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BfK No. 229 - March 2018
BfK 229 March 2018

This issue’s cover illustration is from Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi. Thanks to Macmillan Children’s Books for their help with this March cover.
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BfK No. 229 Articles

World Book Day – keep up the momentum!

Ideas for keeping the magic going through the year
Crying In the Classroom

or How author Ali Sparkes was introduced to World Book Day
You're just one click away from an author

Says Tony Bradman
Authorgraph 229 Guy Bass

Guy Bass interviewed by Damian Kelleher
Windows into Illustration: Matt Carr

A signature 'graphicness'
Ten of the Best: books by Helen Oxenbury and John Burningham

Chosen by Nicolette Jones
Beyond the Secret Garden: England’s White and Pleasant Land

Part two in a new series by Darren Chetty and Karen Sands O’Connor

Beetle Mania! An interview with MG Leonard

M.G. Leonard interviewed by Michelle Pauli
Two Children Tell: Adventures as Sparrowhawk

Adventures as Sparrowhawk
The Wind in the Willows – Is it a Classic?

Peter Hunt considers
Night Kitchen Magic

An extract from Bookworm: A Memoir of Childhood Reading by Lucy Mangan
I Wish I’d Written: Kate Pankhurst

Kate Pankhurst chooses
Good Reads 229

Chosen by pupils at Glenthorne High School, Sutton
Island Settings and Adventures

Julia Green describes her love affair with islands, real and fictional.
Classics in short No 128: From Palace to Mineshaft with The Princess and the Goblin

The Princess and the Goblin
AN INTERVIEW WITH MAZ EVANS

Philip Womack catches up with the author of the Who Let the Gods Out series, as book three, Beyond the Odyssey is published.
AN INTERVIEW WITH KAREN GREGORY

An interview with the author of Countless and Skylarks.

Editor's Choice

Read the book, Lemmings!
Ame Dyckman
(Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
5

Foxy has a book on lemmings. It tells him that lemmings don’t jump off cliffs. But someone clearly hasn’t told the three little lemmings. On hearing the word jump, they enthusiastically throw themselves into the water. It is almost disastrous –...

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New Talent

Brightstorm
Vashti Hardy
(Scholastic)
4

Arthur and Maudie are twins, they are Brightstorms, their father a famous explorer. He has died in an attempt to be the first at South Polaris and evidence suggests he was involved in criminal activities. His reputation is ruined; the Brightstorm...

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All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 229

  • Under 5s
  • Ages 5-8
  • Ages 8-10
  • Ages 10-14
  • Ages 14+
  • Books About Children's Books

Under 5s

  • Once Upon a Star A Poetic Journey Through Space
    James Carter
    4

  • Spyder
    Matt Carr
    4

  • Dino Duckling
    Alison Murray
    4

  • 15 Things not to do with a puppy
    Margaret McAllister
    4

  • Look Out, It’s a Dragon!
    Jonny Lambert
    4

  • Erik The Lone Wolf
    Sarah Finan
    4

Ages 5-8

  • Read the book, Lemmings!
    Ame Dyckman
    5

  • Peace Lily
    Hilary Robinson
    4

  • Erik The Lone Wolf
    Sarah Finan
    4

  • We're Going to the Zoo
    Sarah Bowie
    4

  • The Red Dread
    Tom Morgan-Jones
    4

  • The Waggiest Tails
    Brian Moses
    Roger Stevens
    4

Ages 8-10

  • Brightstorm
    Vashti Hardy
    4

  • Peace Lily
    Hilary Robinson
    4

  • A Different Dog
    Paul Jennings
    4

  • The Children of Castle Rock
    Natasha Farrant
    4

  • The Chocolate Factory Ghost
    David O’Connell
    4

  • To the Edge of the World
    Julia Green
    3

  • Mollie on the March
    Anna Carey
    3

Ages 10-14

  • Truly Wildly Deeply
    Jenny McLachlan
    4

  • Running on Empty
    S.E.Durrant
    4

  • A Different Dog
    Paul Jennings
    4

  • Lady Mary
    Lucy Worsley
    4

  • Rocking the System
    Siobhan Parkinson
    4

  • Twister
    Juliette Forrest
    3

  • Twelve Nights
    Andrew Zurcher
    2

Ages 14+

  • Clean
    Juno Dawson
    5

  • The Unpredictability of Being Human
    Linni Ingemundsen
    4

  • The Wren Hunt
    Mary Watson
    4

  • Truly Wildly Deeply
    Jenny McLachlan
    4

  • Children of Blood and Bone
    Tomi Adeyemi
    4

  • Twelve Nights
    Andrew Zurcher
    2

Books About Children's Books

  • Bookworm: A Memoir of Childhood Reading
    Lucy Mangan
    4

BfK News

SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2020 KLAUS FLUGGE PRIZE

The shortlist for the Klaus Flugge Prize has been announced. 2020 is the fifth year of the prize, which was set up to honour Klaus Flugge, founder of Andersen Press and an extremely influential figure in children’s picture books. It is awarded to the most promising and exciting newcomer to children’s picture book illustration.

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SHORTLIST FOR THE 2020 BRANFORD BOASE AWARD ANNOUNCED

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UKLA BOOK AWARDS THE SHORTLISTS 2020

UKLA BOOK AWARDS THE SHORTLISTS 2020

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SHORTLISTS FOR THE 2020 CILIP CARNEGIE AND KATE GREENAWAY MEDALS ANNOUNCED

CILIP CKG logo

The shortlists for the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals, the UK’s oldest book awards for children and young people, have been announced. Selected by Youth Librarians from the 20 strong longlists there are eight books on each of the two lists.

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SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED FOR THE CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD 2020

Children's Book Award

The shortlist for the Children’s Book Award 2020 has been announced. This is the award’s 40th Anniversary year and it remains the only national award for children’s books that is voted for entirely by children. To mark the award’s 40th Anniversary, a new category on the shortlist celebrates the most popular books for teens.

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NEW FUNDING FOR THE LITTLE REBELS AWARD

The Little Rebels Award for Radical Children’s Fiction has been boosted thanks to £3,500 in new funding from the Barry Amiel and Norman Melburn Trust, bringing the award’s prize money up to £2,000.

Little Rebels logo

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LONGLISTS ANNOUNCED FOR 2020 CILIP CARNEGIE AND KATE GREENAWAY MEDALS

CKG logo

The longlists for the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals, the UK’s oldest book awards for children and young people, have been announced.

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LONGLIST ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2020 KLAUS FLUGGE PRIZE

The longlist for the 2020 Klaus Flugge Prize has been announced. Now in its fifth year, the Klaus Flugge Prize is awarded to the most promising and exciting newcomer to children’s picture book illustration. It honours Klaus Flugge, founder of publisher Andersen Press and a supremely influential figure in picture books.

Look Up!

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WHO WON THE LAUGH OUT LOUD BOOK AWARDS?

The winners of the Laugh Out Loud Book Awards 2020 have just been announced.

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BRANFORD BOASE AWARD 2020: LONGLIST ANNOUNCED

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