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BfK No. 198 - January 2013

This issue's cover illustration is by David Melling and is from We Love You, Hugless Douglas! Thanks to Hodder Children's Books for their help with this cover.

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BfK No. 198 Articles

2013: all change

What will 2013 hold
for the children’s book world?

An Awfully Interactive Adventure

Author Fleur Hitchcock explains www.thestoryadventure.com

Windows into Illustration: Jackie Morris

Jackie Morris on how she created the illustrations for ‘East of the
Sun, West of the Moon’.

Ten of the Best Books in Translation

Deborah Hallford of Outside In World chooses her top ten.

Literary Ventriloquism

Daniel Hahn on the translator’s art.

THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT JANE

Caroline Sanderson asks how old do you have to be to read Jane Austen.

Authorgraph interview 198 Sally Gardner

Costa Award winner Sally Gardner interviewed by Clive Barnes.

There won’t be time for English in English

Robert Hull on the draft National Curriculum for English.

Hal's Reading Diary January 2013

Roger Mills looks back over eleven years of Hal’s reading.

Brilliant Bookshop Storytellers Inc. Lancashire

Katie Clapham on Storytellers Inc. Lancashire

Alex Shearer I Wish I'd Written

Alex Shearer chooses a sci fi classic.

Good Reads 198

Reviews from Monk Walk School, Welwyn Garden City.

Classic in Short 198

Brian Alderson on Nils Holgersson’s Wonderful Journey.

Q and A Interview with Hilary McKay

Hilary McKay answers questions about her new novel Binny for Short

Jan Ormerod 1946 – 2013

Jan Ormerod the author and illustrator has died after a short illness. Her friend Jana Hunter remembers her.

Q and A interview with C J Flood

C J FLood answers our questions on her debut novel Infinite Sky.

Editor's Choice

I Have the Right to Be a Child

Alain Serres

(Phoenix Yard Books)

Imagine the challenge of creating a picturebook from the 54 articles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: putting the articles into a language that can be understood by younger children, and, through words and pictures,...

The Weight of Water

Sarah Crossan

(Bloomsbury Childrens)

Kasienka and her mother come to Coventry from Poland, looking for Kasienka’s Tata (Father), who walked out on them two years earlier. Their story is told throughout in first person narrative by Kasienka. At school, where she is ‘Cassie’, Kasienka...

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

Under 5s

Big Book of Nursery Rhymes

Kali Stileman

5
We Love You, Hugless Douglas!

David Melling

4
Jumblebum

Chae Strathie

4
No-Bot: The Robot with No Bottom

Sue Hendra

3
Jack’s Mega Machines: The Dinosaur Digger

Alise Ritchie

3
Brave Squish Rabbit

Katherine Battersby

3
The Princess and the Pig

Jonathan Emmett

3
I Want a Boyfriend!

Tony Ross

3

Ages 5-8

I Have the Right to Be a Child

Alain Serres

5
Buzzing! Discover the poetry in garden minibeasts

Anneliese Emmans Dean

5
Monkey Nut

Simon Rickerty

5
Newspaper Boy and Origami Girl

Michael Foreman

5
Ernest and Celestine

Gabrielle Vincent

4
Winnie’s Dinosaur Day (Winnie the Witch)

Valerie Thomas

3
Super Soccer Boy and the Monster Mutants

Judy Brown

3
Poo Bum

Stephanie Blake

3
My Happy Life

Rose Lagercrantz

3

Ages 8-10

Fantastic Mr Dahl

Michael Rosen

5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel

Jeff Kinney

5
Walter Tull's Scrapbook

Michaela Morgan

4
Just Imagine

Pippa Goodhart

4
Beast Quest: Ferrok the Iron Soldier

Adam Blade

4
The Snow Bear

Holly Webb

3

Ages 10-14

Terezín A Story of the Holocaust

Ruth Thomson

5
Fearless

Cornelia Funke

5
Geek Girl

Holly Smale

5
The Great Unexpected

Sharon Creech

5
The Fire Chronicle

John Stephens

5
Scramasax

Kevin Crossley-Holland

5
Geek Inc.Technoslime Terror!

Mark Griffiths

5
In the Sea there are Crocodiles

Fabio Geda

4
Midnight Pirates

Ally Kennen

4
Dead Romantic

C J Skuse

4
Lexiland

Suzi Moore

4
101 Poets for Children: A Laureate’s Choice

4
Sea of Whispers

Tim Bowler

3
Tree of Leaf and Flame

Daniel Morden

3
Oblivion

Anthony Horowitz

3
Shiverton Hall

Emerald Fennell

3
Darwen Arkwright and the Peregrine Pact

A J Hartley

3
Soldier Dog

Sam Angus

3

Ages 14+

The Weight of Water

Sarah Crossan

5
Hostage Three

Nick Lake

5
The Winds of Heaven

Judith Clarke

5
Being here

Barry Jonsberg

5
Ketchup Clouds

Annabel Pitcher

4
Legacy

C.J. Daugherty

4
How to Fall

Jane Casey

4
Sister Assassin

Kiersten White

4
A Pocketful of Eyes

Lili Wilkinson

3
The Fault in our Stars

John Green

3
From What I Remember

Stacy Kramer
Valerie Thomas

3
Hunger

Melvin Burgess

2
Never Fall Down

Patricia McCormick

0

Books About Children's Books

John Burningham: Behind the Scenes

John Burningham

5

BfK News

NATASHA FARRANT WINS 2020 COSTA CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD

Natasha Farrant

Writer and literary scout Natasha Farrant has won the 2020 Costa Children’s Book Award for Voyage of the Sparrowhawk, a book which the judges described as ‘pure heavenly escapism and a purely joyful read.’

The winner of the 2020 ALCS Educational Writers’ Award is Black History Matters: The Story of Black History, From African Kingdoms to Black Lives Matter. Written by acclaimed Black historian, Robin Walker, the 2020 judges praised this accessible, comprehensive and inspiring book which provides a timely introduction both to Black history and the Black Lives Matter movement.

IBBY UK has announced that Marcus Sedgwick and David McKee will be the UK nominations for the 2022 Hans Christian Andersen Award.

Debut authors Darren Charlton and Jenny Pearson join Natasha Farrant and Meg Rosoff on the shortlist for the 2020 Costa Children’s Book Award.

The shortlist for the 2020 Costa Children’s Book Award has been announced. No less than 146 books were submitted and from those the judges have chosen a shortlist of four. They are:

Wranglestone by Darren Charlton (Little Tiger)

CLPE Reflecting Realities Report 2020

The six books shortlisted for the 2021 Blue Peter Book Awards have been announced.

Blue Peter Book Award logo

Happy National Non-Fiction November 2020

It’s National Non-Fiction November! Organised by the Federation of Children’s Book Groups, National Non-Fiction November is an annual celebration of the power of non-fiction to inspire children and celebrate readers who have a passion for information and facts. 2020 is the 10th anniversary of National Non-Fiction November.

Jane Porter and Maisie Paradise Shearring have won the 2020 Little Rebels Award for their picture book The Boy who Loved Everyone. They will share the £2000 prize.

The Open University (OU) is launching Book Chat: Reading with your Child, a resource which comprises three short films and support materials to help parents, families and carers read books conversationally and creatively to children. Working with Macmillan Children’s Books, the films use a selection of their picture books and a poetry collection to support families with reading to different ages of children.

Tom Palmer

Books for Keeps 198 - the children's book magazine online

Digital version – browse, print or download

BfK Newsletter

BfK No. 198 Articles

Editor's Choice

I Have the Right to Be a Child

New Talent

The Weight of Water

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 198

Under 5s

Big Book of Nursery Rhymes

We Love You, Hugless Douglas!

Jumblebum

No-Bot: The Robot with No Bottom

Jack’s Mega Machines: The Dinosaur Digger

Brave Squish Rabbit

The Princess and the Pig

I Want a Boyfriend!

Ages 5-8

I Have the Right to Be a Child

Buzzing! Discover the poetry in garden minibeasts

Monkey Nut

Newspaper Boy and Origami Girl

Ernest and Celestine

Winnie’s Dinosaur Day (Winnie the Witch)

Super Soccer Boy and the Monster Mutants

Poo Bum

My Happy Life

Ages 8-10

Fantastic Mr Dahl

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel

Walter Tull's Scrapbook

Just Imagine

Beast Quest: Ferrok the Iron Soldier

The Snow Bear

Ages 10-14

Terezín A Story of the Holocaust

Fearless

Geek Girl

The Great Unexpected

The Fire Chronicle

Scramasax

Geek Inc.Technoslime Terror!

In the Sea there are Crocodiles

Midnight Pirates

Dead Romantic

Lexiland

101 Poets for Children: A Laureate’s Choice

Sea of Whispers

Tree of Leaf and Flame

Oblivion

Shiverton Hall

Darwen Arkwright and the Peregrine Pact

Soldier Dog

Ages 14+

The Weight of Water

Hostage Three

The Winds of Heaven

Being here

Ketchup Clouds

Legacy

How to Fall

Sister Assassin

A Pocketful of Eyes

The Fault in our Stars

From What I Remember

Hunger

Never Fall Down

Books About Children's Books

John Burningham: Behind the Scenes

BfK News