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BfK No. 82 - September 1993

Cover Story
The illustration on our cover this month is by Ted Dewan from Inside Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Creatures. This book was written by Steve Parker and published by Dorling Kindersley, to whom we are grateful for their help in using this illustration.

BfK No. 82 Articles

Editorial – September 1993

News and comment from the Editor.

Taking Humour Seriously

Betsy Byars on what children find funny.

Series Titles – September 1993

Some of the latest, reviewed by Steve Rosson.

Authorgraph No.82: John Agard

John Agard interviewed by Morag Styles.

Beyond Jurassic Park

George Hunt reports on a school visit by Ted Dewan.

The Eleanor Farjeon Award

Wendy Cooling meets 1993 winner, Susan Belgrave.

Shadowing Carnegie

Jane Inglis experiments with reading.

The Making of Mortimer and Arabel

Angela Beeching on a new BBC series.

BfK Briefing – September 1993

News * Events * Publications * Award

Editor’s Choice

Chris Powling chooses new hardbacks.

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 82

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

Under 5s

  • Listen to This Stuff and Nonsense

  • A Night of Lullabies ¦ Playdays: Lizzie Singalong

  • One Cow Moo Moo!

    David Bennett
  • I'm Green and I'm Grumpy

    Alison Lester
  • Rosie Runs Away

    Maryann Macdonald
  • The Purrfect Carpet; I Am a Frog

    David Passes
  • Lollopy

    Joyce Dunbar
  • The Happy Hedgehog Band

    Martin Waddell
  • Brinkworth Bear's New Baby Sister ¦ Brinkworth Bear Goes to Hospital

    Annie West
  • Doing the Garden

    Sarah Garland
  • Peek-a-Book: Who Does What?; Peek-a-Book: Opposites; Peek-a-Book: Animals; Peek-a-Book: Nursery Rhymes

    Eric Hill
  • Lizzie and Her Puppy; Lizzie and Her Friend

    David Martin
  • Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear

    Carol Lawson
  • How Do I Put It On?

    Shigeo Watanabe
  • Mrs Honey's Holiday ¦ Mrs Honey's Glasses ¦ Mrs Honey's Dream

    Pam Adams

Ages 5-8

  • Spring; Summer

    Ruth Thomson
  • Caring for Young; Gathering Food

    Daphne Butler
  • Magical Stories

  • Tea with Aunt Augusta

    Emma Chichester Clark
  • Ten Little Mice

    Joyce Dunbar
  • Hector's New Trainers

    Amanda Vesey
  • If Dinosaurs Were Cats and Dogs

    Colin McNaughton
  • Noah and the Animals

    Prue Theobalds
  • Reckless Ruby

    Hiawyn Oram
  • Zebra's Hiccups

    David McKee
  • Tin Can Hero

    Kaye Umansky
  • Slobcat

    Paul Geraghty
  • Girl Wonder and the Terrific Twins

    Malorie Blackman
  • Pugwash and the Buried Treasure

    John Ryan
  • The Tin Can Puppy

    Wendy Orr
  • Beware of Boys

    Tony Blundell
  • Twin Poems; Night Poems; Monster Poems; Star Poems; Wizard Poems

  • Mallory Cox and his Interstellar Socks

    Andrew Matthews
  • A Pot of Gold

  • Jack and the Beanstalk

    Alan Garner
  • Little Elephant

    W J Corbett
  • Hurrah for Ethelyn

    Babette Cole

Ages 8-10

  • Power from Plants; Power from the Earth; Power from the Wind

    Susan Bullen
  • Mystery on Tape

  • Myth Busters

    A. E. Bowvayne
    Chris Strange
  • Along a Lonely Road

    Catherine Sefton
  • Round the Twist

    Paul Jennings
  • The Trumpet of the Swan

    E B White
  • Earthways, Earthwise

  • The Princess in the Pigpen

    Jane Resh Thomas
  • Greg's Revenge

    George Hendry
  • Mud Pies and Water-Bombs

    David Schutte
  • Best Friends, Worst Luck

    Mary Hooper
  • Gideon Gander Solves the World's Greatest Mysteries

    David Henry Wilson
  • Samson Superslug

    Ken Adams
  • Triv in Pursuit

    Michael Coleman
  • Birds, Beasts and Fishes

  • Find the White Horse

    Dick King-Smith
  • Love and Be Wise

    Charles Perrault
  • The Secrets of Celia

    Hazel Townson
  • The Demon Piano

    Rachel Dixon

Ages 10-14

  • Exploration by Land; Exploration by Sea

    Paul Strathem
  • Mummy

    James Putnam
  • Spacefacts

    Susan Goodman
  • Create your own Magazine

    Barbara Taylor
  • Seashells of Great Britain and Europe

    R Tucker Abbott
  • Tales from Shakespeare

    Charles Lamb
    Mary Lamb
  • Rags and Riches

    Joan Lingard
  • The Secret Garden

    Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • Snotty Bumstead

    Hunter Davies
  • My Daniel

    Pam Conrad
  • The Stones of Muncaster Cathedral

    Robert Westall
  • Gulf

    Robert Westall
  • The Book of the Banshee

    Anne Fine
  • Vote for Baz

    Ann Pilling
  • Forbidden Doors

    Susan Price
  • Down a Dark Hall

    Lois Duncan
  • Low Tide

    William Mayne
  • Wild Magic

    Tamora Pierce
  • Impressionism

    Jude Welton
  • Watercolour; Manet

    Michael Clarke
  • Exploring the Titanic

    Robert D Ballard

Ages 14+

  • Twopence to Cross the Mersey

    Helen Forrester
  • Alessandra - Alex in Rome

    Tessa Duder
  • When Darkness Comes

    Robert Swindells
  • Dear Nobody

    Berlie Doherty
  • Falling Into Glory

    Robert Westall
  • We All Fall Down

    Robert Cormier
  • We Are All Guilty

    Kingsley Amis
  • Heroes and Monsters: Legends of Ancient Greece; The Children of Odin

    James Reeves
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