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A korao no New Zealand; or, the New Zealander's first book was written by Anglican missionary Thomas Kendall in 1815, and is the first book written in the Māori language. [1] The full title is A korao no New Zealand, or, The New Zealander's first book : being an attempt to compose some lessons for the instruction of the natives.
My Story is a series of historical novels for older children published by Scholastic New Zealand which was inspired by Dear America. Each book is written in the form of a fictional diary of a young person living during an important event or time period in New Zealand history . [ 1 ]
Goodnight Kiwi is a New Zealand TV show where well-known New Zealanders are presented reading children's books. It is intended to be watched before bed, and is based on the TV sign-off animation, Goodnight Kiwi. Each episode is around three minutes long and available on TVNZ+. [1] It includes animations, original illustrations and live ...
[2] A. J. Liebling of The New Yorker wrote that Michener "has had to assume a number of expert roles, including those of anthropologist, linguist, historian, gastronome, economist, and expert on colonial administration, but he's handled this Hydra-headed assignment modestly and in an easy-going and sometimes distinguished style. His fictional ...
Jill Ethel Eggleton QSO is a New Zealand children's book author, teacher and education consultant. [1] She received the Margaret Mahy Award in 2015 for Everyone Has A Story. [ 2 ] Eggleton has authored over 800 children's books; [ 3 ] in 2009 alone she wrote 60 books. [ 4 ]
In 2007, in honour of the journal's centenary, Gregory O'Brien published the book A Nest of Singing Birds: 100 years of the New Zealand School Journal. [59] A copy was sent to every school in New Zealand, and a two-month exhibition was hosted under the same title at the National Library Gallery in Wellington.
Read NZ Te Pou Muramura (formerly the New Zealand Book Council) is a not-for-profit organisation that presents a wide range of programmes to promote books and reading in New Zealand. It was established in 1972 and its programmes have included supporting writers' visits to schools and enabling writers to travel to different areas of New Zealand.
A Lion in the Meadow is the first children's book written by the New Zealand author Margaret Mahy. Illustrations were done by London artist Jenny Williams. The book was first published in 1969 and won the 1975 Esther Glen Award. [1] [2] It was also one of the books chosen to accompany Mahy's 2002 Hans Christian Andersen Award nomination. [3]