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Forward to the 1950s, Trevor Agnew

Posted on August 31, 2016 by NZ Books

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
Posted in Children, Literature, Review

Explaining WWI, Steven Loveridge

Posted on December 5, 2014 by NZ Books

The Bantam and the Soldier Jennifer Beck (Robyn Belton illus) Scholastic, $19.50, ISBN 9781775432074 The Anzac Puppy Peter Millett (Trish Bowles illus) Scholastic, $19.50, ISBN 9781775430971 Best Mates: Three Lads Who Went to War Together Philippa Werry (Bob Kerr illus)…

Tagged with: Bob Kerr, Glyn Harper, Issue 108, Jennifer Beck, Jenny Cooper, New Holland, Peter Millett, Philippa Werry, Picture Puffin, Robyn Belton, Scholastic, Steven Loveridge, Summer 2014, Trish Bowles
Posted in Children, Literature, Review, War

Might and rights, Elspeth Sandys

Posted on March 1, 2010 by NZ Books

Field Punishment No 1: Archibald Baxter, Mark Briggs and New Zealand’s Anti-Militarist Tradition David Grant, paintings by Bob Kerr Steele Roberts, $34.99, ISBN 9781877448461 In his introduction to Field Punishment No 1, David Grant expresses his satisfaction that New Zealand…

Tagged with: Autumn 2010, Bob Kerr, David Grant, Elspeth Sandys, Issue 89, Steele Roberts
Posted in Art, History, Non-fiction, Review

Hard acts to follow, Richard Smith

Posted on March 26, 2000 by NZ Books

Mechanical Harry and the Flying Bicycle Bob Kerr Mallinson Rendel, $14.95, ISBN 0 908783 38 8 The Little Yellow Digger at the Zoo Betty Gilderdale and Alan Gilderdale Scholastic, $14.95, ISBN 1 86943 448 X Grandma McGarvey Goes to School…

Tagged with: Alan Gilderdale, Betty Gilderdale, Bob Kerr, Issue 42, Jenny Hessell, Mallinson Rendel, Richard Smith, Scholastic, Trevor Pye
Posted in Children, Literature, Review

Reeling in the years, Diana Noonan

Posted on September 1, 1999 by NZ Books

After the War Bob Kerr Mallinson Rendel, $22.95, ISBN 0908783515 Hedgehog Howdedo Lynley Dodd Mallinson Rendel, $22.95, ISBN 0908783558 Mouse Hotel Pamela and Richard Wolf Random House, $26.95, ISBN 1869414497 I Heard a Blackbird Singing Mayne Thompson (illustrations by Barbara…

Tagged with: Barbara Hefford, Bob Kerr, Diana Noonan, Issue 47, Lynley Dodd, Mallinson Rendel, March 2001, Mayne Thompson, Pamela and Richard Wolf, Random House, Steele Roberts
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review