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Truths both bald and stretched, Eirlys Hunter
The Diamond Horse Stacy Gregg HarperCollins, $25.00, ISBN 9780008124397 Grandad’s Wheelies Jack Lasenby Penguin Random House, $17.00, ISBN 9780143507338 Rona Chris Szekely Huia, $15.00, ISBN 9781775501985 The Impossible Boy Leonie Agnew Penguin Random House, $20.00, ISBN 9780143309062 Reading fiction allows…
Tagged with: Chris Szekely, Eirlys Hunter, HarperCollins, Huia, Issue 118, Jack Lasenby, Leonie Agnew, Penguin Random House, Stacy Gregg, Winter 2017
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
From a trio of veterans, Anna Mackenzie
The Severed Land Maurice Gee Penguin, $20.00, ISBN 9780143770244 Shooting Stars Brian Falkner Scholastic, $21.00, ISBN 9781775433606 Cool Nukes Des Hunt Scholastic, $20.00, ISBN 9781775433422 As a veteran of more than 50 years, Maurice Gee is one of New Zealand’s…
Tagged with: Anna Mackenzie, Autumn 2017, Brian Falkner, Des Hunt, Issue 117, Maurice Gee, Penguin, Scholastic
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Scaring them silly, Linda Burgess
Gladys Goes to War Glyn Harper (Jenny Cooper illus) Puffin, $20.00, ISBN 9780143507208 Speed King David Hill (Phoebe Morris illus) Puffin, $25.00, ISBN 9780143507222 My Grandpa is a Dinosaur Richard Fairgray and Terry Jones Puffin, $20.00, ISBN 9780143507192 Did You…
Tagged with: Autumn 2017, David Hill, Glyn Harper, Issue 117, Jenny Cooper, Linda Burgess, Phoebe Morris, Raymond McGrath, Richard Fairgray, Terry Jones
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Creating taonga, Trevor Agnew
Maui and other Māori Legends: 8 Classic Tales of Aotearoa Peter Gossage Puffin $40.00, ISBN 9780143309291 What a delight! Maui and other Māori Legends contains eight complete picture books in one handsome hardback, complete with embossed cover, glossary and bookmark…
Tagged with: Autumn 2017, Issue 117, Peter Gossage, Puffin, Trevor Agnew
Posted in Children, Literature, Māori
Posted in Children, Literature, Māori
Forward to the 1950s, Trevor Agnew
The Adventures of Hutu and Kawa Avis Acres (text and illus) Puffin, $25.00, ISBN 9780143507055 First to the Top: Sir Edmund Hillary’s Everest Adventure David Hill (Phoebe Morris illus) Puffin, $25.00, ISBN 9780143506874 Changing Times: The Story of a New…
Tagged with: Avis Acres, Bob Kerr, David Hill, Issue 115, Phoebe Morris, Potton and Burton, Puffin, Sally Louise Hill, Spring 2016, Treasured Travels Publishing, Trevor Agnew
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History, myth and jollity, Linda Burgess
Roly the Anzac Donkey Glyn Harper (Jenny Cooper illus) Puffin, $20.00, ISBN 9780143506638 The Song of Kauri Melinda Szymanik (Dominique Ford illus) Scholastic, $27.00, ISBN 9781775432289 I Am Not a Worm Scott Tulloch Scholastic, $19.00, ISBN 9781775432517 Zoo Train Sally…
Tagged with: Daron Parton, Dominique Ford, Issue 111, Linda Burgess, Melinda Szymanik, Sally Sutton, Scholastic, Scott Tulloch, Spring 2015, Walker Books
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Posted in Children, Literature, Review
History lessons, James Norcliffe
Monkey Boy Donovan Bixley Scholastic, $16.50, ISBN 9781775431862 Trouble in Time Adele Broadbent Scholastic, $19.00, ISBN 9781775432265 Monkey Boy opens with a prologue designed, no doubt, to catch its intended audience of younger, and not so young, boys. It’s 1804…
Tagged with: Adele Broadbent, Donovan Bixley, Issue 111, James Norcliffe, Scholastic, Spring 2015
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