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Sunday, 7 December 2025

Beneath Our Feet Jack Hartley

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Beneath Our Feet Jack Hartley Title: Beneath Our Feet. Author: Jack Hartley. Scholastic (2025) 256 pages, paperback. ISBN 978 1 77543...

Duck’s New Words Juliette MacIver Carla Martell

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Duck’s New Words Juliette MacIver Carla Martell Title: Duck’s New Words. Author: Juliette MacIver. Scholastic (2025) 24 pages, Paper...

Emilie Walks Te Araroa Emilie & Victoria Bruce

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Emilie Walks Te Araroa Emilie & Victoria Bruce Author:Emilie & Victoria Bruce Illustrations: Photographs by Emilie & Victo...

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The Grumpy Mole gets a Digger John Evan Harris Minky Stapleton Author: John Evan Harris. Illustrator: Minky Stapleton. Roiall Emer...

Pukapuka Vasanti Unka

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Pukapuka Vasanti Unka Pukapuka Author-Illustrator: Vasanti Unka. Māori text is by Justin Kereama. Beatnik (2025) 28 pages, ha...

Taniwha Gavin Bishop

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Taniwha Gavin Bishop Author-Illustrator: Gavin Bishop Penguin (2025) 66 pages, Hardback ISBN 978 1 77695 744 6 ‘Some taniwha ar...

My Dog Ate the Bathroom Justin Christopher Raymond McGrath

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My Dog Ate the Bathroom My Dog Ate the Bathroom Author: Justin Christopher Illustrator: Raymond McGrath Scholastic (2025) 32 p...
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Trevor Agnew
Trevor Agnew Freelance writer and researcher. * Reviews for Magpies magazine. * Writes NZ book entries for ‘The Source’ database of Australian and New Zealand Children’s Literature (www.magpies.net.au). * Researched young adult review listings for Hooked on NZ Books website (2015-19). * Co-author with Jenny Sew Hoy Agnew of 'Merchant Miner Mandarin: The Life and Times of the Remarkable Choie Sew Hoy' Canterbury University Press (2020). Biography of Otago Chinese merchant and gold-dredging pioneer. Awards: 1993: Nada Beardsley Literacy Award for services to Literacy (Canterbury Reading Association) 2013: Canon Media Awards: Reviewer of the Year: Highly Commended. 2013: Betty Gilderdale Award for services to children’s literature (Storylines). 2022: Queen's Service Medal: for services to children's literacy and historical research. (New Year Honours).
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