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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
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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
Rina Singh, illustrated by Debbie Lush,
Moon
Tales.
Bloomsbury, 1999 |
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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
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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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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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