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BfK No. 6 - January 1981

Cover Story
Jon Pertwee as Worzel, from the cover of Worzel Gummidge goes to the Seaside (Picture Puffin)

BfK No. 6 Articles

Editor's Page – January 1981

News and comment from the Editor.

The Tie-In Business

TV producers and Publishers explain.

Maggie

Joan Lingard talks about putting her books on the TV screen.

Authorgraph No.6 - Bernard Ashley

Bernard Ashley interviewed by Pat Triggs.

Talking Point

Kevin Jeffrey describes how his bookshop changed its outlook.

Turning a Book into a TV Series

Tony Bradman describes how the TV series was made.

Be Our Guest...

Poetry - a look at some new anthologies.

Multi-cultural Supplement

A follow-up to Books for Keeps No. 4.

Take Hart

Tony Hart talks about television, children and art.

BfK News - January 1981

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

Sound & Vision - January 1981

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

HOW TO... Make your Book Bonanza a Sickcess

David Bennett, Head of English at the George Spencer Comprehensive School in Stapleford, Nottingham, describes their Fungus the Bogeyman Book Bonanza.

All Children's Book Reviews in BfK No. 6

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

Under 5s

  • Topsy and Tim Can Garden ¦ Topsy and Tim Can Print in Colour

    Jean Adamson
    Gareth Adamson
  • Gingerbread Pigs and other rhymes

    Daphne Lister
  • I Have Two Homes

    Althea
  • Colours

    Gillian Youlden
  • Shapes

    Gillian Youlden
  • Sizes

    Gillian Youlden
  • Numbers

    Gillian Youlden
  • Reading ¦ Eating ¦ Helping ¦ The Cat, the Bird and the Tree ¦ Our Baby ¦ Dressing Up ¦ The Loose Tooth ¦ People in Stories ¦ Fire! ¦ Old Houses ¦ The Football Book ¦ Crocodiles are Dangerous

  • Sand Cake

    Frank Asch
  • Crazy Charlie

    Ruth Brown
  • Each Peach Pear Plum

    Janet Ahlberg
    Allan Ahlberg

Ages 5-8

  • Good Morning, Chick

    Mirra Ginsburg
  • Tilly's Rescue

    Faith Jaques
  • Quest for the Gloop

    Helen Nicoll
    Jan Pieńkowski
  • Animal Games ¦ Animal Tricks ¦ Seasons ¦ Animal Homes ¦ Animal Shapes

    Brian Wildsmith
  • Ben's Trumpet

    Rachel Isadora
  • Funnybones

    Janet Ahlberg
    Allan Ahlberg
  • Worzel Gummidge Goes to the Seaside

    Keith Waterhouse
    Willis Hall
  • The Six Bullerby Children

    Astrid Lindgren
  • The Lost Merbaby and The Wishing Nut Tree

    Margaret Baker

Ages 8-10

  • The Clover Club and the House of Mystery ¦ The Clover Club and the Mystery that Fell out of the Sky

    A D Langholm
  • The Day the Monster Came

    John Gray
  • The Secret Railway

    Elisabeth Beresford
  • The Stained Glass Window

    Penelope Lively
  • Johnny Morris's Animal Story Book ¦ Animal Stories

  • Everyone knows what a Dragon Looks Like

    Jay Williams
  • The Flight of the Magic Clog

    John Noakes
  • Pyewacket and Son

    Rosemary Weir
  • Brinsly's Dream

    Petronella Breinburg

Ages 10-14

  • Spotlight on Ballet

    Ian Woodward
  • How the Countryside was made

    Gordon Winter
  • Collecting Stamps ¦ Collecting Coins

    Neil Grant
    Peter Womersley
  • Collecting Football Programmes

    Phil Shaw
  • Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret ¦ Deenie ¦ Superfudge

    Judy Blume
  • Joe and The Gladiator ¦ The Nipper ¦ Lanky Jones

    Catherine Cookson
  • Twisters

  • The Victors

    John Harris
  • After the First Death

    Robert Cormier
  • Under Goliath

    Peter Carter
  • The Bonny Pit Laddie

    Frederick Grice
  • Catch Colt

    Mary O'Hara
  • The Fox Hole ¦ Over the Top

    Ivan Southall
  • Bridge to Terabithia

    Katherine Paterson
  • Outlaw Red

    Jim Kjelgaard
  • Grange Hill Goes Wild

    Robert Leeson
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