Closed, Stranger Kate De Goldi Penguin, $15.95, ISBN 0 14 130504 5 hanging on letting go Helen Beaglehole Mallinson Rendel, $14.95, ISBN 0 908783 47 7 The Shaman and the Droll Jack Lasenby Longacre, $14.95, ISBN 1 877135 32 1…
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The flip side of adventurousness, Judith Holloway
Tagged with: Cape Catley, Elizabeth Benney, Helen Beaglehole, Issue 44, Jack Lasenby, Judith Holloway, Kate De Goldi, Mallinson Rendel, Penguin
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults
War for all of us, Judith Holloway
The Bantam and the Soldier Jennifer Beck, illustrated by Robyn Belton Scholastic New Zealand, $21.95 ISBN 186943 1553 Modern New Zealand child to great-grandmother: Why was Pop wearing these clothes in this photo? Gran: That’s his uniform. When he was…
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Tagged with: Issue 23, Jennifer Beck, Judith Holloway, Robyn Belton, Scholastic New Zealand, Spring 1996
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
A little too obvious, Judith Holloway
Take it Easy David Hill Mallinson Rendel, $19.95, ISBN 0 908783 043 Kick Back David Hill Ashton Scholastic, $9.95, ISBN 1869432207 Curtain Up David Hill Heinemann Education, $14.95, ISBN 1868636908 See Ya, Simon David Hill Mallinson Rendel, $21.95, ISBN 0…
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Tagged with: Ashton Scholastic, David Hill, Heinemann Education, Issue 20, Judith Holloway, Mallinson Rendel, Summer 1995
Posted in Children, Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Children, Literature, Review, Young adults
A fat boy, a creek and personal responsibility, Judith Holloway
Maurice Gee’s latest children’s novel, The Fat Man, this year won the AIM Children’s Book of the Year award, the AIM Junior Fiction award and the Esther Glen award (which is made annually by the Library Association for the most…
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Tagged with: Issue 19, Judith Holloway, Maurice Gee, Spring 1995
Posted in Children, Literature, Young adults
Posted in Children, Literature, Young adults
Tall tales and truths from an underrated writer, Judith Holloway
Dead Man’s Head Jack Lasenby McIndoe, $18.95 There is a special category of books written about the world of children which are, on the whole, written for children to read (or to have read to them) but whose themes, originality…
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Tagged with: Issue 16, Jack Lasenby, Judith Holloway, McIndoe, Summer 1994
Posted in Children, Literature, Young adults
Posted in Children, Literature, Young adults