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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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