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Our regular fiction round-up this time focuses on writing for children. Jan Mark highlights some new fiction for children, focusing on some of the books that may have been over-looked.

Julia Donaldson talks Groilish

Writing a best-selling children’s book is even more complicated when you have to develop a new language to go with it. Julia Donaldson reveals how she invented Groilish – an idiosyncratic language featured in her new book The Giants and the Joneses.

The Big Picture

Two of Britain’s leading experts on writing for children explore some of the highs and the lows in the world of children’s literature. Award winning writer Anne Fine suggests that all is not so rosy and voices some concern over the quality of writing for children. Meanwhile critic Nicholas Tucker tracks the development of political correctness in children’s literature.

Crossing Over

Crossover fever has hit the book world and suddenly there is the potential for more readers for more books. But Julia Eccleshare has some doubts about bridging the gap between adult and children’s fiction. Meanwhile, Louisa Young aka Zizou Corder has taken crossing over to a whole new level and talks about her successful literary collaboration with her daughter Isabel.

Out and About

Karen Mountney, Children’s programme director for the Edinburgh International Book Festival reveals the ins and outs of organizing the 100s of children’s events that sit right at the heart of the book festival’s programme.

A Few Words from the Children’s Laureate

In 2003 Michael Morpurgo was appointed children’s laureate, following hot on the heels of Quentin Blake and Anne Fine. Here he discusses the current state of literature and literacy within the classrooms of British schools – and it's not all good news.

	Bibliography


	A list of books referred to in this edition Literature Matters

Augarde, Steve – Celandine David Fickling Books 2005 £12.99 ISBN 0-385-60562-5

Augarde, Steve – The Various Corgi Children’s 2004 £5.99 ISBN 0-552-54858-8

Baring-Gould, Sabine – A Book of Dartmoor Halsgrove 2002 £6.99 ISBN 1-84114-164-X

Briggs, Raymond – The Snowman Puffin 2004 £5.99 ISBN 0-14-050350-1

Brooks, Kevin – Kissing the Rain 2005 £6.99 ISBN 1-904442-39-0

Brooks, Kevin – Lucas Chicken House 2004 £6.99 ISBN 1-904442-12-9

Brooks, Kevin – Martin Pig Chicken House 2002 £5.99 ISBN 1-903434-99-8

Dickens, Charles – Oliver Twist Penguin 2004 £1.50 ISBN 0-14-062046-X

Dickenson, John – Cup of the World David Fickling Books 2005 £5.99 ISBN 0-552-54886-3

Jeanne DuPrau’s – The City of Ember Yearling Books 2005 £4.99 ISBN 0-552-55238-0

Eidson, Thomas – St. Agnes’ Stand HarperCollins 2004 £6.99 ISBN 0-00-718176-0

Fonseca, Isabel – Bury Me Standing: Gypsies and Their Journey Vintage 1996 £8.99 ISBN 0-09-974021-4

Gantos, Jack – Hole in My Life Red Fox 2005 £4.99 ISBN 0-09-947587-1

Gantos, Jack – Desire Lines Red Fox 2004 £4.99 ISBN 0-09-945668-0

Gantos, Jack – Joey Pigza Loses Control Corgi 2001 £4.99 ISBN 0-440-86470-4

Gantos, Jack – Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key Corgi 2000 £4.99 ISBN 0-440-86433-X

Gantos, Jack – What Would Joey Do Corgi 2003 £4.99 ISBN 0-440-86521-2

Gorman, Bartley – King of the Gypsies Milo Books 2003 £7.99 ISBN 1-903854-16-4

Gribbin, John – Deep Simplicity: Chaos, Complexity and the Emergence of Life Penguin Books 2005 £7.99 ISBN 0-14-100722-2

Haddon, Mark – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Vintage 2004 £6.99 ISBN 0-09-945025-9

Hewitt, Paolo – The Looked After Kid Mainstream 2003 £7.99 ISBN 1-84018-731-X

Hunt, Tristram – The English Civil War Orion 2003 £8.99 ISBN 1-84212-664-4

Johns, Captain W. E. – Biggles: The Camels Are Coming Red Fox 1993 £3.99 ISBN 0-09-928321-2

King-Smith, Dick – The Sheep-pig Puffin 2003 £3.99 ISBN 0-14-131600-4

Laird, Elizabeth – A Little Piece of Ground Macmillan Children’s 2004 £4.99 ISBN 0-330-43743-7

Levithan, David – Boy Meets Boy Collins 2005 £10.99 ISBN 0-00-719137-5

McKay, Hilary – Saffy’s Angel Hodder Children’s 2002 £5.99 ISBN 0-340-85080-9

McRae, Donald – Dark Trade Mainstream 2005 £7.99 ISBN 1-84018-956-8

Naidoo, Beverley – Journey to Jo’burg Collins 1999 £4.99 ISBN

Naidoo, Beverley – Out of Bounds Puffin 2004 £5.99 ISBN 0-14-130969-5

Naidoo, Beverley – The Other Side of Truth Puffin 2004 £4.99 ISBN

Nuland, Sherwin, B – How We Die Chatto & Windus 1994 £15.99 ISBN 0-7011-6169-8

Parker, Jefferson – Silent Joe HarperCollins 2003 £6.99 ISBN 0-00-712218-7

Peet, Mal – Keeper Walker Books 2003 £4.99 ISBN 0-7445-9025-6

Peet, Mal – Tamar Walker Books 2005 £7.99 ISBN 0-7445-6570-7

Penrose, Roger – The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe Vintage 2005 £12.99 ISBN 0-09-944068-7

Pringle, Eric – Big George Bloomsbury 2002 £4.99 ISBN 0-7475-5544-3

Pringle, Eric – Big George and the Seventh Knight 2002 £4.99 ISBN 0-7475-5539-7

Pringle, Eric – Big George and the Winter King 2004 £5.99 ISBN 0-7475-6341-1

Pullman, Philip – Northern Lights Scholastic 1998 £6.99 ISBN 0-590-66054-3

Rowling J.K. – The Philosopher’s Stone Bloomsbury 2004 £6.99 ISBN 0-7475-7447-2

Stevenson, Robert Louis Treasure Island Puffin 2003 £6.99 ISBN 0-7343-0514-1

Stockin, Jimmy – On the Cobbles Mainstream 2001 £7.99 ISBN 1-84018-509-0

Swift, Jonathan – Gulliver’s Travels Penguin 2004 £3.99 ISBN 0-14-143949-1

Waugh, Alexander – God Headline 2003 £7.99 ISBN 0-7472-6650-6

Whyman, Matt – Boy Kills Man Hodder Children’s Books 2005 £5.99 ISBN 0-340-88195-X

Whyman, Matt – The Wild Hodder Children’s Books 2005 £5.99 ISBN 0-340-88453-3