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The winners of the 2019 Book Awards are ...
Fresh off the ceremony at Te Papa Tongarewa, the results are in and your New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults winners...


Book Awards: The Te Reo Maori Finalists
It's the final instalment of our NZCYA finalist coverage for 2019! Our final category is the Wright Family Foundation Te Kura Pounamu...


Book Reviews: Four Board Books & a Pirate
Board books including English and Te Reo Māori for basic concepts are being welcomed with open arms by young families all over New...

Te Tiriti | The Treaty – The New Book
Following the release of the School Journal Story Library graphic novel Te Tiriti o Waitangi into schools a year ago, Lift Education have...

Te Tiriti O Waitangi – Te Pukapuka Hou
I muri mai i te tukunga o te pakimaero whakairoiro Te Tiriti o Waitangi nō te Puna Pūrākau o ngā Hautaka Kura i tētahi tau ki mua, ka...

School Librarian of Aotearoa: Lydean Herman
Lydean Herman is a school librarian at Taita College in Lower Hutt. She has used the HELL reading challenge for the past few years to...

Authors Felicity Williams and Weng Wai Chan talk
The Sapling has asked two first-time middle-grade authors, Felicity Williams and Weng Wai Chan, to interview one another about their...

Fraser Smith: Hooking Children Into Reading
Many of our country's magnificent writers also have different day jobs, and chief among them are the teachers – or in this case, the...

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...


Book Awards: The Young Adult Finalists
The Young Adult finalists in the NZCYA Awards encompass a variety of approaches to fantasy, a touch of dystopia, political intrigue and...


Book List: Ethnic Representation in Picture Books
There are more ethnicities in New Zealand than countries in the world. So why is it so difficult to find New Zealand picture books that...

The Mahy Questionnaire: Terry Fitzgibbon
You know it, you love it – it's the Mahy Questionnaire! This month, we delve into the world of the author-illustrator with Terry...


My Childhood Books: essa may ranapiri
essa may ranapiri (Ngāti Raukawa) recalls the commitment of their nan in reading The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings aloud, the significance...


Book Awards: the Non-Fiction finalists
Another week, another category of NZCYA Award finalists to highlight! Today, it's the Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction finalists,...

Book Reviews: Five New Zealand Picture Books
Rachel Moore reviews five new New Zealand picture books, which cover everything from the beauty and brutality of nature, to how to cope...
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