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Book List: The Dictator and The Picture Book
Children's author, writing teacher and editor Raymond Huber is fascinated by the way in which children's writers have used picture books...
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Book List: NZ books about war and pacifism
Anzac Day brings with it a fever pitch of publishing of war books for both children and adults. This has been especially true during the...
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Dear John: Gender identity and stopping boredom
John McIntyre from The Children’s Bookshop in Wellington is a top children’s bookseller. He's here once a month to answer your...
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The Ones We Follow: NZ kids' book websites
One of the first things we did when considering The Sapling was sit down and think: now, what can we offer that nobody else can? There...
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DEAR JOHN: TRAINS, TOUGH GIRLS & KILLING JOY
John McIntyre from The Children’s Bookshop in Wellington is a top children’s bookseller. He's here once a month to answer your...
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Pounamu Pounamu: Miriama Kamo's first crush
Miriama Kamo is one of New Zealand's foremost broadcasters. She looks back on her book-loving childhood, and that time she tried to get...
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