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Five of the Best Picture Books Featuring Kiwi
Of the hundreds of children's books featuring our national bird, here are some all-stars that will help children and adults alike get to...
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Book Reviews: Journeys and Exploration
Each of these three new non-fiction titles presents fascinating information in an engaging and imaginative way. Coincidentally, they all...
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The Reckoning: Shelving Creative Non-fiction
Non-fiction writer Maria Gill ponders the nature of a creative non-fiction story for children and how creative non-fiction stories are...
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Book Review: Sky High, by David Hill & Phoebe Morris
David Hill and Phoebe Morris have collaborated on a third picture book in their series introducing young New Zealanders to historic...
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Four new international non-fiction books
Mary Wadsworth, co-owner of the Dorothy Butler Children's Bookshop in Auckland, reviews four recent non-fiction titles by international...
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Book Awards: the non-fiction finalists
As part of our coverage of this year's NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, we asked the Elsie Locke Award for Non-fiction...
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Factual books for kids from NZ and beyond
Mary Walker reviews one British and three Kiwi non-fiction books for children of various ages and finds that, generally, they're being...
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The Reckoning: the state of Kiwi kids' non-fiction
Gillian Candler argues for more recognition of the importance of New Zealand non-fiction books for children, while at the same time...
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