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Rhyming pleasures, Linda Burgess
Over the Hill to Greytown Tania Atkinson (Viv Walker illus) Wai Art Press, $20.00, ISBN 9780473252526 Bruiser and the Big Snow Gavin Bishop Random House, $21.00, ISBN 9781775534860 Toucan Can Juliette MacIver and Sarah Davis Gecko Press, $20.00, ISBN 9781877467547…
Tagged with: Gavin Bishop, Gecko Press, Issue 106, Juliette MacIver, Linda Burgess, Random House, Sarah Davis, Tania Atkinson, Viv Walker, Wai Art Press, Winter 2014
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Ephemera and treasure, Eirlys Hunter
The Wonky Donkey Craig Smith, music Craig Smith, illustrations Katz Cowley Scholastic, $24.99, ISBN 9781869439262 Old Hu-hu/Huhu Koroheke Kyle Mewburn, illustrations Rachel Driscoll Maori text Katerina Te Heikoko Mataira Scholastic, $18.99, ISBN 9781869435189 / 9781869438975 Piggity-Wiggity Jiggity Jig Goes to…
Tagged with: Diana Neild, Eirlys Hunter, Gavin Bishop, Issue 90, Joy Cowley, Katerina Te Heikoko Mataira, Kyle Mewburn, Michael Hight, Paula Green, Philip Webb, Rachel Driscoll, Random House, Scholastic, Winter 2010
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Where the boys are, Anna Rogers
Native Wit Hamish Keith Random House, $44.99, ISBN 9781869418434 Daddy was a German Spy and Other Scandals: A Memoir Brian Edwards Penguin Books, $40.00, ISBN 9780143009221 Piano Rock: A 1950s Childhood Gavin Bishop Random House, $34.99, ISBN 9781869790103 Google “memoirs…
Tagged with: Anna Rogers, Brian Edwards, Gavin Bishop, Hamish Keith, Issue 86, Penguin Books, Random House, Winter 2009
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
A child’s eye view Gavin Bishop
Back and Beyond: New Zealand Painting for the Young and Curious Gregory O’Brien Auckland University Press, $34.99, ISBN 9781869404048 This is a delicious book. As a child, I would have loved it. It reminds me of children’s books that were…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Gavin Bishop, Gregory O’Brien, Issue 83, Spring 2008
Posted in Art, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Art, Non-fiction, Review
Illustrating the gaps between words, Raymond Huber
Rats! Gavin Bishop Random House, $30.00, ISBN 978869419028 Tahi: One Lucky Kiwi Melanie Drewery, illustrations Ali Teo and John O’Reilly Random House, $30.00, ISBN 9781869419301 To the Harbour Stanley Palmer Lopdell House Gallery, $35.00, ISBN 9780958228442 Snake and Lizard Joy…
Tagged with: Ali Teo, Gavin Bishop, Gecko Press, Issue 81, Jenny Cooper, John O’Reilly, Joy Cowley, Lopdell House Gallery, Melanie Drewery, Random House, Raymond Huber, Scholastic, Stanley Palmer, Winter 2008
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review
At home in Hobbiton and Boy Land, Gavin Bishop
Gavin Bishop leafs through two boyhood favourites. The three of us are about the same age – my first picture book, my teddy bear and me. The book lies, or should I say languishes, coddled in tissue and plastic to…
Picture books, the cunning genre, Norman Bilbrough
Papa’s Island Melanie Drewery, illustrations Fifi Colston Reed, $16.99, ISBN 1869485947 Nobody’s Dog Jennifer Beck, illustrations Lindy Fisher Scholastic, $16.99, ISBN 1869437284 Haere – Farewell, Jack, Farewell Tim Tipene, illustrations Huhana Smith Huia, $16.99, ISBN 1869691040 Uncle Jack Kate De…
Tagged with: Ben Brown, Fifi Colston, Gavin Bishop, Helen Taylor, Huhana Smith, Huia, Issue 74, Jacqui Colley, Jean Prior, Jennifer Beck, Kate De Goldi, Lindy Fisher, Melanie Drewery, Norman Bilbrough, Pamela Allen, Puffin, Reed, Scholastic, Tim Tipene, Trapeze, Winter 2006
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Pinning down the “again” factor, Linda Burgess
The Other Ark Lynley Dodd Mallinson Rendel, $27.95, ISBN 090878385X Taming the Sun: Four Maori Myths Gavin Bishop Random, $29.95, ISBN 1869416120 Koro’s Medicine Melanie Drewery, illustrations by Sabrina Malcolm Huia, $16.95, ISBN 1869691044 Clubs Kate De Goldi, illustrations by…
Tagged with: Gavin Bishop, Huia, Issue 68, Jacqui Colley, June 2005, Kate De Goldi, Linda Burgess, Lynley Dodd, Mallinson Rendel, Melanie Drewery, Random, Sabrina Malcolm, Trapeze
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
A wink to the grown-ups, Gavin Bishop
The Night Kite Peter Bland, illustrations by Carl Bland, Mallinson Rendel, $24.95, ISBN 0908783833 Napoleon and the Chicken Farmer Lloyd Jones, illustrations by Graeme Gash, Mallinson Rendel, $29.95, ISBN 0908783752 Cat’s Whiskers – 4 Favourite Lynley Dodd Stories Lynley Dodd…
Tagged with: Carl Bland, Gavin Bishop, Graeme Gash, Issue 64, Lloyd Jones, Lynley Dodd, Mallinson Rendel, Peter Bland, Summer 2003
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