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    Looking for Lost Wonders with Sarah Ell

    Looking for Lost Wonders with Sarah Ell

    As a nation, we like to think of ourselves as conservation-minded, but that hasn't always been the case. Sarah Ell's new book Lost Wonders highlights a range of the 'vanished creatures of Aotearoa', as well as bring our attention to some of the species that are on the brink today. Author and environmental educator Linda Jane Keegan interviewed Sarah to discover more about the development of the book and her process. Loss of species worldwide is now being called the ‘sixth ext
    Book List: Which New Zealand Nature Guide?

    Book List: Which New Zealand Nature Guide?

    Do you know any kids who love to explore and discover? Nature lover and environmental educator Linda Jane Keegan gives a rundown of New Zealand native species identification guides and other non-fiction nature books. When I was a kid, I wanted to make a booklet of flowers and weeds found in my parents’ suburban garden. Sadly I gave up this fine endeavour, because I struck the tricky problem of how was I going to figure out which flowers were flowers, and which flowers were we
    Mai i te akomanga: He matapaki pukapuka

    Mai i te akomanga: He matapaki pukapuka

    I tēnei putanga whakanui i te Wiki o Te Reo Māori kua kōrero ki ētehi tamariki nō Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o te Tonga o Hokianga, kia rongo he pēhea ō rātou whakaaro mō ētehi tānga reo Māori ina tata ake nei kua puta mai. Ko tā rātou whakatau: Te nanakia hoki! Nā Stella Rutherford ngā whakaahua Ko Flit te Tīrairaka me Ngā Hēki Muna, nā Kat Merewether; nā Ngaere Roberts ngā korero i whakamāori. I te tuatahi, i kima a Flit i ngā hēki itiiti, he hēki inarapa. Katahi ka whakaaro a F
    Book Awards: The Picture Book Finalists

    Book Awards: The Picture Book Finalists

    As part of our coverage of this year's NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, we've asked the publishers of the picture book finalists to explain why that story caught their imaginations and demanded to be told in published picture book form. The journey to meeting and making Mini Whinny Stacy Gregg is a hugely popular and masterful storyteller, so when the opportunity arose to publish a series of playful pony-themed picture books that would reach out to a younger audi
    Picture Books for Resilience and Persistence

    Picture Books for Resilience and Persistence

    Helping children deal with obstacles and setbacks is a core part of parenting and teaching. Today education lecturer and writer Frank Wilson suggests some picture books that can help model these skills - while also being fantastic reads. Detail from Puffin the Architect, by Kimberly Andrews (Puffin/Penguin Random House NZ) If you know a kid at primary school in New Zealand at the moment, you probably will have heard the term 'growth mindset' - this idea is incredibly popular
    Response to Things in the Sea are Touching Me

    Response to Things in the Sea are Touching Me

    Alexandra Saunders admires Linda Jane Keegan's debut picture book Things in the Sea are Touching Me, for many many reasons. The bright, crisp, clean illustrations by Minky Stapleton, the two mums, the rhyme scheme - find out what else! Spread from Things in the Sea are Touching Me, by Linda Jane Keegan, illustrated by Minky Stapleton Things in the sea are touching me! is a delightful debut rhyming picture book by Linda Jane Keegan, featuring a young girl and her mothers at th
    Best Picture Books for New New Zealanders

    Best Picture Books for New New Zealanders

    Hearing the wonderful news that six more towns are going to be Refugee Resettlement centres, we got thinking about what books might provide the best and friendliest introduction to a new life in Aotearoa New Zealand. Here's our starting list of picture books for newly arrived former refugees. What favourites would you add? Detail from Kia ora, You can be a Kiwi too, by June Pitman-Hayes, translated by Ngaere Roberts, illlustrated by Minky Stapleton The books that form our chi

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