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Why Y? David Hill

Posted on May 26, 2019 by NZ Books

Ursa Tina Shaw Walker Books, $23.00, ISBN 9781760651244 Invisibly Breathing Eileen Merriman Penguin Random House, $20.00, ISBN 9780143772859 Flight of the Fantail Steph Matuku Huia, $30.00, ISBN 9781775503521 An unspecified number of years back at a Going West Festival, I…

Tagged with: Eileen Merriman, Huia, Issue 126, Penguin Random House, Steph Matuku, Tina Shaw, Walker Books, Winter 2019
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults

History, myth and jollity, Linda Burgess

Posted on August 31, 2015 by NZ Books

Roly the Anzac Donkey Glyn Harper (Jenny Cooper illus) Puffin, $20.00, ISBN 9780143506638 The Song of Kauri Melinda Szymanik (Dominique Ford illus) Scholastic, $27.00, ISBN 9781775432289 I Am Not a Worm Scott Tulloch Scholastic, $19.00, ISBN 9781775432517 Zoo Train Sally…

Tagged with: Daron Parton, Dominique Ford, Issue 111, Linda Burgess, Melinda Szymanik, Sally Sutton, Scholastic, Scott Tulloch, Spring 2015, Walker Books
Posted in Children, Literature, Review

From trenches to terrorism, Barbara Else

Posted on March 1, 2013 by NZ Books

Marked Denis Martin Walker Books, $20.00, ISBN 9781921977541 My Brother’s War David Hill Puffin, $15.00, ISBN 9781742532653 Into the River Ted Dawe Mangakino University Press, $25.00, ISBN 9780473205089 The Nature of Ash Mandy Hager Random House, $20.00, ISBN 9781869799038 Two…

Tagged with: Autumn 2013, Barbara Else, David Hill, Denis Martin, Issue 101, Mandy Hager, Mangakino University Press, Puffin, Random House, Ted Dawe, Walker Books
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults

Becoming somebody, Angelina Sbroma

Posted on March 1, 2013 by NZ Books

The Brain Sucker Glenn Wood Walker Books, $19.00, ISBN 9781921933633 The Queen and the Nobody Boy Barbara Else Gecko Press, $25.00, ISBN 9781877579233 How to Sell Toothpaste Leonie Thorpe HarperCollins, $25.00, ISBN 9781869509422 Glenn Wood’s The Brain Sucker is the…

Tagged with: Angelina Sbroma, Autumn 2013, Barbara Else, Gecko Press, Glenn Wood, HarperCollins, Issue 101, Leonie Thorpe, Walker Books
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults

Superheroic coping, Tatjana Schaefer

Posted on December 1, 2012 by NZ Books

Reach Hugh Brown HarperCollins, $23.00, ISBN 9781869509569 Broken Elizabeth Pulford Walker Books, $22.00, ISBN 9781921529887 Both Reach and Broken feature episodes of the superhero genre, and in each case this element of the story functions as an exploration into the…

Tagged with: Elizabeth Pulford, HarperCollins, Hugh Brown, Issue 100, Summer 2012, Tatjana Schaefer, Walker Books
Posted in Graphic novel, Literature, Review, Young adults

Enchanted hunting, Barbara Else

Posted on December 1, 2010 by NZ Books

Tussock Elizabeth Pulford Walker Books, $17.99, ISBN 9781921529450 The Ghosts of Iron Bottom Sound Sandy Nelson HarperCollins, $20.50, ISBN 9781869508678 The Sheep on the Fourth Floor Leonie Thorpe HarperCollins, $19.99, ISBN 9781869508159 Shadow of the Boyd Diana…

Tagged with: Barbara Else, Diana Menefy, Elizabeth Pulford, HarperCollins, Issue 92, Leonie Thorpe, Sandy Nelson, Summer 2010, Walker Books
Posted in Children, Literature, Review

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

Flights of fancy, Diane Hebley

Posted on September 1, 2009 by NZ Books

Sting Raymond Huber Walker Books, $16.99, ISBN 9781921150890 The Strange and Diverting Story of The Loblolly Boy: A Fantasy Novel Involving Enchantment, Mystery, one Garden Gnome and a Wombat’s Bottom James Norcliffe Longacre Press, $19.99, ISBN 9781877460258 Return for the…

Tagged with: Diane Hebley, Issue 87, James Norcliffe, Longacre Press, Margaret Hall, Raymond Huber, Spring 2009, Walker Books
Posted in Children, Literature, Review

Brave new worlds, Joan de Hamel

Posted on June 1, 2009 by NZ Books

The Tomorrow Code Brian Falkner Walker Books, $19.99, ISBN 781921150340 Juno of Taris Fleur Beale Random House, $18.99, ISBN 781869419882 About Griffen’s Heart Tina Shaw Longacre Press, $19.99, ISBN 87746015 Chronicles of Stone: Scorched Bone Vincent Ford Scholastic New Zealand,…

Tagged with: Brian Falkner, Fleur Beale, Issue 86, Joan de Hamel, Longacre Press, Random House, Scholastic New Zealand, Tina Shaw, Vincent Ford, Walker Books, Winter 2009
Posted in Children, Literature, Review