Lucy Black reviews five new picture books that explore ideas of people and place. Join Aroha, Flit, Polly, two boisterous boys and the girls in the kapa haka as they each in their own way show what it is to be a kid in Aotearoa these days. Aroha’s Way by Craig Phillips (Wildling Books) Books about emotions and how to deal with them are some of my favourite kids' books. I remember being young and reading Aldo by John Burningham, the bittersweet sadness and evocative painted il

A notorious witch, some butterflies, and a fantail that can't stay still. Reviewer Holly Walker enjoys a trip down memory lane with BadJelly, but will her daughter come with her? Badjelly the Witch, by Spike Milligan (Penguin NZ) Badjelly the Witch! Special 45th anniversary edition! With the original radio play! I was very excited to introduce my four-year-old daughter Esther to Tim and Rose and Binkle-bonk and Dinglemouse and Jim the Giant Eagle and the rest, but alas, she