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Innocence and experience, Saskia Voorendt

Posted on December 1, 2009 by NZ Books

The Crossing Mandy Hager Random House, $19.99, ISBN 9781869791506 Blackthorn’s Betrayal Elizabeth Pulford Walker Books, $17.00, ISBN 9781921529030 Bute View Janice Marriott Mallinson Rendel, $18.00, ISBN 9781877423253 Fire on High David Hill Mallinson Rendel, $18.00, ISBN 9781877423321 Mandy Hager’s The…

Tagged with: David Hill, Elizabeth Pulford, Issue 88, Janice Marriott, Mallinson Rendel, Mandy Hager, Random House, Saskia Voorendt, Summer 2009, Walker Books
Posted in Children, Literature, Review, Young adults

Ways of being in the world, Eirlys Hunter

Posted on June 1, 2007 by NZ Books

When Mum Went Funny Jack Lasenby Longacre Press, $16.99, ISBN 1877361534 The Whizbanger That Emmental Built Reuben Schwarz Puffin, $17.95, ISBN 0143318381 Chute Thru Janice Marriott Mallinson Rendel, $17.00, ISBN 0958262632 Thor’s Tale: Endurance & Adventure in the Southern Ocean …

Tagged with: Barbara Else, Eirlys Hunter, HarperCollins, Issue 78, Jack Lasenby, Janice Marriott, Longacre Press, Mallinson Rendel, Philip Webb, Puffin, Random House, Reuben Schwarz, Winter 2007
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review

Heroics, Ken Catran

Posted on December 1, 2006 by NZ Books

Best and Bravest: Kiwis Awarded the Victoria Cross Glyn Harper and Colin Richardson HarperCollins, $17.99, ISBN 1869505239 Soldier in the Yellow Socks: Charles Upham, Our Finest Fighting Soldier Janice Marriott HarperCollins, $19.99, ISBN 1869505697 War Zones Helen Beaglehole Steele Roberts,…

Tagged with: Colin Richardson, Glyn Harper, HarperCollins, Helen Beaglehole, Issue 76, Janice Marriott, Ken Catran, Steele Roberts, Summer 2006
Posted in Children, Fiction, History, Literature, Non-fiction, Review, War

From trad old to power web, Lydia Wevers

Posted on December 17, 1995 by NZ Books

mum Stevan Eldred‑Grigg Penguin Books, $24.95 ISBN 0 140 25244 4 A Many Coated Man Owen Marshall Longacre Press, $24.95 ISBN 0 9583405 2 8 Crossroads Janice Marriott Reed Children’s Books, $14.95 ISBN 1 86948 928 4 My mother didn’t…

Tagged with: Issue 21, Janice Marriott, Longacre Press, Lydia Wevers, Owen Marshall, Penguin Book, Reed Children's Books, Stevan Eldred‑Grigg
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review