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BfK No. 71 - November 1991

Cover Story
The illustration on the front of BfK this month is the cover of Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass with illustrations by Sir John Tenniel. The book is published by Macmillan (0 333 29037 2) at £9.99, and we're grateful for their help in using this picture of Alice and the White Knight.

BfK No. 71 Articles

Editorial – November 1991

News and comment from the Editor.

What Makes a Children’s Classic?

Victor Watson discusses.

Gulliver in the Space Age

James Riordan on updating a children's classic.

Authorgraph No.71: Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll by Naomi Lewis.

A Classic Information Book

Eleanor von Schweinitz pays tribute to Shakespeare's Theatre by C Walter Hodges.

Picturing Treasure Island

Shirley Hughes looks at illustrative versions of Treasure Island.

Blind Spot: Treasure Island

Julia MacRae refuses to set sail on the Hispaniola.

Surprise Sandwiches

Margery Fisher chooses Classics currently in print.

BfK Briefing – November 1991

Awards * Publications

Classic Variations

Chris Powling looks at some newly-issued hardbacks.

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 71

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

Under 5s

  • Winnie the Pooh ¦ Winnie the Pooh with The House at Pooh Corner

    A A Milne
  • When I Was Your Age

    Ken Adams
  • Phewtus the Squirrel

    V H Drummond
  • The Jolly Witch

    Dick King-Smith
  • The Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard's Dog

    John Yeoman
  • Ruffles is Lost

    Hans Wilhelm
  • The Dragon's Cold

    John Talbot
  • Sardines

    Sally Grindley
  • Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs

    Byron Barton
  • Lost

    Anthony Kerins
  • Grandpa's Handkerchief

    Dorothy Clark
  • The Blue Balloon

    Mick Inkpen
  • The Rainbow Balloon

    Fredun Shapur

Ages 5-8

  • A Cool Kid Like Me

    Hans Wilhelm
  • Promise and the Monster

    Babette Cole
  • A Treasury of Stories for Five Year Olds ¦ A Treasury of Stories for Six Year Olds ¦ A Treasury of Stories for Seven Year Olds

  • Bears Don't Like Bananas

    John Rice
  • Stranger Danger?

    Anne Fine
  • Drac and the Gremlin

    Allan Baillie
  • Gumdrop and the Pirates

    Val Biro
  • Best Friends

  • The Lighthouse Keeper's Rescue

    Ronda Armitage
    David Armitage
  • Dog's Dinner and other poems

    Irene Rawnsley
  • Nancy Nutall and the Mongrel

    Catherine Cookson
  • The Owl and the Pussycat

    Edward Lear
  • The Wind in the Willows ¦ The Wind in the Willows ¦ The Wind in the Willows

    Kenneth Grahame

Ages 8-10

  • The Secrets of Vesuvius

    Sara Bisel
  • Ships, Sailors and the Sea ¦ Flight, Fliers and Flying Machines

    Richard Humble
  • Ships, Sailors and the Sea

    Richard Humble
  • Dreaming in the Night ¦ Learning a Lesson ¦ Munching a Meal ¦ Running a Race

    Steve Parker
  • Peter Pan

    J M Barrie
  • In a Blue Velvet Dress ¦ The Back House Ghosts

    Catherine Sefton
  • Magic from the Ground

    Margaret Greaves
  • Limeroons ¦ If Only ... ¦ Madtail, Miniwhale and other shape poems ¦ The Kingfisher Book of Comic Verse

    Noel Ford
  • Run to Earth

    Tom McCaughren
  • Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters

    John Steptoe
  • Look Out, It's Lucy Goose!

    Steve Weatherill
  • The Great Pig Sprint ¦ The Dim Thin Ducks

    Judy Allen
  • Mightier Than the Sword

    Clare Bevan
  • Helen Highwater

    Roger McGough
  • Heard It in the Playground

    Allan Ahlberg
  • Paddy's Pot of Gold

    Dick King-Smith
  • Wonderwitch and the Rooftop Cats

    Helen Muir
  • William and the Moon Rocket ¦ William and the Space Animal

    Richmal Crompton
  • Alice in Wonderland; Alice in Wonderland

    Lewis Carroll

Ages 10-14

  • The Pigman and Me

    Paul Zindel
  • A Question of Green - the not so trivial quiz book

    Steve Skidmore
  • Litter

    Donna Bailey
  • The Great Dinosaur Atlas

    William Lindsay
  • Treasure Island

    Robert Louis Stevenson
    Anthony Bate
  • The Secret Garden

    Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • Came back to show you I could fly

    Robin Klein
  • A Flower of Jet

    Bel Mooney
  • The Lifeguard

    Richie Tankersley Cusick
  • The Kingfisher Book of Myths and Legends

  • Against the Storm

    Gaye Hiçyilmaz
  • Science Fiction Stories

  • The Five Hundred

    Eilis Dillon
  • Twenty School Mini-Mysteries

    Dina Anastasio
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

  • Just Ferret

    Gene Kemp
  • Ghost Stories

Ages 14+

  • The Little Prince

    Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
  • Never Pa's Girl

    Robbie Branscum
  • Point Horror: Funhouse ¦ Don't Look Behind You

    Diane Hoh
  • Perhaps You Should Talk to Someone and other stories

  • Absolute Trust

    Will Gatti
  • Personal Effects

    Chris Westwood
  • Deep Wizardry

    Diane Duane
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