Bisenieks, Dainis 303
Björk, Christina 699
Black Beauty (Sewell) 280–5, 356
Blackwell, Basil 467
Blades, Ann 851, 854
Blake, Quentin 230–5
Blake, William 4, 146, 191, 670
Blanck, Jacob N. 538
Bleich, D. 70–4
blind children see special needs
Blish, James 316
Blok, Aleksandr 759
Blonsky, Marshall 112, 113
Bloom, Harold 94
Blos, Joan W. 364
Blount, Margaret 286
Blume, Judy 379, 559;
censorship 495, 496;
Forever 384–90;
prizes 503
Blyton, Enid 41, 47, 273, 350–5;
characters 44;
criticism 380;
family stories 336;
ideology and contradictory readings 50
Boadu, Therson 780
Bobbs-Merrill Company 543–1
Bødker, Cecil 692
Bodleian Library 541
Bohdal, Susi 747
Bojunga Nunes, Lygia 871, 873, 874
Bolivia 451
Bologna Children’s Book Fair 229, 467, 475,
518–7
Bologna Illustrators of Children’s Books Award
519
Bond, Michael:
A Bear Called Paddington 292
Bond, Nancy 296
Bonnerman, Elsa Isabel 871
book design 454–70
see also illustration;
blockbooks 454–2;
books which do things 459;
comic strip format 460;
cultural difference 651–72;
designers not illustrators 455;
history 465;
information books 460–9;
jackets and binding 461–70;
layout of pages 459–9;
in practice 455;
reading and typography 456–7
book fairs 466–5, 475;
translations 518;
USA 471
bookselling 8, 123;
book fairs see book fairs;
book tokens 467;
effect of awards 505–13;
international promotion and sales 651–2;
libraries 610;
in USA 474–3, 868
The Borrowers (Norton) 377
Bossev, Assen 769
Boston, Lucy 548, 676
Botswana 447, 789
Bowers, Fredson 124
boys’ stories 313–18;
rascals 703
Bradbury, Ray 316
Brantlinger, P. 33
Bratislava Illustrators award 229, 519
Bratton, J.S. 45, 47, 271
Brazil 451, 873–7
Brazil, Angela 348
Breary, Nancy 351
‘Brenda’ (Mrs G. Castle Smith) 273
Brent-Dyer, Elinor M. 348, 349
Brentano, Clemens 728, 729
Brett, Edwin J. 260
Briggs, J. 123
Briggs, Raymond 231, 419, 678;
Father Christmas 379;
nursery rhymes 375;
Where the Wind Blows 389
Britain:
critical journals 477–6, 479, 484–3, 485;
cultural materialism 33;
fairy tales 150–60;
family stories 334–42;
higher education in children’s literature 601–
12;
historical overview 667–678;
imperialism and adventure stories 324–30,
328;
library history 608, 610–20;
library services 612–31;886 INDEX