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Christmas Reads from The Sapling
We interrupt this hiatus to bring you a list of Top Recommendations for the 2021 Holiday Season, created for you, our dear readers, as...
Book List: Fiction for Gamers
Why do we love games? The high-octane fun? The easy access to discovery, adventure, challenge, and endless other draws? Sure. Yes to all...
Book List: Global Feel-good fantasy
Sometimes, we need a little escapism with a side of pep in our reading. A little pick-me-up. And fantasy can be just the thing. After...
Book List: Starting School
The jump from kindy, kōhanga, daycare, or home to SCHOOL can be quite a leap. Former Sapling co-editor, and mother of two kids who have...
Bookshop List: Good Books from Good books
Good Books is one of the youngest bookshops in the country, only springing to life this past spring. But they have already developed a...
Book List: Detectives, Spies, & other Sneaky Sorts
Picture this. You're a bookseller, being asked for recommendations for a ten-year-old kid who loves reading but needs something new. You...
The Festival of lights: celebrating Diwali through books
Today is Diwali, the Indian festival of lights! And given that 3.9% of Aotearoa's population has an Indian background, it seems fitting...
Book List: Queer kids need books too…
Way back in 2017, Cathy-Ellen Paul did a great list of Queer Books for School Libraries, and we thought it was about time to add to that...
Book List: Matariki Picture Books
The rising of Matariki is just around the corner and councils, schools and organisations around the country are celebrating the occasion...
Book List: Books that feature play
In the last couple of months, we have seen the effects of COVID-19 wreak havoc worldwide. The mental health of both children and adults...
Book List: For Kids Who Dream Of Horses
Carly Thomas spent most of her childhood either reading about horses or riding them. Here, she takes a look at what’s on literary offer...
Be Prepared: An All-Age Disaster Book List
Children and young adults in Aotearoa are particularly attuned to natural disasters. In today's book list, Miriam Hurst delves into...
Book List: Comic Books for Kids and Teens
Children’s comics embrace all the possibilities inherent in good fiction. They are original, compelling and relevant, but also of...
Book List: Queer & Trans Books for Schools
Young adults who are part of gender or sexual minorities may be in need of extra support in school environments. We asked School Library...
Book List: Local YA as good as the internationals
I’ve long maintained that our Young Adult authors are world class. But I’ve frequently heard that teens have a touch of what our adults...
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