Book Reviews: Three NZ Picture Books
Each of these vibrant, colourful books comes from an independent publisher. Helen Vivienne Fletcher finds a lot to love about them. A...
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Book Reviews: Two Great Female Writers
Sarah Forster reviews another fantastic YA book by Eileen Merriman, and a book by Philippa Werry telling a WW1 story from the...
Book Reviews: Perceptive Picture Books
Alana Bird reviews three perceptive picture books. From the hilarity of Granny McFlitter: A Country Yarn, to the reflective Emmett and...
Book Reviews: Fantastic Female Protagonists
What a treat to be handed three titles with wonderful female protagonists. While they all sit comfortably in the junior fiction or middle...
Book Reviews: The Dog Runner and Jillion
The only thing these two books have in common is that they are absolutely stunning, and they are broadly for a junior fiction age range....
Book Reviews: Te Reo & Trilingual Picture Books
Over Summer, my nephews and I read some recently published te reo Māori and bilingual children’s books. Nō Tauranga Moana rāua, Te...
Book Reviews: Four Young Adult Titles
Dragons, kick-arse heroines and mystical beings abound in the final round of YA reviews for 2018, reviewed by Kylie Parry. Cassie Clark:...
Book Reviews: Factual Books from NZ
Are your kids intersted in the wilder world? Or do they love to cook? These books have tips on how to save the environment, and what you...
2018 End-of-Year Shopping List: Te Reo Maori titles
Kay Benseman and her niece and nephews have been our main reviewers of books in te reo Māori for 2018. Kay tells us her top te reo...
Book Reviews: Five New Zealand Picture Books
Writer and bookseller Adele Broadbent reviews five New Zealand picture books, including everything from cute creatures to a picture book...
2018 End-of-Year Shopping List: YA Fiction
Do you want to be sure you're getting top-shelf books for your favourite people this Christmas – or on any gift-giving occasion? We are...
International illustrated hardbacks
Hardcover non-fiction or poetry can be a great choice of gift for the special or hard-to-buy-for child in your life. Here are three...
New books for the 125th suffrage anniversary
On 28 November 1893, Māori and European women voted in national elections for the first time in New Zealand, having won a law change on...
2018 End-of-Year Shopping List: Junior Fiction
Do you want to be sure you're getting top-shelf books for your favourite people this Christmas – or on any gift-giving occasion? We are...
2018 End-of-Year Shopping List: NZ Picture Books
Do you want to be sure you're getting top-shelf books for your favourite people this Christmas – or on any gift-giving occasion? We are...
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