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It’s in the detail, Trevor Agnew
The Cat From Muzzle Sally Sutton (Scott Tulloch illus) Puffin, $20.00, ISBN 9780143773085 Bess The Brave War Horse Susan Brocker (Raymond McGrath illus) Scholastic, $28.00, ISBN 9781775435563 Home Child: A Child Migrant In New Zealand Dawn McMillan (Trish Bowles illus)…
Tagged with: Alexandra Stewart, Bloomsbury, Dawn McMillan, Edmund Hillary, Issue 128, Joe Todd-Stanton, Oratia, Puffin, Raymond McGrath, Sally Sutton, Scholastic, Scott Tulloch, Summer 2019, Susan Brocker, Tenzing Norgay, Trevor Agnew, Trish Bowles
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
A child’s-eye view, Anna Mackenzie
The Mapmakers’ Race Eirlys Hunter Gecko Press, $25.00, ISBN 9781776572038 Time Twins Arne Norlin and Sally Astridge Submarine, $25.00, ISBN 9780473406325 Finding David Hill Puffin, $20.00, ISBN 9780143772392 The bonds of family and place, seen from an appropriately youthful viewpoint,…
Tagged with: Anna Mackenzie, Arne Norlin, David Hill, Eirlys Hunter, Gecko Press, Issue 124, Puffin, Sally Astridge, Submarine, Summer 2018
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
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
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
What’s a New Zealand novel? Sue Esterman
Enemy Camp David Hill Puffin, $20.00, ISBN 9780143309123 Lullaby Bernard Beckett Text, $26.00, ISBN 9781922182753 Open Your Eyes, Jackson Ryder Rudy Castaneda Lopez Escalator Press, $30.00, ISBN 9780473295691 It has been interesting to read three such different but compelling books.…
Tagged with: Bernard Beckett, David Hill, Escalator Press, Issue 114, Puffin, Rudy Castaneda Lopez, Sue Esterman, Text, Winter 2016
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
At the whim of larger, terrifying forces, Angelina Sbroma
The Deadly Sky David Hill Puffin, $20.00, ISBN 9780143308157 The Red Suitcase Jill Harris Mākaro Press, $25.00, ISBN 9780994106902 Spark Rachael Craw Walker, $22.00, ISBN 9781922179623 David Hill’s The Deadly Sky is set in 1974, when the nuclear proliferation of…
Tagged with: Angelina Sbroma, Autumn 2015, David Hill, Issue 109, Jill Harris, Mākaro Press, Puffin, Rachael Craw, Walker
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
A lot to live up to, Caoilinn Hughes
When Our Jack Went to War Sandy McKay Longacre, $20.00, ISBN 9781775533092 Brave Company David Hill Puffin, $20.00, ISBN 9780143307570 Speed Freak Fleur Beale Random House, $20.00, ISBN 9781775534709 When Our Jack Went to War is “a fictional story based…
Tagged with: Caoilinn Hughes, David Hill, Fleur Beale, Issue 104, Longacre Press, Puffin, Random House, Sandy McKay, Summer 2013
Posted in Children, Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Children, Literature, Review, Young adults
Give peace a chance, Jill Holt
The Limping Man Maurice Gee Puffin, $19.99, ISBN 9780143305163 The Limping Man is the final volume of Maurice Gee’s Salt trilogy for teenagers. The trilogy portrays a grim city of a wrecked civilisation whose dictator is determined to destroy the…
Tagged with: Issue 91, Jill Holt, Maurice Gee, Puffin, Spring 2010
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults
No easy heroics, James Norcliffe
Shadow of the Mountain Anna Mackenzie Longacre Press, $18.99, ISBN 9781877460005 Smashed Mandy Hager Random House, $18.99, ISBN 9781869419424 Gool Maurice Gee Puffin, $19.95, ISBN 9780143304005 Each of these kidult novels tells a compelling story in a tightly written yet…
Tagged with: Anna Mackenzie, Issue 83, James Norcliffe, Longacre Press, Mandy Hager, Maurice Gee, Puffin, Random House, Spring 2008
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults