October Kiwi Kids Books: Day 12

Share a New Zealand book for children or teens: with a black-and-white illustration. 
The Silent One
Written by Joy Cowley.
Illustrated by Sherryl Jordan. 

Whitcoulls, 1981; ISBN 0723306303. 

Also published: Puffin, 1986; Puffin NZ, 2000. 

And, made into a movie in 1985. 

    

    

There were so many I could choose from - but I thought I'd share a blast from the past. 

Check out Joy's author picture!

And, this was one of Sherryl Jordan's first publications. We are so blessed that she focused on writing in the years to come. 

October Kiwi Kids Books: Day 11

Share a New Zealand book for children or teens: you would gift for a new baby. 
A treasure of NZ poems for children. 
Editor: Paula Green. 
Illustrator: Jenny Cooper. 
Publication: Random House New Zealand Children's, 2014; ISBN 9781775533566. 
Republished: Random House New Zealand, 2017; ISBN 9780143772194. 

I am a believer that newborn babies will listen to anything, as long as you read it with love.

What better than a treasury of poetry. 

I grew up with A. A. Milne poems, and I'm pleased that children from Aotearoa have this, and other, books of poetry about THEIR world, to grow up with and recite from. 

If you need any poetry recommendations, then Paula Green's website should be your first port of call. 

October Kiwi Kids Books: Day Ten

Share a New Zealand book for children or teens: 
for older children or teenagers, written in te reo Māori. 
Te pakanga a Ngāti Rānaki me Te Ranga-Tipua. 
Translation of Avengers vs the X-Men. 
Authors: Jason Aaron, Brian Michael Bendis, Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, Jonathon Hickman.
Translator: Te Korou Whangataua. 
Illustrators: John Romita, Oliver Coipel, Adam Kubert. 
Publication: Auckland University Press, 2021; ISBN 9781869409166. 

I was pleasantly surprised when this arrived at my library site! 

October Kiwi Kids Books: Day Nine

Share a New Zealand children or teen book: that is a debut. 
Reach 
Written by: Hugh Brown.
Publication: HarperCollins, 2012; ISBN 9781869509569. 

Inaugural winner of the Storylines Tessa Duder Award, for an unpublished work of fiction for young adults aged 13 and above. 

Forgive me if you've heard this story before, but... 

On the way home from a Storylines Management Committee meeting, I was ranting about how there were all these awards for picture books, and junior fiction, and why wasn't young adult more recognised. 

My friend and I then brainstormed who we could name it after. The choice seemed obvious, when we discussed it.

A month on, and we're at another meeting. It comes to Any Other Business, and I say: nzbookgirl and I were talking about how we needed to have an award for an unpublished young adult novel. The person sitting beside me was nodding. Then I said, and we thought we could name it the Tessa Duder Award. At which point the person sitting beside me - Tessa Duder - put her hand on her heart and said 'oh'. 

It was a coincidence that Tessa was beside me. 

It was also a coincidence that the first award winner was on a topic very personal to Tessa: grandparents raising grandchildren. 

All of that means that Reach holds a special space in my heart, and my bookshelves. 

October Kiwi Kids Books: Day Eight

Share a New Zealand book for children or teens: with a double page illustration. 
Witch's cat wanted: apply within
Author: Joy J. Davidson. 
Illustrator: Nikki Slade Robinson. 
Publication: Scholastic, 2016; ISBN 9781775433729. 

As the joint owner of two rescued black cats - this book has additional love from me. I mean, I loved it the first time I read it, but now it means a little bit more. 

I was reminded of this book, thanks to Jasper's propensity to look like a witch's cat when he hunches up.