Contents

Cover : This Dog Bruce
by Frances Watts and Bridget Strevens-Marzo
Contents this issue :
Editors’s Comments; Meeting Ann Fine by Rayma Turto;n
Albert Ullin and his collection of Illustrations for children’s book; Revisiting John Brown, Rose and the Midnight Cat by Stephanie Owen Reeder; Et In Arcadia Ego by Dr Wendy Michaels; Know the Author : Natalie Jane Prior by Robyn Sheahan Bright; No Old Fictional Warhorses Here : reviews of new editions of classics.
Cover Book Review : This Dog Bruce by Frances Watts and Bridget Strevens-Marzo.
Where to buy; Reviews (before school, beginner books, picture books for older readers, independent readers, extending readers, information books);
Index to books reviewed; The Magpies Picks for 2004;
NEW ZEALAND SUPPLEMENT contents:
Books for Keeps : A collection of the best children’s books of the last 70 years by Ruth McIntyre.
Know the author : John Lockyer by Trevor Agnew; Reviews;