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BfK No. 4 - September 1980

Cover story
Mother Goose Comes to Cable Street (Kestrel/Puffin), a collection of nursery rhymes chosen by Rosemary Stones and Andrew Mann, and illustrated by Dan Jones is featured on our cover this month. See Editor's Page for more.

BfK No. 4 Articles

Editor's Page – September 1980

News and comment from the Editor.

A Wider Heritage

Ruth Ballin, Jean Bleach and Josie Levine comment on the background to a booklist.

A Closer Look at Dinosaurs

Focus on a publisher.

A Name to Note

Steve Bowles meets Ann Harries.

Authorgraph No.4 - Farrukh Dhondy

Pat Triggs interviews Farrukh Dhondy.

Be Our Guest...

A taste of A Wider Heritage . Fifteen books chosen by Ruth Ballin, Jean Bleach and Josie Levine from their new NBL booklist.

Talking Point – Who Needs Multi-Ethnic Books?

Rosemary Stones asks who needs multi-ethnic books.

Jan Needle

Pat Triggs talks to Jan Needle.

How to... get children involved in books

Get children involved in books.

BfK News – September 1980

News about what's happening in the children's book world.

Secombe's Selection

Harry Secombe is this year's Children's Book Weekpersonality.

Sound & Vision – September 1980

News and views about books on radio, TV and in films.

Languages for Life

A look at dual-language books.

The first of the Books for Keeps 'award' for BOOKS THAT WORK

The SBA Award.

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 4

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

Under 5s

  • The Bossing of Josie

    Ronda Armitage
    David Armitage
  • Smile for Auntie

    Diane Paterson
  • The Rich Man and the Shoe-maker

  • Dorothy Edwards' Story Time One

    Dorothy Edwards
  • Cops and Robbers

    Janet Ahlberg
    Allan Ahlberg
  • The Worst Person in the World

    James Stevenson
  • Sam Who Never Forgets

    Eve Rice
  • The Cow Who Fell in the Canal

    Phyllis Krasilovsky
  • Jim and the Beanstalk

    Raymond Briggs
  • Mother Goose Comes to Cable Street

    Rosemary Stones
    Andrew Mann
  • The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch

    Ronda Armitage
    David Armitage
  • The Rat Race

    Colin McNaughton
  • Cat and Mouse

    Rodney Peppé
  • Morris's Disappearing Bag

    Rosemary Wells
  • The Snowman

    Raymond Briggs

Ages 5-8

  • The Beautiful Take Away Palace

    Geraldine Kaye
  • Kassim Goes Fishing

    Geraldine Kaye
  • Kofi and the Eagle

    Geraldine Kaye
  • The Cherry Tree

    Ruskin Bond
  • The White Hippo

    Alexander McCall Smith
  • The Knight and the Dragon

    Tomie De Paola
  • How Do I Eat It? ¦ Hallo! How are You?

    Shigeo Watanabe
    Yasuo Ohtomo
  • Tortoise's Dream

    Joanna Troughton
  • The Third 'Did I Ever Tell You...?' Book

    Iris Grender
  • Katy and the Nurgla

    Harry Secombe
  • Country Tales to Tell

    Elizabeth Clark
  • Magic in the Air

    Phyllis Arkle
  • Jeremiah in the Dark Woods

    Janet Ahlberg
    Allan Ahlberg
  • Ginnie

    Ted Greenwood

Ages 8-10

  • The Eyes of the Amaryllis

    Natalie Babbitt
  • Star Ka'at

    Andre Norton
    Dorothy Madlee
  • Horse in a Million

    Patricia Leitch
  • At Madam Muriel's

    Mary Denison
  • Searching for Shona

    Margaret J Anderson
  • Private - Keep Out

    Gwen Grant
  • The Elm Street Lot

    Philippa Pearce
  • Macpherson's Skyscraper ¦ Macpherson's Island ¦ Macpherson's Highland Fling

    Lavinia Derwent
  • My Best Fiend

    Sheila Lavelle
  • Ned Kelly and the City of the Bees

    Thomas Keneally
  • Supergran

    Forrest Wilson
  • Nicholas on Holiday

    Rene Goscinny
  • Warton and the King of the Skies ¦ A Toad for Tuesday

    Russell Erickson
  • Patrick Comes to Puttyville

    Geoffrey Hayes
  • Bertie's Escapade

    Kenneth Grahame

Ages 10-14

  • The Methuen Book of Strange Tales

  • The Nine Lives of Montezuma

    Michael Morpurgo
  • The Exeter Blitz

    David Rees

Ages 14+

  • The Light of Day

    Othmar Franz Lang
  • Remember Last Summer ¦ Love You, Hate You, Just Don't Know

  • The Disappearance

    Rosa Guy
  • The Fox in Winter

    John Branfield
  • The Watch House

    Robert Westall
  • Hostage!

    James Hamilton-Paterson
  • The River Kings

    Max Fatchen
  • Scarf Jack

    P J Kavanagh
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