
    Kathleen Hersom

  • Uncle Jack and Operation Green
    Jim Eldridge

  • Tales from the Early Days
    Ted Hughes

  • Ludie's Song
    Dirlie Herlihy

  • Truckers
    Terry Pratchett

  • You Can Be Spurs
    Chris Ashley

  • Kick-off
    Hannah Cole

  • The Mad Parrot's Countdown
    John Mole

  • Goggle-eyes
    Anne Fine

  • Dear Mum, You're Ruining My Life
    Jean Van Leeuwen

Ages 14+

  • The Last Children
    Gudrun Pausewang

  • The Arm of the Starfish
    Madeleine L'Engle

  • Seventeen Against the Dealer
    Cynthia Voigt

  • All About Jas
    Millie Murray

  • Secrets
    Sue Welford

  • The Dividing Sea
    Ruth Elwin Harris

  • Make Your Move
    James Watson
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