CONTENTS November 2018
2 Editorial and The Friends Calendar 2019
3 Fairy Tale special: Deirdre Sullivan holds the old stories tight
4 Books of the Year: the best of 2018 selected by a BfK panel
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6 Christmas Gift Special: what to put under the tree
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9 Voices from the Past: Tom Palmer on writing World War One
12 Ten of the Best films of children’s books: a celluloid special by Laura Fraine
16 Beyond the Secret _________________________________________
Garden? Non-fiction and Belonging in Children’s Literature
18 I Wish I’d Written… Candy Gourlay chooses
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18 Good Reads chosen by Saint Wilfrid’s C of E Academy in Blackburn
A Charity Calendar for 2019 _________________________________________
19 Two Children Tell: growing up with John Burningham and Helen Oxenbury
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20 Never Such Innocence: young people’s responses to the Great War
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21 Reviewers and reviews Books about Children’s Books Under 5s (Pre-School/ Nursery/Infant) + New Talent 5-8 (Infant/Junior) 8-10 (Junior/Middle) + Ed’s Choice 10-14 (Middle/Secondary) 14+ (Secondary/Adult)
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32 Classics in Short No. 132 Christmas with the Savages
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This issue’s cover illustration is from The Afterwards by A.F. HArrold,
illustrated by Emily Gravett. Thanks to Bloomsbury Children’s Books for their help with this November cover.
For the past few years Peter Sheldon has been working with illustrators to produce a calendar for charity. Each year they generously provide him with original artwork.
The charity for the past 3 years has been Clare and Michael Morpurgo’s Farms for City Children.
The Friends Calendar costs £7.95, which includes post and packaging, and makes a perfect Christmas present.
If you would like to support the venture and buy in to the project contact Anne Marley anne.
marley@tiscali.co.uk quoting the code BFK. Anne will be pleased to collect monies and arrange for copies to be supplied.
The 2019 calendar features Quentin Blake, Tony Ross, Jane Ray, David McKee, Ruth Brown and Michael Foreman amongst others. It’s an A4 spiral bound calendar and opens up to A3 for display on your wall.
Books for Keeps
November 2018 No.233 ISSN 0143-909X © Books for Keeps CIC 2016 Editor: Ferelith Hordon Assistant Editor: Ruth Williams Editorial assistant: Alexia Counsell Managing Editor: Andrea Reece Design: Louise Millar Editorial correspondence should be sent to Books for Keeps,
c/o The Big Green Bookshop, Unit 1, Brampton Park Road, Wood Green, London N22 6BG
2 Books for Keeps No.233 November 2018 The Calendar 2019
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• Quentin Blake • Mary McQuillan • Tony Ross • Ruth Brown • Colin McNaughton • _________________________________________
10 Authorgraph: A.F. Harrold _________________________________________ interviewed by Charlotte Hacking
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14 Windows into Illustration: Fabi Santiago
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2018 is drawing to a close, with huge, national and international events to mark the Armistice of 1918. Contemporary writers for children have succeeded in conveying the horrors of the war to their readers, as well as the comradeship of the trenches, and the changes that WW1 wrought on society. The 100th anniversary of votes for (some) women was also very well represented in fiction and non-fiction for young readers, informative, inspiring books for those of all ages. Now we look ahead to 2019, a year when Britain is set to leave the European Union. Whether you think this is an exciting opportunity, or a catastrophe set to be worse than Suez, it will be a period of enormous change for us all. Hopefully the increase in the number of books in translation for children in this country will continue, providing readers with stories shared with our European neighbours, and we expect to see UK children’s authors rising to the challenge of conveying shared values and community in a world that seems far less certain.
Books for Keeps will continue to highlight the best books, to reflect what is happening in the children’s book world, and to give space to authors to explain their work and their intentions. Thank you for your continued readership,
Happy Christmas, and our best wishes for the New Year.
Books for Keeps
Colin Hawkins • Catherine Anholt • David McKee • Shoo Rayner
Hanne Bartholin • Arthur Robins • Jane Ray • Michael Foreman
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