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    The Reckoning: Why Bologna Matters

    December 18, 2018

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    Angela Keoghan

    Angela Keoghan kicked off her international children’s book career by visiting Bologna Book Fair in 2015, and she has been going there every year since. She makes the argument for NZ illustrators to go to the ot...

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    THE RECKONING – OPINION PIECES

    The Giselle Clarkson Comic

    The Sampling – Excerpts

    School Librarians of Aotearoa

    Crafts with Fifi

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    THE SAMPLING: The Lonely Little Tree by Moya Kirby

    December 20, 2018

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    Moya Kirby

    Here's an extract from a new New Zealand Christmas picture book, The Lonely Little Tree by Moya...

    The Reckoning: Why Bologna Matters

    December 18, 2018

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    Angela Keoghan

    Angela Keoghan kicked off her international children’s book career by visiting Bologna Book Fai...

    School Librarians of Aotearoa: Theresa Kewish

    December 17, 2018

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    Theresa Kewish

    Theresa Kewish is the librarian for two high-decile rural schools in the Waikato: Tamahere Mode...

    The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 18

    December 16, 2018

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    Giselle Clarkson

    As we near the end of 2018, our cool and clever illustrator, Giselle Clarkson, reaches Peak Ado...

    Down the Back of the Chair: Books No One Can Read

    December 11, 2018

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    Vini Olsen-Reeder

    Māori language academic Vini Olsen-Reeder wants Māori-speaking kids and adults to be able to re...

    Book List: Books to help Allergy Kids

    December 7, 2018

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    Pearl Dsilva

    Between six and eight percent of children in New Zealand live with allergies, according to Alle...

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    INTERVIEWS

    Swapna Haddow: The Books of My Childhood

    December 12, 2018

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    Swapna Haddow

    Author Swapna Haddow has recently moved to Christchurch from her home in the UK. Her Dave Pigeo...

    Interview with illustrator Phoebe Morris

    December 10, 2018

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    Niki Ward

    Phoebe Morris is the illustrator of a series of acclaimed picture book biographies written by D...

    Rachel Eadie interviews Jessica Townsend

    December 3, 2018

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    Rachel Eadie

    October 2017 saw Sunshine Coast local Jessica Townsend hit the big time. Her children’s novel N...

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    REVIEWS

    Book Reviews: Four Young Adult Titles

    December 19, 2018

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    Kylie Parry

    Dragons, kick-arse heroines and mystical beings abound in the final round of YA reviews for 201...

    Book Reviews: Factual Books from NZ

    December 13, 2018

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    Tara Ward

    Are your kids intersted in the wilder world? Or do they love to cook? These books have tips on...

    2018 End-of-Year Shopping List: Te Reo Maori titles

    December 9, 2018

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    Kay Benseman

    Kay Benseman and her niece and nephews have been our main reviewers of books in te reo Māori fo...

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