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BfK No. 198 - January 2013
BfK 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)
5

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,...

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New Talent

The Weight of Water

Sarah Crossan
(Bloomsbury Childrens)
5

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...

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All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 198

  • 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.’

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ROBIN WALKER WINS THE 2020 ALCS EDUCATIONAL WRITERS’ AWARD FOR BLACK HISTORY MATTERS

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.

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IBBY UK nominate Marcus Sedgwick and David McKee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award 2022

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

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SHORTLIST FOR THE COSTA CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD 2020

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)

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BOOKTRUST’S REPRESENTS INTERIM RESEARCH & CLPE REFLECTING REALITIES SURVEY 2020

CLPE Reflecting Realities Report 2020

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SHORTLIST FOR THE 2021 BLUE PETER BOOK AWARDS REVEALED

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

Blue Peter Book Award logo

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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.

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JANE PORTER AND MAISIE PARADISE SHEARRING 2020 LITTLE REBELS AWARD WINNERS

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.

Little Rebels logo 2020

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OU AND MACMILLAN CHILDREN’S BOOKS LAUNCH BOOK CHAT SCHEME

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.

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TOM PALMER WINS THE CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD 2020

Tom Palmer

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