World Kid Lit Month 2020: Day 30

Day 30: Gavin Bishop, master of image as a subtle political statement.

Aotearoa: the New Zealand story (2017).

Wildlife of Aotearoa (2019). 

The house that Jack built: being the account of Jack Bull, Esq. who sailed from these shores to a land far away to live there and trade with the natives of that said land 12th day of September, 1798 (1999). 

This is a tour de force. The use of a traditional English nursery rhyme to tell the story of colonisation and raupatu (confiscation) is stunning. The messages in the images requires intense study and examination. 

 

World Kid Lit Month 2020: Day 29

Day 29: 

#Tumeke! by Michael Petherick (2019). 

Something so very, very New Zealand! So New Zealand, it is hard to explain to someone NOT from NZ. 

World Kid Lit Month 2020: Day 28

Day 28: 

The bomb by Sacha Cotter; illustrated by Josh Morgan (2018). 

Te pohū nā Sacha Cotter; nā Josh Morgan ngā pikitia; nā Kawata Teepa i whakamāori. 

 

Unlike the rest of the world, this has nothing to do with weaponry, but 'diving'. Oh, and a fabulous grandmother.

World Kid Lit Month 2020: Day 27

 Day 27: another translation! 

Finally, another translated book!

Who's driving? by Leo Timmers; translation by Bill Nagelkerke (2006). 

One of the fabulous Gecko Press imprints.

Who knew ambulances had different sounds around the world?

World Kid Lit Month 2020: Day 26

Day 26: something more light-hearted!

Roadworks by Sally Sutton; illustrated by Brian Lovelock (2008).

First in a 'series' of vehicle-related picture books.

Great sounds! 

 

World Kid Lit Month 2020: Day 25

 Day 25: Afakasi woman by Lani Wendt Young (2019). 

A collection of heartbreaking intensity and in-your-face matter-of-factness of deep-rooted trauma.

World Kid Lit Month 2020: Day 24

 

Day 24: time for some yarns!

Granny McFlitter, the champion knitter (2018) and Granny McFlitter: a country yarn by Heather Haylock & Lael Chisholm.

Sharing with Wolf by Melinda Szymanik & Nikki Slade Robinson (2020). 

 I'm a knitter and I love these!

 

World Kid Lit Month 2020: Day 23

Day 23: identity. 

Another YA book: Invisibly breathing by Eileen Merriman (2019). 

A story of relationships, bullying, truth, and identity.

World Kid Lit Month 2020: Day 22

Day 22: recent young adult books.

Flight of the fantail by Steph Matuku (2018). 

Legacy by Whiti Hereaka (2018). 

If you like your books to be mind-bending, then these are for you. 

World Kid Lit Month 2020: Day 21

 Day 21: graphic novel dystopia!

Helen and the Go-go Ninjas by Ant Sang and Michael Bennett (2018).

A great addition to the dystopian/ post-apocalyptic genre. With added time-travel. 

World Kid Lit Month 2020: Day 20

 Day 20: a joyous picture book! 

Fuzzy doodle written by Melinda Szymanik; illustrated by Donovan Bixley (2016). 

A joy in all aspects: writing, illustrations, production - even texture! 

World Kid Lit Month 2020: Day 19

Day 19: Mandy Hager.

Dear Vincent (2013). 
A story of grief and redemption.

Hager has also written the dystopian/ post-apocalyptic Blood of the Lamb series:

1. The crossing (2009). 
2. Into the wilderness (2010). 
3. Resurrection (2011). 

World Kid Lit Month 2020: Day 18

 Day 18: time for poetry!

There are so many amazing poets, I couldn't choose just one, so...

A treasury of NZ poems for children edited by Paula Green; illustrated by Jenny Cooper (2014).