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January 2013
No. 198 |
Alain Serres, illustrated by Aurelia Fronty, translated by Sarah Ardizzone
I Have the Right to Be a Child
Phoenix Yard Books, 2012.
reviewed by Clive Barnes
Nick Lake,
Hostage Three
Bloomsbury Children's, 2012.
reviewed by Geoff Fox
Patricia McCormick,
Never Fall Down
Corgi Children's, 2013.
reviewed by Clive Barnes |
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November 2012
No. 197 |
Bernard Ashley,
Hero Girls
Ashley Chappel Productions, 2012.
reviewed by Andrea Reece
Theresa Breslin, illustrated by Kate Leiper,
An Illustrated Treasury of Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales
Floris Books, 2012.
reviewed by George Hunt
Fabio Gida, translated by Howard Curtis
In The Sea there are Crocodiles
David Fickling Books, 2012.
reviewed by Ferelith Hordon |
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September 2012
No. 196 |
Rebecca Elliott,
The Last Tiger
Lion Publishing PlcWalker, 2012.
reviewed by Jana Novotny Hunter
Kes Gray,
Leave Me Alone
Hodder Children's Books, 2012.
reviewed by Elizabeth Schlenger
Marta Altés,
My Grandpa
Macmillan Children's Books, 2012.
reviewed by Martin Salisbury
Helen Limon,
Om Shanti, Babe
Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2012.
reviewed by Laura Fraine
Jill Seeney, iIllustrated by Rachel Fuller,
A Safe Place for Rufus
British Association for Adoption and Fostering, 2012.
reviewed by Elizabeth Schlenther
Elspeth Tavaci, illustrated by Paul Hess,
The Stone of Destiny: Tales from Turkey
Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2012.
reviewed by Rudolf Loewenstein
Catherine MacPhail,
Under the Skin
Barrington Stokes, 2012.
reviewed by Val Randall
Frank Cottrell Boyce,
The Unforgotten Coat
Walker, 2012.
reviewed by Julia Eccleshare |
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July 2012
No. 195 |
Sarah Garland,
Azzi In Between
Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2012.
reviewed by Rosemary Stones
Kerry Drewery,
A Brighter Fear
Harper Collins Children's Books, 2012.
reviewed by Clive Barnes
Marcia Williams,
The Elephant's Friend and Other Tales from Ancient India
Walker, 2012.
reviewed by Valerie Coghlan
Wendy Philips,
Fishtailing
Coteau Books, 2010.
reviewed by Clive Barnes
Harry Allen,
Ibarajo Road
Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2012.
reviewed by Rosemary Stones |
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May 2012
No.194 |
Anushka Ravishankar,
Excuses, Excuses
Tara Books, 2012.
reviewed by Urmi Chana
Kaltham Al- Ghanim, illustrated by May Al- Mannai, translated by Andy Smart,
Hamda and Fisaikra
Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing, 2011.
reviewed by Rosemary Stones
Nicola Davies,
Rubbish Town Hero
Corgi Childrens, 2012.
reviewed by Rosemary Stones
John Jackson, illustrated by Daniela Jaglenka Terrazzini,
Tales for great grandchildren
JJ Books, 2011.
reviewed by Ferelith Hordon
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March 2012
No.193 |
Sufiya Ahmed,
Secrets of the Henna Girl
Puffin, 2012.
reviewed by Clive Barnes |
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January 2012
No.192 |
Josephine Everts-Secker,
illustrated by Helen Cann,
The Barefoot Book of Mother and Daughter Tales
Barefoot Books, 2011.
reviewed by Jana Novotny Hunter
Catherine Johnson,
Brave New Girl
Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2011.
reviewed by Melissa Hyder
Rachna Gilmore,
The Flute
Tradewind, 2011.
reviewed by Urmi Chana
Nick Lake,
In Darkness
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2011.
reviewed by Nick Tucker
Ellie Daines,
Lolly Luck
Andersen, 2011.
reviewed by Rosemary Stones
Shahrukh Husain, illustrated by Micha Archer,
The Wise Fools: Fables from the Islamic World
Barefoot Books, 2011.
reviewed by Ferelith Hordon |
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November 2011
No.191 |
Mary Hoffman,
illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright,
Grace at Christmas
Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2011.
reviewed by Jana Novotny Hunter
Kirsti Makinen, illustrated by Pirkko-Liisa Surojegin,
The Kalevala: tales of magic and adventure
Simply Read Books, 2011.
reviewed by George Hunt
Michael Morpurgo,
Little Manfred
Harper Collins Children's Books, 2011.
reviewed by Gill Robins
Boori Monty Pryor, illustrated by Jan Ormerod Sally Grindley,
Shake a Leg
Allen & Unwin, 2011.
reviewed by Urmi Chana
Trent Reedy,
Words in the Dust
Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2011.
reviewed by Clive Barnes
Sarah Tate,
Heart of Resistance
Ragged Bears, 2011.
reviewed by Janet Fisher
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September 2011
No.190 |
Alan Gibbons,
An Act of Love
Orions Childrens, 2011.
reviewed by George Hunt
Elspeth Graham, illustrated by Michael Foreman Sally Grindley,
Painting out the Stars
Walker, 2011.
reviewed by Rudolf Loewenstein
Sally Grindley,
My Name is Rose
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2011.
reviewed by Dorne Fraser
Nanette Newman, iIlustrated by Emma Chichester Clark,
What Will You Be Grandma
Brubaker, Ford & Friends, 2011.
reviewed by Gwynneth Bailey
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July 2011
No.189 |
Chris Ashley,
Wasim and the Champ
Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2011.
reviewed by Dorne Fraser
Tom Avery,
Too Much Trouble
Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2011.
reviewed by Valerie Coghlan
Mikael Engström, translated by Susan Beard,
Thin Ice
Little Island, 2011.
reviewed by Robert Dunbar
Saraswati Nagpal, illustrated by R Mandikandan,
Sita, Daughter of the Earth
Campfire, 2011.
reviewed by George Hunt
Beverly Naidoo, illustrated by Piet Grobler,
Aesop's Fables
Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2011.
reviewed by Huw Thomas
Mal Peet,
Painting Out the Stars
Walker, 2011.
reviewed by Rudolf Loewenstein
Annabel Pitcher,
Sky Hawk
Orion Childrens, 2010.
reviewed by Nicholas Tucker
Bali Rai,
Killing Honour
Corgii Childrens, 2011.
reviewed by Geoff Fox
Siddhartha Sarma,
The Grasshopper's Run
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2011.
reviewed by Rosemary Stones
Yasutaka Tsutsui, translated by David Karashima,
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Alma Books, 2011.
reviewed by Geoff Fox |  |
May 2011
No.188 |
Miriam Halahmy,
Hidden
Meadowside Children's Books, 2011.
reviewed by Ferelith Hordon
Ali Lewis,
Everybody Jam
Andersen, 2011.
reviewed by David Bennett
Irfan Master,
A Beautiful Lie
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2011.
reviewed by Nicholas Tucker
Bali Rai,
The Gun
Barrington Stoke, 2011.
reviewed by Ruth Taylor
Gerald Rose,
The Tiger-Skin Rug
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2011.
reviewed by Rosemary Stones
Salvatore Rubbino,
A Walk in London
Walker, 2011.
reviewed by Margaret Mallett
Ruta Sepetys,
Between Shades of Gray
Puffin, 2011.
reviewed by Nicholas Tucker |
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March 2011
No.187 |
Hannah Cumming,
The Cloud
Child's Play (International) Ltd, 2010.
reviewed by Elizabeth Schlenther
Edited by Deborah Lock,
Children's Book of Music
Dorling Kindersley, 2010.
reviewed by Sue Unstead
Annabel Pitcher,
My Sister Lives on the Mantlepiece
Orion Childrens, 2010.
reviewed by Nicholas Tucker |
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January 2011
No.186 |
Atinuke, illustrated by Warwick Johnson Cadwell,
The No. 1 Car Spotter
Walker, 2010.
reviewed by Anne Faundez
Sally Pomme Clayton, illustrated by Sophie Herxheimer,
Rama and Sita: Path of Flames
Gullane Children's Books, 2010.
reviewed by George Hunt
Jude Daly,
Sivu's Six Wishes: A Taoist Tale
Frances Lincoln, 2010.
reviewed by Urmi Chana
Neil Griffiths, illustrated by Peggy Collins,
Fatou, fetch the water
Red Robin Books, 2010.
reviewed by George Hunt
Karin Littlewood,
Immi
Gullane Children's Books, 2010.
reviewed by Jill Bennett
Glenda Millard, illustrated by Annie White,
Mbobo Tree
Frances Lincoln, 2010.
reviewed by Jana Novotny Hunter
Oxfam,
Our Animals
Frances Lincoln, 2010.
reviewed by Margaret Mallett
Oxfam,
At School
Frances Lincoln, 2010.
reviewed by Margaret Mallett
Anna Perera,
The Glass Collector
Puffin, 2010.
reviewed by David Bennett
Richard Platt, illustrated by Alexandra Higlett
Double Crossing
Walker, 2010.
reviewed by Robert Dunbar
John Yeoman, illustrated by Quentin Blake,
Quentin Blake's Magical Tales
Pavilion, 2010.
reviewed by Dorne Fraser |
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November
2010
No.185 |
Chris Ashley, illustrated by Kate Pankhurst,
Wasim One-Star
Frances Lincoln, 2007;
Wasim's Challenge
Frances Lincoln, 2010.
reviewed by Ferelith Hordon
Anthony Robinson, illustrated by June Allan,
Meltem's Journey: A Refugee Diary
Frances Lincoln, 2010.
reviewed by Clive Barnes
Jessica Souhami,
The Sticky Doll Trap
Frances Lincoln, 2010.
reviewed by George Hunt
Kenneth Steven, illustrated by Jane Ray,
Stories for a Fragile Planet
Lion Hudson, 2010.
reviewed by Rosemary Stones |
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September
2010
No.184 |
Anne Faundez, illustrated by Karin Littlewood,
The Day the Rains Fell
Tamarind Books, 2010.
reviewed by Urmi Chana
Sally Grindley,
Bitter Chocolate
Bloomsbury, 2010.
reviewed by Clive Barnes
Ashenafi Gudeta, photographs by Betelhem Abate and Atakiti Mulu,
E is for Ethiopia
Frances Lincoln, 2010;
Beverley Naidoo, photographs by Prodeepta Das
S is for South Africa
Frances Lincoln, 2010.
reviewed by Urmi Chana
Mwenye Hadithi, illustrated by Adrienne Kennaway,
Bumping Buffalo
Hodder Children's Books, 2010.
reviewed by Vincent Reid
Mina Javaherbin, illustrated by A. G. Ford,
Goal!
Walker Books, 2010.
reviewed by Beverley Naidoo
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July
2010
No.183 |
Cynthia Kadohata,
A Million Shades of Grey
Simon & Schuster, 2010.
reviewed by Janet Fisher
Dan Lyndon,
Africa and the Slave Trade
Franklin Watts, 2010.
reviewed by Sue Unstead
Ifeoma Onyefulu, illustrated by Julia Cairns,
The Girl Who Married a Ghost and other tales from Nigeria
Frances Lincoln, 2010.
reviewed by George Hunt
Philip Steele,
Campaigners
'Twentieth Century Lives', Wayland, 2009.
reviewed by Margaret Mallett
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May
2010
No.182 |
Children of Atkinson School, Dominica,
The Snake King of the Kalinago
Papillote Press, 2010.
reviewed by Urmi Chana
Gillian Cross,
Where I Belong
OUP Oxford, 2010.
reviewed by Ruth Taylor
Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham, illustrated by Juan Wijngaard,
Cloud Tea Monkeys
Walker, 2010.
reviewed by George Hunt |
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March
2010
No.181 |
Retold by Elizabeth Laird, illustrated by Shirin Adl,
Pea Boy and Other Stories from Iran
Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2009.
reviewed by George Hunt
Michael Morpurgo, illustrated by Laura Carlin,
The Kites Are Flying!
Walker, 2009.
reviewed by George Hunt
Ifeoma Onyefulu,
Grandma Comes to Stay
Frances Lincoln, 2009.
Reviewed by Urmi Chana
Erika Pál,
Azad's Camel
Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2009.
Reviewed by Urmi Chana
Anthony Robinson, illustrated by June Allan,
Hamzat's Journey: A Refugee Diary
Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2009.
Reviewed by Clive Barnes |
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January
2010
No.180 |
Randa Abdel-Fattah,
Where the Streets Had a Name
Marion Lloyd Books, 2009.
reviewed by Clive Barnes
Complied by Amnesty International,
Free? Stories Celebrating Human Rights
Walker Books, 2009.
reviewed by Caroline Heaton
Deborah Ellis,
Beyond the Barricade
Oxford University Press, 2009;
Jane Mitchell,
Chalkline
Walker Books, 2009.
reviewed by George Hunt
Otto James,
AIDS
Clive Gifford,
Child Labour
Geoff Barker,
Hunger
Clive Gifford,
Poverty
Cath Senker,
Violence
Geoff Barker,
War
(Voices Series)
Evans Brothers, 2009.
reviewed by Sue Unstead, January 2010, No. 180
Michael Morpurgo,
Running Wild
HarperCollins Children's Books, 2009.
reviewed by Rebecca Butler
Sybella Wilkes,
Out of Iraq: Refugees' Stories in Words, Paintings and Music
Evans Brothers. 2009.
reviewed by Sue Unstead |
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November
2009
No.179 |
Zetta Elliott, illustrated by Shadra Strickland,
Bird
Lee & Low, 2009.
reviewed by Elizabeth Schlenther
Tony Mitton, illustrated by Peter Bailey,
The Storyteller's Secrets
David Fickling Books. 2009.
reviewed by Valerie Coghlan
Anna McQuinn, illustrated by Ben Frey, photographs by Irvin Cheung,
My Friend Amy
Alanna Books, 2009.
reviewed by Urmi Chana
Retold by Elena Pasquali, illustrated by Nicola Smee,
Two-Minute Animal Stories
Lion, 2009.
reviewed by Urmi Chana
Na'ima B Robert, illustrated by Shirin Adl,
Ramadan Moon
Frances Lincoln, 2009.
reviewed
by Khalida Alvi |
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September
2009
No.178 |
Maria de Fatima Campos,
Victoria Goes to Brazil
Frances Lincoln, 2009.
reviewed
by Elizabeth Schlenther
Narinder Dhami,
Bang, Bang, You're Dead!
Corgi, 2009.
reviewed
by Nick Tucker
Reg Grant,
Slavery: real people and their stories of enslavement
Dorling Kindersley, 2009.
reviewed
by Clive Barnes
Satoshi Kitamura,
Millie's Marvellous Hat
Andersen, 2009.
reviewed
by Jill Bennett
Retold by Elizabeth Laird, illustrated by Shelley Fowles,
The Ogress and the Snake and other stories from Somalia
Frances Lincoln, 2009.
reviewed by Susan Goodsall
Patrice Lawrence, illustrated by Adam Larkum,
Granny Tin Ting;
Andrew Fusek-Peters, illustrated by Teresa Murfin,
Ever Clever Eva;
Pratima Mitchell, illustrated by David Dean,
Bamba Beach
A & C Black 'White Wolves', 2009.
reviewed by Rudolf Loewenstein
Margaret Mahy,
Heriot
Faber, 2009.
reviewed by Jake Hope
Urmi Rahman, photographs by Prodeepta Das,
B is for Bangladesh
Frances Lincoln, 2009.
reviewed by Urmi Chana
Bali Rai,
City of Ghosts
Doubleday, 2009.
reviewed by Peter Hollindale
Mariko Tamaki, illustrated by Jillian Tamaki,
Skim
Walker, 2009.
reviewed by Jake Hope |
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July
2009
No.177 |
Geoff Barker,
Iraq
(Changing World Series)
Franklin Watts, 2008.
reviewed
by Clive Barnes
Sean Connolly,
Greenpeace
Franklin Watts, 2008.
reviewed
by Ted Percy
Christiane Dorion,
Are We Running Out of Energy?
Franklin Watts, 2008.
reviewed by Felix Pirani
Rolf Harris,
Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport
Scholastic, 2008.
reviewed
by Jill Bennett
Anthony Robinson and Annmarie Young, illustrated by June Allan,
Mohammed's Journey: A Refugee Diary
Frances Lincoln, 2009.
reviewed
by Clive Barnes
Various illustrators,
Tales from Around the World
Zero to Ten, 2008.
reviewed
by George Hunt |
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March
2009
No.175 |
Katie Dicker and Zohal Azizi,
I Belong to the Muslim Faith
Wayland, 2008.
reviewed
by Khalida Alvi
Janna Eliot,
Spokes: Stories from the Romani World
Five Leaves , 2008.
reviewed
by Robert Dunbar
Joe Layburn, illustrated by John Williams,
Ghostscape
Frances Lincoln, 2008.
reviewed
by Susan Goodsall
Michelle Lord, illustrated by Shino Arihara,
A Song for Cambodia
Lee & Low Books, 2008.
reviewed
by Sue Unstead
Anna McQuinn (story and photography), illustrated by Ben Frey,
My Friend Jamal
Alanna Books, 2008.
reviewed
by Khalida Alvi
Verna Wilkins,
Benjamin Zephaniah (illustrated by Gillian Hunt)
Malorie Blackman (illustrated by Virginia Gray)
Tamarind 'Black Stars' , 2008.
reviewed
by Clive Barnes |
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January 2009
No.174 |
Yann Arthus-Bertrand, text by Isabelle Delannoy, illustrated by David Giraudon,
Our Living Earth
Thames and Hudson.
reviewed by Ted Percy
Kazuno Kahara,
The Haunted House
Macmillan.
reviewed by Rosemary Stones
Michaela Morgan, illustrated by Erika Pál,
Night Flight
Frances Lincoln.
reviewed by Valerie Coghlan
Ann Rinaldi ,
Hang A Thousand Trees with Ribbons: The Story of Phyllis Wheatley
Walker.
reviewed by Janet Fisher |
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November
2008
No.173 |
John Agard, illustrated by Satoshi Kitamura,
The Young Inferno
France Lincoln, 2008.
reviewed by Helen Taylor
Yin Chang Compestine,
Revolution is Not a Dinner Party
Walker, 2008.
reviewed by Clive Barnes
Beatrice Hollyer,
Our World of Water
Frances Lincoln, in association with Oxfam, 2008.
reviewed by Ted Percy
Joëlle Joliver,
The Colossal Book of Costumes
Thames & Hudson, 2008.
reviewed by Margaret Mallett
David Self,
The Lion Encyclopedia of World Religions
Lion, 2008.
reviewed by Sue Unstead |
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September
2008
No.172 |
Chris Bradford,
Young Samurai: The Way of the Warrior
Puffin.
reviewed by Anne Faundez
Fiona French,
The Smallest Samurai
Frances Lincoln.
reviewed by George Hunt
Anita Ganeri and Andrea Mills,
Atlas of Exploration
Dorling Kindersley.
reviewed by Sue Unstead
Gillian McClure,
The Land of the Dragon King and other Korean stories
Frances Lincoln.
reviewed by George Hunt
Jackie Morris,
The Snow Leopard
Frances Lincoln.
reviewed by George Hunt |
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July
2008
No.171 |
Jack Foreman, illustrated by Michael Foreman,
Say Hello
Walker, 2008
reviewed by Elizabeth Schlenther
Pauline Francis,
A World Away
Usborne, 2008
reviewed by Vincent Reid
Anthony Robinson and Annemarie Young, illustrated by June Allan,
Gervelie's Journey
Frances Lincoln, 2008
reviewed by Sue Unstead
Nathan Kumar Scott, illustrated by Radhashyam Raut,
The Sacred Banana Leaf
Tara Publishing, 2008
reviewed by Khalida Alvi
Sean Taylor, illustrated by Fernando Vilela,
The Great Snake: Stories from the Amazon
Frances Lincoln, 2008
reviewed by Ted Percy |
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May
2008
No.170 |
Sherman Alexie,
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian
Andersen.
reviewed by David Bennett
Anushka Ravishankar, illustrated by Pulak Biswas,
Catch that Crocodile!
Tara Publishing
reviewed by Urmi Chana
Shaun Tan,
The Arrival
Hodder.
reviewed by Martin Salisbury |
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March
2008
No. 169 |
Floella Benjamin, illustrated by Margaret Chamberlain,
My Two Grannies
Frances Lincoln.
reviewed by Urmi Chana
Nick Dowson, illustrated by Yu Rong,
Tracks of a Panda
Walker.
reviewed by Margaret Mallett
Mary Finn,
Anila's Journey
Walker.
reviewed by Nicholas Tucker
Satoshi Kitamura,
Stone Age Boy
Walker.
reviewed by Margaret Mallett
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September
2007
No. 166 |
Randa Abdel-Fattah,
Ten Things I Hate About Me
Marion Lloyd Books.
reviewed by Lois Keith
Teresa Garlake,
Global Debt: The impact on our lives
Wayland '21st Century Debates'.
reviewed by Felix Pirani
Christine Hatt,
Slavery: From Africa to the Americas
Evans 'Documenting the Past'.
reviewed by Sue Unstead
Rudyard Kipling, illustrated by Geoffrey Patterson,
The Elephant's Child
Frances Lincoln.
reviewed by George Hunt
Tanya Landsman,
Apache
Walker.
reviewed by Peter Hollindale
Geraldine McCaughrean,
Tamburlaine's Elephants
Usborne.
reviewed by Nicholas Tucker
Jan Ormerod,
Lion Fables
Polish/English,
Mantra Lingua.
reviewed by Jill Bennett
Jessica Souhami,
King Pom and the Fox
Frances Lincoln.
reviewed by Rosemary Stones |
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July
2007
No.165 |
Al Gore, adapted for younger readers by Jane O'Connor,
An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming
Bloomsbury, 2007
reviewed by Ted Percy
Shazia Razzak, photographs by Prodeepta Das,
P is for Pakistan
Frances Lincoln, 2007
reviewed by Khalida Alvi |
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May
2007
No. 164 |
Edited by Tony Bradman,
Give Me Shelter
Frances Lincoln, 2007
Reviewed by David Self
Richard Lewis ,
The Killing Sea
Simon & Schuster. 2007
reviewed by Annabel Gibb |
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January
2007
No.162
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Linda Raczek, illustrated by Richard Hook,
Traditional Stories from Native North America
Hodder Wayland, 2006.
reviewed by George Hunt
Sungwan So,
Shanyi goes to China
Frances Lincoln, 2006.
reviewed by Urmi Chana |
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November
2006,
No. 161 |
Gillian Clements
The Picture History of Great Explorers
Frances Lincoln, 2006.
reviewed by Sue Unstead
Michael Foreman
Mia's Story: A Sketchbook of Hopes and Dreams
Walker, 2006.
reviewed by Margaret Mallett
Joanna Skipwith,
Tiger
Silver Jungle 'Animals in Art', 2006.
reviewed by Martin Salisbury
Yokococo,
Very Interesting!
Gullane, 2006.
reviewed by
Martin Salisbury |
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September
2006,
No. 160 |
Bernard Ashley,
Smokescreen
Usborne, 2006.
reviewed by Vincent Reid
Kevin Kiely,
A Horse Called El Dorado
O'Brien Press, 2006.
reviewed by George Hunt
Frederick Lipp, illustrated by Jason Gaillard,
Running Shoes
Evans, 2006.
reviewed by Margaret Mallett |
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July
2006,
No. 159 |
Bali Rai,
Jugglin'
Hodder, 2006
reviewed by
Clive Barnes |
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March
2006,
No. 157 |
Linda Sue Park,
A Single Shard
Oxford, 2006.
reviewed by Peter Hollindale
Fiona Macdonald,
Muslims in Britain
Franklin Watts ‘Communities in Britain’, 2006.
reviewed by Khalida Alvi
Illustrated by Satoshi Kitamura,
The Carnival of the Animals: Poems inspired by Saint-Saëns’ music
Walker, 2006.
reviewed by Helen Taylor
Laura Buller,
A Faith Like Mine
Dorling Kindersley, 2006.
reviewed by David Self
Shahrukh Husain, illustrated by Bee Willey,
Indian Myths: Stories from ancient civilisations
Evans, 2006.
reviewed by George Hunt |
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January
2006,
No. 156 |
Kevin Crossley-Holland, illustrated by Christian Birmingham,
Outsiders
Orion Books, 2005.
reviewed by Peter Hollindale
Selected by Belinda Hollyer, illustrated by Susan Hellard
She’s All That! Poems About Girls
Kingfisher, 2005.
reviewed by Helen Taylor
Ruth Nason,
Belonging
Celebrating harvest
Gifts at Christmas
The Jewish Faith
Visiting a Church
Visiting a Mosque
Visiting a Synagogue
Visiting a Gurdwara, with Kanwaljit Kaur-Singh
Visiting a Mandir, with Jean Mead
Evans Books (‘Start-up Religion’ Series), 2005.
reviewed by David Self |
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November
2005,
No. 155 |
Paul Jennings,
How Hedley Hopkins Did a Dare
Puffin, 2005.
reviewed by Nicholas Tucker
Laurie Krebs, illustrated by Helen Cann,
We’re Riding on a Caravan: An Adventure on the Silk Road
Barefoot Books, 2005.
reviewed by Margaret Mallett
Na’ima Bint Robert, illustrated by Derek Brazell,
Chinese translation by Sylvia Denham,
Welcome to the World Baby
Mantra, 2005.
reviewed by Urmi Chana |
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September
2005,
No. 154 |
Retold by Enebor Attard, illustrated by Richard Holland,
Hindi translation byAwadesh Misra,
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Mantra, 2005.
reviewed by Khalida Alvi
Rudyard Kipling, illustrated by Nicola Bayley,
The Jungle Book
Walker, 2005.
reviewed by George Hunt |
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January 2005,
No. 150 |
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni,
The Conch Bearer
Chicken House.
Reviewed by Shereen Pandit
John Marsden, illustrated by Shaun Tan,
The Rabbits
Simply Read Books.
Reviewed by George Hunt |
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November 2004,
No. 149 |
Manju Gregory, illustrated by David Anstey,
Jill and the Beanstalk
Mantra.
Reviewed by Urmi Chana
Adeline Yen Mah,
Chinese Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society
Puffin.
Reviewed by David Bennett |
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September 2004,
No. 148 |
Lian Hearn, read by Jamie Glover and Isla Blair (refers to audio book version),
Grass for his Pillow
Macmillan, abridged, 4 hrs, 2004.
Reviewed by Julia Eccleshare
Richard Lewis,
The Flame Tree
Simon & Schuster, 2004.
Reviewed by Shereen Pandit
Matt Whyman,
Boy Kills Man
Hodder, 2004.
Reviewed by Adrian Jackson |
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July 2004,
No. 147 |
Tony Bradman, Editor,
Skin Deep
Puffin, 2004.
Reviewed by Shereen Pandit
Selected by Wendy Cooling, illustrated by Sheila Moxley,
All the Colours of the Earth
Frances Lincoln, 2004.
Reviewed by Jill Bennett
Deborah Ellis,
Mud City
Oxford University Press, 2004.
Reviewed by Clive Barnes
Sonya Hartnett,
Stripes of the Sidestep Wolf
Walker, 2004.
Reviewed by Peter Hollindale
Ting-xing Ye with William Bell,
Throwaway Daughter
Faber, 2004.
Reviewed by Clive Barnes |
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May 2004,
No. 146 |
Alyssa Brugman,
Walking Naked
Faber, 2004.
reviewed by Nicholas Tucker |
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March 2004,
No. 145 |
Sedat Turhan, illustrated by Sally Hagin, Bengali translation by Dorbesh Choudhury, English/Bengali
Milet Mini Picture Dictionary
Milet, 2004.
reviewed by Urmi Chana
Gita Wolf, Sirish Rao and Emanuele Scanziani,
The Legend of the Fish
Tara Publishing , 2003.
reviewed by Martin Salisbury |
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January 2004,
No. 144 |
Jamila Gavin,
The Bloodstone
Egmont, 2003.
reviewed by Shereen Pandit |
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September 2003,
No. 143 |
Rob Bowden,
The Ganges
Series A River Journey, Hodder
Wayland, 2003.
reviewed by Ted
Percy
Vineeta Vijayaraghavan,
Motherland
Chicken House, 2003.
reviewed by
Robert Dunbar |
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July 2003,
No. 141 |
Valerie Bloom, editor,
One River Many Creeks: Poems from All Around
the World
Macmillan, 2003.
reviewed by
Peter Hollindale |
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March 2003,
No. 139 |
Henriette Barkow, illustrated by
Roland Dry, translated by Sylvia Denham,
The Pied Piper
Mantra, 2002.
Chinese / English
reviewed by
Urmi Chana
Margaret Mahy,
Alchemy
Collins Flamingo, 2002.
reviewed by Robert
Dunbar
Sara Andrea Fajardo,
Enrique's Day: From Dawn to Dusk in a Peruvian
City
Jim Holmes and Tom Morgan,
Huy and Vinh's Day: From Dawn to Dusk in a Vietnamese
City
Frances Lincoln, 2002.
reviewed by
Clive Barnes
Anita Ganeri, author and illustrator,
The Divali Story Big Book
Evans, 2002.
reviewed
by Urmi Chana
Riske Lemmens, English text by Kunal Dutta,
A Box Full of Monsters
Mantra, 2002.
Panjabi / English
reviewed
by Urmi Chana
Heather Maisner, illustrated by Sheila Moxley,
Diary of a Princess: A Tale from Marco Polo's
Travels
Frances Lincoln, 2002.
reviewed
by Sue Unstead
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January 2003,
No. 138 |
Joanna Carey,
An Interview with Jamila Gavin
Egmont, 2002.
reviewed
by David Bennett
Angie Kotler, Christine Parker and Stephen Parker,
Imran Visits His Auntie
Making a Book
At School
Hide and Seek
Eid
Imran and Alia at the Wedding
Wali Khan
Irene Fernandez
Alia Goes to Pakistan
In the City
Idrees Visits His Cousin Ali
Ramadan
I Went to the Market
Weddings
On the Road
Education Bradford, 2002.
reviewed
by Khalida Alvi |
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September 2002,
No. 136 |
Jason Hook, Hiroshima
Series Days That Shook the World, Hodder
Wayland, 2002. reviewed
by Ted Percy |
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July 2002,
No. 135 |
Goldie Alexander,
Transported: The Diary of Elizabeth Harvey, Australia,
1790
Scholastic Hippo, 2002.
reviewed
by Clive Barnes |
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| March 2002,
No. 133
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Rachel Anderson,
The Flight of the Emu
Hodder&Stroughton Children's Books, 2001.
reviewed
by Peter Hollindale
Pamela Grant,
When a Girl is Born
Oxford University Press, 1993 (paperback 2001).
reviewed
by Nikki Gamble |
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January 2002,
No. 132 |
Whitney Stewart,
The 14th Dalai Lama
Lerner 'First Avenue Editions' 2001. reviewed
by George Hunt |
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November 2001,
No. 131 |
Henriette Barkow, illustrated by Derek
Brazell,
That's My Mum
Mantra, 2001.
reviewed
by Urmi Chana
Andrey Ilyin,
Polina's Day
Frances Lincoln, 2001.
reviewed
by Margaret Mallett
Sungwan So,
Yikang's Day
Frances Lincoln, 2001.
reviewed
by Margaret Mallett |
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July 2001, No. 129 |
Margaret Mahy,
24 Hours
Collins Flamingo, 2001.
reviewed by
Robert Dunbar
Geraldine McCaughrean,
The Kite Rider
Oxford University Press, 2001.
reviewed by
Peter Hollindale |
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| May 2001, No. 128 |
Bali Rai,
(Un)arranged Marriage
Transworld, 2001. reviewed
by Rosemary Stones |
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March 2001,
No. 127 |
Henriette Barkow, illustrated
by Lizzie Finlay,
Buri and the Marrow
Mantra, 2000.
reviewed
by Urmi Chana
Aurélie Lanchais and Alain Crozon,
What Am I?
Milet, 2000.
reviewed by Urmi
Chana
David Mills, illustrated by Derek Brazell,
Mei Lings Hiccups
Mantra, 2000.
reviewed
by Urmi Chana |
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January 2001,
No. 126 |
Margaret Simpson, illustrated
by Steve Kyte,
Mahabharata
Scholastic, 2000. reviewed
by Nikki Gamble |
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November 2000,
No. 125 |
Rachel Anderson,
Warlands
Oxford University Press, 2000. reviewed
by Nikki Gamble |
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July 2000,
No. 123 |
Vayu Naidu, illustrated
by Rebecca Gryspeerdt,
Stories from India
Hodder Wayland, 2000.
reviewed
by Khalida Alvi |
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May 2000,
No. 122 |
Rina Singh, illustrated by Debbie Lush,
Moon
Tales
Bloomsbury, 1999.
reviewed by George Hunt |
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March 2000,
No. 121 |
Cherry Gilchrist, illustrated
by Nilesh Mistry,
Stories from the Silk Road
Barefoot Books, 2000. reviewed
by Roy Blatchford Adeline Yen Mah,
Chinese Cinderella
Puffin, 1999.
reviewed
by Nikki Gamble |
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January 2000,
No. 120 |
Michael Morpurgo, illustrated
by Michael Foreman,
Kensukes Kingdom
Mammoth, 1999. reviewed
by Valerie Coghlan |
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November 1999,
No. 119 |
Fiona Waters, illustrated
by Lisa Berkshire,
Fairy Tales from Far and Wide
Barefoot Books, 1999. reviewed
by Robert Dunbar |
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July 1999,
No. 117 |
Carol Barker,
The Tibetans: Life in Exile
Mantra, 1999. reviewed
by Anita Ganeri |
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| May 1999, No. 116 |
Prodeepta Das,
Geetas Day: From Dawn to Dusk in an Indian
Village
Frances Lincoln, 1999. reviewed
by Gwynneth Bailey Michael Harrison and Christopher
Stuart-Clark, illustrated by Paul Dainton et al.
The Oxford Treasury of World Stories
Oxford University Press, 2000.
reviewed
by Valerie Coghlan |
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January 1999,
No. 114 |
Kathryn Cave,
W is for World
Frances Lincoln with Oxfam, 1999. reviewed
by Margaret Mallett |
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