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It’s in the detail, Trevor Agnew
The Cat From Muzzle Sally Sutton (Scott Tulloch illus) Puffin, $20.00, ISBN 9780143773085 Bess The Brave War Horse Susan Brocker (Raymond McGrath illus) Scholastic, $28.00, ISBN 9781775435563 Home Child: A Child Migrant In New Zealand Dawn McMillan (Trish Bowles illus)…
Tagged with: Alexandra Stewart, Bloomsbury, Dawn McMillan, Edmund Hillary, Issue 128, Joe Todd-Stanton, Oratia, Puffin, Raymond McGrath, Sally Sutton, Scholastic, Scott Tulloch, Summer 2019, Susan Brocker, Tenzing Norgay, Trevor Agnew, Trish Bowles
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Well packaged history, Anna Mackenzie
Amundsen’s Way: The Race To The South Pole Joanna Grochowicz Allen and Unwin, $19.00, ISBN 9781760637668 The Telegram Philippa Werry Pipi Press, $23.00, ISBN 9780473462826 Amundsen’s Way delivers exactly what it promises on the cover: the story of Norwegian Roald…
Tagged with: Allen and Unwin, Anna Mackenzie, Issue 127, Joanna Grochowicz, Philippa Werry, Pipi Press, Spring 2019
Posted in Children, History, Non-fiction
Posted in Children, History, Non-fiction
Boys’ own journey, Chris Szekely
The Top Secret Undercover Notes of Buttons McGinty Rhys Darby Scholastic, $18.00, ISBN 9781775434979 Between Adele Broadbent One Tree House, $20.00, ISBN 9780995106420 Slice of Heaven Des O’Leary Mākaro Press, $25.00, ISBN 9780995109247 I reckon I had the best summer…
Tagged with: Adele Broadbent, Autumn 2019, Chris Szekely, Des O’Leary, Issue 125, Mākaro Press, One Tree House, Rhys Darby, Scholastic
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
A child’s-eye view, Anna Mackenzie
The Mapmakers’ Race Eirlys Hunter Gecko Press, $25.00, ISBN 9781776572038 Time Twins Arne Norlin and Sally Astridge Submarine, $25.00, ISBN 9780473406325 Finding David Hill Puffin, $20.00, ISBN 9780143772392 The bonds of family and place, seen from an appropriately youthful viewpoint,…
Tagged with: Anna Mackenzie, Arne Norlin, David Hill, Eirlys Hunter, Gecko Press, Issue 124, Puffin, Sally Astridge, Submarine, Summer 2018
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Giving them what they want, Linda Burgess
Donato and the Cartege Blade Fiona Jordan Mary Egan Publishing, $25.00, ISBN 9780473437367 1918: Broken Poppies Des Hunt Scholastic, $19.00, ISBN 9781775432821 How Not to Stop a Kidnap Plot Suzanne Main Scholastic, $17.00, ISBN 9781775434801 Dawn Raid Pauline (Vaeluaga) Smith…
Tagged with: Des Hunt, Fiona Jordan, Issue 124, Mary Egan Publishing, Pauline (Vaeluaga) Smith, Scholastic New Zealand, Summer 2018, Suzanne Main
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review
Girls galloping horses: unstable identities, Amy Brown
Rainfall Ella West Allen and Unwin, $19.00, ISBN 9781760296834 Showtym Adventures: Casper, the Spirited Arabian Kelly Wilson Puffin, $15.00, ISBN 9780143772248 Do You Want to Gallop with Me? Sophie Siers (Judith Trevelyan illus) Millwood Press, $20.00, ISBN 9780473408541 The Gift…
Tagged with: Allen and Unwin, Amy Brown, Ella West, Issue 123, Judith Trevelyan, Katharine White, Kelly Wilson, Millwood Press, Sophie Siers, Spring 2018
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Back in the day, Gavin McLean
Moo and Moo and the Little Calf too Jane Millton (Deborah Hinde illus) Allen and Unwin, $20.00, ISBN 978877505928 Allis the Little Tractor Sophie Siers (Helen Kerridge illus) Millwood-Heritage Productions, $20.00, ISBN 9780473329594 The Viaduct Postcard Susan Price (Judith Trevelyan…
Fighting a good fight, Tatjana Schaefer
Flight Path David Hill Puffin, $20.00, ISBN 9780143770527 The Traitor and the Thief Gareth Ward Walker Books, $20.00, ISBN 9781925381504 Helper and Helper Joy Cowley (Gavin Bishop illus) Gecko Press, $23.00, ISBN 9781776571055 In this, the last year of the…
Cliquety-clique? David Hill
Twice Upon a Time James Norcliffe Puffin NZ, $17.00, ISBN 9780143770671 Into the White Joanna Grochowicz Allen and Unwin, $19.00, ISBN 9781760293659 Taupo Blows! Doug Wilson Bateman, $19.00, ISBN 9781869539672 Those accusations from a few months back – the ones…
Tagged with: Allen and Unwin, Bateman, David Hill, Doug Wilson, Issue 119, James Norcliffe, Joanna Grochowicz, Puffin NZ, Spring 2017
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review