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Illustrating the gaps between words, Raymond Huber

Posted on June 1, 2008 by NZ Books
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…
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Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review

Boyznbooks, Rose Lovell-Smith

Posted on June 1, 2007 by NZ Books
And Did Those Feet Ted Dawe Longacre Press, $18.99, ISBN 9781877361494 Single Fin Aaron Topp Random House, $18.99, ISBN 1869417844 Castaway: The Diary of Samuel Abraham Clark, Disappointment Island, 1907 Bill O’Brien Scholastic, $16.99, ISBN 1869437500 Boyznbikes Vince Ford Scholastic,…
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The hum of their parts, Anna Jackson

Posted on June 1, 2007 by NZ Books
Paperchase  G Brassi Scholastic, $17.00, ISBN 1869437098 Thieves Ella West Longacre Press, $18.99, ISBN 1877361488 Genesis Bernard Beckett Longacre Press, $18.99, ISBN 9781877361524 These three novels are all presented as thrillers. It is interesting to see thrillers being written especially…
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Picture books, the cunning genre, Norman Bilbrough

Posted on June 1, 2006 by NZ Books
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…
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Violence – physical, psychological, geological, Raymond Huber

Posted on June 1, 2005 by NZ Books
Land of Milk and Honey  William Taylor HarperCollins, $16.99, ISBN 1869505492 Out on the Edge  Anna Mackenzie Longacre Press, $18.95, ISBN 1877361038 Something Wicked This Way Comes Ken Catran Scholastic, $16.99, ISBN 186943546X A Canoe in the Mist  Elsie Locke…
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Surviving, Joan de Hamel

Posted on June 1, 2005 by NZ Books
Walking Lightly  Fleur Beale, illustrations by Michaela Sangl Mallinson Rendel, $16.95, ISBN 0908783906 My Story: A New Song in the Land – The Writings of Atapo, Paihia, c 1840  Fleur Beale Scholastic, $16.99, ISBN 1869436113 Robert Moran – Private Ken…
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Minding our own beeswax, Barbara Murison

Posted on June 1, 2005 by NZ Books
Everything You Need to Know About the World by Simon Eliot Lloyd Jones, illustrations by Timon Maxey Four Winds Press, $19.95, ISBN 0958251495 From Weta to Kauri: A Guide to the New Zealand Forest Janet Hunt, photographs by Rob Lucas…
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Posted in Biography, Children, Natural History, Non-fiction

Primitive satisfaction, Norman Bilbrough

Posted on June 1, 2004 by NZ Books
The Real Thing Brian Falkner Mallinson Rendel, $16.95, ISBN 0908783825 Seal Boy Ken Catran Random, $16.95, ISBN 1869416112 Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?  Sandy McKay Longacre Press, $14.95, ISBN 1877135976 Colin Goes Bush Sandy McKay Longacre Press, $14.95, ISBN…
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Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults

Going into detail, Diane Hebley

Posted on June 25, 2000 by NZ Books
The House that Jack Built Gavin Bishop Scholastic, $29.95, ISBN 1 86943 434 X Hairy Maclary and Zachary Quack Lynley Dodd Mallinson Rendel, $22.95, ISBN 0 908783 42 6 Sydney and the Sea Monster David Elliot Random House, $19.95, ISBN…
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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…
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