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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

Myths and Legends of Aotearoa, Richard Smith

Posted on December 26, 1999 by NZ Books

Myths and Legends of Aotearoa Annie Rae Te Ake Ake, illustrated by New Zealand secondary school artists Scholastic, $34.95, ISBN 1 86943 388 2 The publication of Myths and Legends of Aotearoa is an interesting story in itself. This book…

Tagged with: Annie Rae Te Ake Ake, Issue 41, Richard Smith
Posted in Children, Literature, Review

Digging for treasure, Richard Smith

Posted on October 28, 1998 by NZ Books

Buried Ships: Poems new and unpublished Rob Jackaman Hazard Press $24.95 ISBN 0 90879096 1 There is treasure to be found within the 144 pages of Buried Ships, though, as the subterranean cover by Bing Dawe seems to suggest, some…

Tagged with: Hazard Press, Issue 35, Richard Smith, Rob Jackaman
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review