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Book List:Â NZ-focused young reader novels
In response to a request The Sapling put out on Twitter, teacher and author Sarina Dickson has compiled this wonderful list of New...
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2017 Christmas 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...
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Book Reviews: Soda Pop and The Ice Sea Pirates
Incredible poet and children's fiction writer James Norcliffe reviews two books by Gecko Press, translated from the Swedish. Soda Pop is...
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The upside-down world of Twice Upon a Time
Poet and children’s writer James Norcliffe is a national treasure. He has been involved in the School for Young Writers in Christchurch...
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The Sampling: an excerpt from Twice Upon a Time
An excerpt from James Norcliffe's Twice Upon a Time, a Junior Fiction novel about Ginny's search for her Pop. It is full of quirky,...
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