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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

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
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

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

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

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

January
2007
No.162

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

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

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

July
2006,
No. 159

Bali Rai,
Jugglin'.
Hodder, 2006
reviewed by Clive Barnes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

May 2004,
No. 146
Alyssa Brugman,
Walking Naked.
Faber, 2004.
reviewed by Nicholas Tucker
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

January 2004,
No. 144

Jamila Gavin
The Bloodstone.
Egmont, 2003.
reviewed by Shereen Pandit

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

July 2003,
No. 141

Valerie Bloom, editor,
One River Many Creeks: Poems from All Around the World.
Macmillan, 2003.
reviewed by Peter Hollindale

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

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

September 2002,
No. 136
Jason Hook,
Hiroshima.
Series Days That Shook the World, Hodder Wayland, 2002.
reviewed by Ted Percy
July 2002,
No. 135
Goldie Alexander,
Transported: The Diary of Elizabeth Harvey, Australia, 1790.
Scholastic Hippo, 2002.
reviewed by Clive Barnes

March 2002,
No. 133


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

January 2002,
No. 132

Whitney Stewart,
The 14th Dalai Lama.
Lerner 'First Avenue Editions' 2001.
reviewed by George Hunt
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

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

May 2001, No. 128 Bali Rai,
(Un)arranged Marriage
.
Transworld, 2001.
reviewed by Rosemary Stones
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 Ling’s Hiccups
.
Mantra, 2000.
reviewed by Urmi Chana

January 2001,
No. 126
Margaret Simpson, illustrated by Steve Kyte,
Mahabharata
.
Scholastic, 2000.
reviewed by Nikki Gamble
November 2000,
No. 125
Rachel Anderson,
Warlands
.

Oxford University Press, 2000.
reviewed by Nikki Gamble
July 2000,
No. 123
Vayu Naidu, illustrated by Rebecca Gryspeerdt,
Stories from India
.
Hodder Wayland, 2000.
reviewed by Khalida Alvi
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

January 2000,
No. 120
Michael Morpurgo, illustrated by Michael Foreman,
Kensuke’s Kingdom
.
Mammoth, 1999.
reviewed by Valerie Coghlan
November 1999,
No. 119
Fiona Waters, illustrated by Lisa Berkshire,
Fairy Tales from Far and Wide
.
Barefoot Books, 1999.
reviewed by Robert Dunbar
July 1999,
No. 117
Carol Barker,
The Tibetans: Life in Exile
.
Mantra, 1999.
reviewed by Anita Ganeri
May 1999, No. 116 Prodeepta Das,
Geeta’s 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

January 1999,
No. 114
Kathryn Cave,
W is for World
.
Frances Lincoln with Oxfam, 1999.
reviewed by Margaret Mallett
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